Director of Procurement (Procurement Shared Services Centre)
Shangri-La Group
APAC/Oceania, Singapore
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Salary
$150,000 - $209,000 Per Year
Rank
Director
Responsibility
Functional Tower Lead
Scope
Regional
Workplace
100% in office
Functions
Procurement
Reports to
AVP Procurement
Level
N-3
Travel Max:
0%
Posting Date
03-23-2025
Description
As a Director of Procurement (Procurement Shared Services Centre) we rely on you to ensure adherence to Group and Regional contracts, reduce business costs, and maintain high-quality standards while driving vendor development and building Procurement competencies. As a leader, you will oversee and manage the Procurement team, ensuring smooth operations and performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure adherence to establish Group and Regional contracts.
- Reduce overall business costs while maintaining the established quality standards and service levels.
- Drive key vendors development for the Procurement Region and the Group.
- Drive Procurement competency and capability building.
- Develop clear work plans, set clear targets, and monitor team performance through strong leadership abilities. Coach and develop team.
- Establish consistent product specifications with the operating departments for all regionally and locally purchased products and services.
- Ensure item descriptions in the systems follow the corporate structure standard.
- Obtain in-depth knowledge of the vendors of the Area and their products. Assess and evaluate the performance of all suppliers relating to product cost, quality, on-time performance, completeness of an order, credit worthiness etc.
- Closely engage with key suppliers on new products and market trends, encourage suppliers to develop new products, packaging and services to meet our needs.
- Working closely with Regional / Group Procurement Department and aligned with established sourcing strategy, source quotations collectively for hotel capital expenditure requests.
- Work closely with the Regional / Group Procurement Department and other functional departments to ensure that corporate standards and procedures are followed. Recommend changes, additions to corporate standard.
- Issues purchase orders which are duly approved of by suppliers.
- Direct and supervise important / handling customs duty and clearance.
- Be familiar and abide by the requirements of ISO 14001, ISO 22000, HACCP, CSR, the hotel’s Environment Management System (EMS), Food Safety and other Hotel’s certified standards as applicable.
- Work closely with Regional / Group Procurement Department to deploy vendor assurance program.
- Collect and share Procurement best practices within the One Procurement (Hotel, Area, Region, Group) network.
- Responsible for ensuring implementation of Best Practices and training of Procurement staff.
- Support AVP Procurement is establishing and executing regional contracts.
- Prepare and submit scheduled Procurement Risk Management Report to the AVP Procurement.
- Engage with Hotel’s Financial Controller / General Manager to review Procurement Risk Management Reports monthly.
- Engage with Internal Audit to address gaps, lapses and build Procurement competency and capability
- Provide prices rationalization by way of MBT CPM Reports.
- Ensure Shared Services Portal (SSP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems function efficiently and effectively in the Area.
- Responsible for ensuring up to date Quotations, Tenders management.
- Carries out other special projects/tasks assigned by supervisors.
Qualification & Requirements
- Proven experience in procurement or supply chain management.
- Strong leadership skills with a focus on team development.
- Ability to identify cost-saving opportunities and maintain quality standards.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Experience working with procurement systems and supplier relationship management.
- Familiarity with ISO standards and other relevant certifications.
- Knowledge of financial and risk management processes.
- Bachelor’s degree in business (International Trade) / Diploma in Business
Benefits
- Insurance Benefits
- Retirement Benefits
- Vacation Policy
- Other Perks and Benefits…
Company Profile
Shangri-La Group
Industry
Hospitality
Revenue
$2.8B
Employees
44,400
Fortune 500 Rank
NA
Global 500 Rank
NA
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