Job Description
About the Role:
Position Title: Procurement Specialist
Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President
Location: Bengaluru
About the Role:
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Assistant Vice President (AVP) in Procurement to join our team in Singapore. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in driving procurement strategies, optimizing supplier relationships, and ensuring cost effective purchasing across the organization. This role also has a strong hands-on component, supporting both strategic and tail spend procurement activities, while ensuring robust governance, documentation, and contract quality.
This is an exciting opportunity for a procurement professional to contribute to our continued growth, operational excellence, and risk aware procurement practices.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic & Operational Procurement:
Lead and manage the procurement team to deliver best in class sourcing and procurement solutions.
Develop, implement, and monitor procurement strategies, policies, and procedures to ensure alignment with organizational objectives.
Drive cost savings initiatives and value creation through effective negotiation and supplier management.
Oversee end to end procurement processes, including sourcing, tendering, contract negotiation, execution, and supplier performance management.
Analyze market trends and identify opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation in procurement practices.
PRF & Tail Spend Support:
Provide active support for PRF (Purchase Request Form) and tail spend procurement, ensuring timely, compliant, and commercially sound outcomes.
Apply pragmatic procurement controls to tail spend while maintaining governance, transparency, and audit readiness.
Identify opportunities to streamline or rationalize recurring tail spend through frameworks, panels, or standard agreements.
Deal Governance & Procurement Charter:
For each engagement or deal supported, develop and formalize a Procurement Charter summarizing:
scope of engagement
commercial structure and pricing
sourcing approach and rationale
key risks, mitigations, and dependencies
approvals and governance checkpoints
Ensure Procurement Charters provide clear, concise documentation suitable for management review, audit, and risk oversight.
Contract Review & Drafting:
Demonstrate strong competency in contract review, negotiation, and drafting, including:
Identification of commercial, legal, and operational risks
Alignment with internal procurement and risk policies
Coordination with Legal, Risk, and Compliance as required
Ensure contracts are clear, enforceable, and appropriately structured to protect the organization’s interests.
Stakeholder & Governance Management:
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
Act as a trusted advisor to the business on procurement strategy, deal structuring, and risk considerations.
Ensure compliance with company policies, legal requirements, and relevant regulatory or industry standards.
Prepare and present procurement reports, analyses, and recommendations to senior management.
People & Capability Development:
Mentor and develop procurement staff, fostering a culture of high performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Promote best practices in procurement governance, documentation, and commercial discipline.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business Administration, or a related field.
Master’s degree or professional certification (e.g. CIPS, CPM) is an advantage.
Minimum 8 years of relevant procurement experience
Proven experience in:
strategic sourcing and tail spend management
contract review, negotiation, and drafting
procurement governance and documentation (e.g. deal summaries, charters, approvals)….
Source : Company Career page