Category Manager

21 hours ago

Singapore Singtel Full time

**Category Manager (Procurement)**:
**Date**:30 Sep 2024

**Location**: Singapore, Singapore

**Company**:Singtel Group
- At Singtel, our mission is to Empower Every Generation. We are dedicated to fostering an equitable and forward-thinking work environment where our employees experience a strong sense of Belonging, to make meaningful Impact and Grow both personally and professionally. By joining Singtel, you will be part of a caring, inclusive and diverse workforce that creates positive impact and a sustainable future for all._

**Be a part of something BIG**

**Make an Impact by**:
**Strategic Sourcing**:

- Pro-actively engage business stakeholders and Finance teams to identify sourcing and saving opportunities to leverage spend across the Singtel Singapore in collaboration with Singtel Group Procurement and other Singtel Group OpCo Procurement teams where applicable.
- Develop category strategies through spend analysis and partner with key business stakeholders to drive strategic sourcing.
- Drive key sourcing events, map negotiation strategies, lead negotiations and drive cost savings.
- Provide market knowledge, intelligence and expertise to business stakeholders.

**Supplier Management**:

- Foster partnership with key suppliers to identify and implement cost improvement initiatives in alignment with category strategies.
- Manage strategic supplier relationships and performance through regular supplier meetings, business reviews and suppliers’ performance evaluations for continuous improvement to deliver new value-add

**Governance, Process improvement and Procurement Operations**:

- Guide business users on procurement policies and practices
- Review current category procurement processes and policies to identify key pain points and bottlenecks and recommend changes.
- Continually strive for best value and quality enhancement through data analytics, cost examination and process review

**Category Management**:

- Assist in the initiation of innovative category management and sourcing strategies, develop cross-divisional procurement processes, and implement optimum sourcing strategies with qualified suppliers to lay the foundation for procurement success and to achieve a maximum contribution to the operating result.
- Require having strong analytics capability within sourcing function in order to enable detailed analysis of key categories and support recommended spend and buy better strategies.
- Manage reporting of category performance, including flagging out of issues and challenges and propose resolutions.

**Skills for Success**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, or related field
- Min 5 years of working experience within procurement.
- Proven experience in creating and implementing procurement strategies, with a track record of successfully delivering financial savings.
- Proficient in using e-sourcing tools such as Ariba and systems such as SAP.
- Good knowledge of procurement best practices.
- Possess a strategic focus with the ability to analyse, formulate and implement procurement strategies to significantly reduce costs.
- Strong influencing, collaboration, sourcing project management and negotiation skills.
- Effective communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills

**Rewards that Go Beyond**:

- Full suite of health and wellness benefits
- Ongoing training and development programs
- Internal mobility opportunities

**We are committed to a safe and healthy environment for our employees & customers and will require all prospective employees to be fully vaccinated.

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