Assistant Manager (Procurement)

About the Role

We are looking for a dynamic and purpose-driven procurement professional to join our team as an Assistant Manager, Procurement & Category Management.

This is an exciting opportunity to drive strategic sourcing and procurement transformation initiatives that support large-scale preschool and senior care operations with meaningful community impact.

In this role, you will partner closely with stakeholders across the organisation to shape category strategies, optimise procurement value, strengthen governance practices, and drive organisation-wide improvements through demand aggregation and strategic sourcing initiatives. You will also lead a small team and contribute to procurement transformation, operational excellence and continuous improvement efforts.

What you will be doing

• Lead strategic sourcing and category management initiatives across assigned spend categories.
• Partner stakeholders to drive demand aggregation, procurement planning and value optimisation opportunities.
• Manage end-to-end tender and sourcing activities while balancing operational, governance and commercial considerations
• Lead and mentor a small procurement team to deliver strong procurement outcomes
• Strengthen procurement governance, compliance and audit readiness across the organization
• Monitor procurement health indicators such as aging POs, contract utilisation and compliance trends
• Drive procurement transformation, process improvement and digitalisation initiatives
• Leverage procurement data and spend insights to support strategic decision-making and operational improvements

Why join us

• Opportunity to drive organisation-wide procurement initiatives with meaningful social impact
• Exposure to strategic sourcing, governance and transformation projects
• Collaborative and purpose-driven work environment
• Opportunity to shape procurement best practices and influence organisational improvements

Job Holder Requirements:

• Qualification:
• Degree with at least 3 years of relevant procurement/category management experience; or Diploma with at least 5 years of relevant experience

• Experience:
• Experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management or tender management
• Candidates from public sector, healthcare, shared services, or regulated industries are encouraged to apply

• Other Knowledge & Skills and Attributes:
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Strategic, analytical and solutions-oriented mindset
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Strong communication, presentation and report-writing skills