Alcon is looking to hire a Procurement Manager in Singapore. You will be instrumental in supporting Procurement Head driving the site procurement strategy in the right direction. Key accountabilities include ensuring procurement compliances are adhered on site from both process and system standpoint as well as achieving reliable and sustainable supply of goods, materials, and services with well-managed supplier management structure.
Job Responsibility
Manage all sourcing activities and commercial negotiation on MTO site requirements.
Creating business values through prompt, compliant and commercially advantageous procurement intervention to ensure internal stakeholders’ satisfaction. Lead, initiate and drive strategic procurement plans partnering with key stakeholders.
Initiating procurement strategic sourcing plans for all direct materials and being able to communicate and work closely together with internal stakeholder to ensure prompt initiative implementation and closure.
Drives alternate sourcing activities and commercial discussion for key materials from both BCM and cost perspectives, while maintaining close collaboration with internal stakeholders in the process.
Lead commercial negotiation, project implementation for major CAPEX spending across MTO, and bringing to fruition the complete contract execution.
Identify and initiative continuous improvement opportunities and work as part of cross functional teams to deliver and achieve savings targets, while driving positive PPV that has direct contribution to site TPC targets.
Procurement Compliance
Accountable to ensure compliance while executing all of procurement activities on site.
Responsible to drive adherence of site procurement processes to Alcon global procurement policies and procedures.
Supports internal and external audits where necessary, on procurement related accountabilities.
Supplier Management
Lead and drive vendor performance cross-functionally and spearheading continuous optimization efforts with strategic and/or critical suppliers as identified.
Contract Management
Responsible for overall suppliers’ contract management including negotiation of new contracts, renewal of expiring required contracts and ensure full compliance in contract execution.
Procurement Systems & Reporting
Ensure timely and accurate purposeful reporting and site-wide communication of various procurement indices (e.g., aging PO, procurement non-conformance etc.), to be effectively communicated both at working (site-wide) and senior management level.
Monitoring market dynamics that impact materials/services availability and/or pricing and provide resolutions to the site with detail impact analysis.
Supports the team in site-implementation of any new global procurement systems and/or related tools, as needed.
Who are you?
Bachelor or equivalent qualification as minimum is preferred.
Minimum 8-10 years of relevant experience gained from cross functional environment in procurement field, preferably with direct exposure within a manufacturing technical operation (MTO) environment.
Familiarization with SAP and Ariba is a plus.
Strong MS office skills (Excel, Power BI & PowerPoint).
Ideally, you should be one with…
Confidence and credibility with excellent communication and relationship management skills with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders.
Positive personal energy, self-motivation and productivity and encourages good resilience in others.
Proactive mindset, capability to enjoy different environment and appreciate opportunity to step up to given new challenges.
Results-oriented achiever.
Detailed, versatile, resourceful, and good interpersonal skills.
Excellent at analytical skills.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification
- 8–10 years of relevant procurement experience in a cross-functional environment
- Experience in manufacturing technical operations
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Power BI, and PowerPoint
- Familiarity with SAP and Ariba
- Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, relationship management, and analytical skills
Alcon Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Alcon and has not been reviewed or approved by Alcon.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are framed as unusually strong, pairing a 401(k) match with an additional employer-funded retirement plan contribution. Stock purchase access and performance bonuses are also positioned as meaningful components of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive across medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health support. Distinctive vision-related perks, including free contact lenses in some cases, reinforce the perceived strength of the health-and-wellness offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are characterized as robust, including paid holidays, PTO/vacation, paid sick time, and parental leave. Flexible time off for certain exempt roles and reported year-end shutdown periods further strengthen perceived coverage.
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What We Do
Alcon helps people see brilliantly. As the global leader in eye care with a heritage spanning more than seven decades, we offer the broadest portfolio of products to enhance sight and improve people’s lives. Our Surgical and Vision Care products touch the lives of more than 260 million people in over 140 countries each year living with conditions like cataracts, glaucoma, retinal diseases and refractive errors. Our more than 20,000 associates are enhancing the quality of life through innovative products, partnerships with eye care professionals and programs that advance access to quality eye care.
