Senior Manager, Procurement - East Asia

About the role

Schneider Electric is seeking a Senior Manager, Procurement for its East Asia region, based in Kallang. The role leads regional category strategy and owns the Procurement Transformation PMO, partnering with business and supply chain leadership to build a resilient, digital procurement organization.

Key responsibilities

• Define and lead regional category strategies (e.g. EMS contract manufacturing), translating global strategies to fit East Asia's market and supply base
• Lead the Procurement Transformation PMO, covering plant procurement maturity, process standardization, digital procurement enablement and capability building, with clear KPIs and governance
• Build a resilient supplier ecosystem, balance China depth with regional diversification and drive new suppliers, locations and dual sourcing
• Elevate supplier management to strategic partnerships, develop advanced manufacturing capabilities and OEM/ODM models, and run supplier development programs
• Deliver cost competitiveness through productivity programs, design-to-cost, should-costing and value engineering, with a multi-year pipeline
• Govern supplier performance (quality, cost, delivery, innovation, sustainability) with dashboards aligned to responsible sourcing commitments
• Act as a strategic partner to regional business leaders, influence sourcing and footprint decisions, and drive change management in procurement teams

Required profile

• 15+ years of procurement leadership experience, with strong exposure to regional category management and transformation programs
• Proven track record leading large-scale procurement or supply chain transformation (category management, operation procurement or PMO experience preferred)
• Deep expertise in East Asia supply markets, especially China ecosystem dynamics
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders in a matrix, global organization

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of electronic components, including EMS contract manufacturing
• Category strategy, supplier development and subcontracting or contract manufacturing models
• Design-to-cost, should-costing and value engineering
• Communication, negotiation and change management

Candidates must apply online; the position is posted until filled.