The Procurement Manager leads the company’s procurement strategies and supplier network management to ensure continuity of supply, cost competitiveness, and compliance for the canned foods portfolio across APAC. He/She manages end-to-end sourcing and operational procurement activities to meet product demand and service requirements.

In addition, this role supports NPD commercialisation by enabling OEM/contract manufacturing execution—covering supplier feasibility, costing, trials coordination, compliance readiness, and launch supply assurance.  Product strategy and concept direction are provided by Commercial/Marketing/Management.

Responsibilities

1) Develop procurement plan

- Develop procurement implementation plans to ensure alignment with overall organisational strategy, APAC demand requirement sand margin targets

- Drive relationship building with organisational network and external vendors for optimal procurement outcomes (cost, quality, service, risk)

- Develop category-level procurement KPIs, including savings/value delivery, contract coverage, OTIF/service, quality incidents, and risk mitigation activities

2) Manage vendors

- Develop selection processes and criteria for prospective vendors

- Evaluate vendor performance and maintain strong relationships with vendors

- Review accuracy of information gathered on potential vendors that fulfill procurement requirements

- Analyse list of vendors based on prices, specifications and delivery dates

- Identify cost-saving opportunities and negotiate favourable terms and conditions with vendors

3) Manage procurement activities

- Test quality of products to ensure suitability for purpose in accordance with procurement requirements and quality assurance standards

- Evaluate vendors’ performance based on quality of products received and drive improvement actions with vendors

- Review audit conducted on trade documentations and contract terms of trade transactions to reduce procurement risk

- Monitor market trends and vendor capabilities to identify potential risks and opportunities

- Streamline procurement processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs

4) Enable NPD Commercialisation (OEM Execution)

- Support NPD commercialisation through OEM feasibility, costing inputs and trial coordination

- Work with QA/Supply Chain to ensure supplier readiness and documentation for launch

Requirements

· Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management/Procurement

· More than 10 years of procurement management experience in FMCG/Brand Owner

· Track record in vendor negotiations, cost/value delivery and vendor performance management

· Experience supporting NPD commercialisation with OEM/contract manufacturers (e.g., feasibility, costing, trials coordination, scale-up readiness)

· Capable of handling multiple local and regional projects simultaneously and executing them to completion

· An independent worker and effective team player