Procurement Executive (Aerospace)

What We Offer

Experience the Liebherr Culture and Belief of “One Passion. Many Opportunities.” Immerse in our diversified workforce and make a meaningful, real-world impact with our organisation. We offer a competitive starting salary along with comprehensive medical and dental benefits. Additional perks include two-way transportation provided to/from Clementi MRT, a friendly and nurturing environment and good work-life balance.

The Job

The Executive’s main task is the establishment, implementation, and execution of the division’s strategic plan for supply chain and supplier development. They will also develop the implementation of sourcing and purchasing activities in accordance with the related processes and policies. This includes implementation of a strategic planning process for purchasing activities (aerospace division specific equipment, materials, parts, services, processes) in line with our mission and objectives. All planning, forecasting and operational activities will focus on ensuring that the approved budget expenditures are prudently managed in the best interest of the company.

What You Can Expect of the Job

• You’ll regularly monitor the performance of suppliers and service providers, actively support respective audits and establish/implement corrective actions.
• You’ll monitor and drive overall performance (e.g. quality, cost and delivery) across the supply chain, optimising costs whilst ensuring continuity of supply.
• You’ll drive the Make or Buy and supplier/source selection process; participate in establishment, evaluation and approval of specifications for issuance and award of bids.
• You’ll coordinate & manage supplier relationships, performance and claims (especially for strategic and bottleneck suppliers).
• You’ll engage in contract and price negotiation with suppliers.
• You’ll identify and evaluate future capability/sourcing needs; vendor sourcing and supplier development in compliance with the company’s strategy and policies.
• You’ll ensure conformance of supply chain & procurement business as well as supplier activities to valid applicable company policies, processes and governance at all times.
• You’ll establish and lead a robust purchase-to-payment process and ensure compliance at all times.
• You’ll propose, participate in and support relevant Continuous Improvement initiatives/projects.
• You’ll monitor spending and compliance with budgets, as well as market conditions and merchandise costs including regular or ad-hoc reporting.
• Any other task as assigned by line manager or General Manager.

What We Expect of You

• Diploma or Degree in Procurement/Supply Chain or equivalent/relevant discipline.
• Demonstrated experience and relevant certification from CIPS, CPSM, CSCP, and CSSBB.
• Ideally 3-5 years demonstrable professional experience as purchaser or similar position in an Aerospace MRO environment.
• Good negotiation, analysis and decision making skills.
• Strong IT and data analytics skill.
• Able to work with minimum supervision and in varying teams across domains and departments.
• Good comprehension and analytical skills to provide solutions and insights to various stakeholder’s strategic decisions.
• Proficiency in suite of MS Office software and able to make presentation to the audience.
• Good positive work attitude, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels.