Job Summary
This role owns procurement process, cost management and procurement governance within our manufacturing factory. You will collaborate cross-functionally with Planning, Quality, Engineering and Operations teams to maintain and upgrade procurement standards, analyze BOM and material costs, monitor supplier performance, and drive cost optimization, localization and master data improvements. You will build data reports, dashboards and support supplier audits and qualification activities.

Key Responsibilities
Workload split for reference:
• 25% Procurement Process Management & Compliance
• 25% Cost Analysis, BOM Analysis & Data Accuracy Improvement
• 20% Supplier Performance Monitoring & Improvement Coordination
• 15% Reporting, KPI Management & Data Analytics
• 15% Localization Projects, Audits & ERP Optimization
1. Maintain and continuously improve procurement processes, standards and compliance requirements.
2. Coordinate cross-functional procurement activities with Planning, Quality, Engineering and Operations.
3. Conduct material cost analysis, cost breakdowns and BOM evaluation for procurement.
4. Partner with Engineering to review BOM structures; drive corrections for inaccurate, incomplete or obsolete BOM data.
5. Identify sourcing, cost optimization and localization opportunities and support implementation.
6. Track supplier performance, delivery reliability and core procurement KPIs.
7. Coordinate supplier improvement programs together with Quality and Engineering teams.
8. Support supplier qualification, supplier assessments, and audit preparation work.
9. Own procurement reporting, dashboards and procurement data analytics.
10. Support ERP process optimization and procurement master data governance.
11. Prepare negotiation packages, cost models and business cases for the Procurement Manager.

Requirements & Expectations
Minimum Qualifications
1. Working experience in a factory environment within a commercial / procurement related role.
2. Strong learning agility; comfortable adapting to a fast-paced organisation.
3. Practical written English communication capability for daily work.
4. Able to understand, explain and execute the responsibilities listed above. Prior exposure to any of these areas is a plus.

Preferred Skills & Experience
1. Experience in purchasing, direct material sourcing, or plastic injection manufacturing.
2. Hands-on experience using ERP systems (SAP etc.) and managing master data.
3. Basic AI tool usage for data analysis, report generation or process efficiency improvements.
4. Cost modelling, BOM cleansing and procurement KPI dashboard building experience.
5. Experience supporting supplier audits, supplier qualification or localization projects.