Careers at Bell Procurement Management

Why Join Bell Procurement Management?

Bell Procurement Management is an exciting and growing business. We specialise in providing procurement related services including tail spend outsourcing, category management, and data analytics. We act as an extension to the customer’s Procurement team through various world class procurement capabilities including but not limited to S2C, P2P, Analytics, Supplier Relationship Management, Change Management and reporting.

Bell manage the end to end sourcing process on behalf of the customer.

Bells Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Bell we aspire to be known as an employer where people across all backgrounds feel their identities and experiences are not just represented but embraced and celebrated. Our employees come from many backgrounds and bring with them a wide variety of life experiences.  At Bell we seek to recruit, retain, and promote a diverse mix of colleagues ensuring everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us.

Come and join the team 

This is an exciting time to join a professional and entrepreneurial team of truly passionate people who take great pride in achieving the best outcomes for customers.

We know our people are the heart of our business and we believe our values, ethics and unique culture help us build trusted relationships and set us apart.  Our diverse and talented teams are located around the world, have a strong sense of belonging to the Bell family, and have the opportunity to learn from some of the most passionate and driven people in the procurement industry.

Current Roles

Buyer

Location: Singapore

Reporting to: Procurement Manager

Responsible for: Purchasing activities

Posted: 25/05/2023

Purpose: We have a new position available in our Purchasing team due to the continuous expansion of our business and new customer demands. We are looking for a Buyer who has some business or commercial experience and the ability to build, develop and maintain positive working relationships both internally and externally.

Role:

1. Responsible for handling and processing quotation requests within our customer SLA’s
2. Completing simple sourcing and negotiation activity to secure best prices and terms for Bell to share with our customers
3. Providing regular and accurate reporting on the status of all quotations to both internal and external stakeholders, as required.
4. Facilitating new supplier onboarding using the relevant tools
5. Maintaining and developing positive customer and supplier relationships
6. Collaborating with customers and suppliers, as well as internal departments as required
7. Supporting Senior Buyers as required on complex sourcing work
8. Source products and services across categories including Commercial Services, Professional
9. Services, IT and other general categories of spend
10. Understand and apply best practice procurement principles
11. Work to deadlines and contracted KPIs – focus on quick turnaround and savings
12. Respond to customer requests for quotation within given SLAs
13. Negotiate best price and terms to achieve targets and increase savings for our customers
14. Evaluate supplier price, quality, and delivery performance
15. Onboard new suppliers and maintain existing supplier records
16. Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships through effective communications
17. Understand customer needs and take prompt action on their requests
18. Stay current and up to date on market changes that may affect the supply and demand of products/services
19. Communicate this effectively to relevant stakeholders
20. Attend meetings and update other colleagues on issues or concerns to share best practice and define processes
21. Production and maintenance of bespoke reports using excel

General:

• Ensure compliance with Bell’s data protection and information security policies.
• Be aware at all times of diversity and inclusion, and acting in line with Bell’s core values.
• Foster and promote continuous improvement in systems and processes.
• This role profile is not designed to be a comprehensive listing of all activities, responsibilities and tasks associated with the role, therefore these may change from time to time.

Person:

1. Minimum of 3 years’ experience including, but not limited to, sourcing, buying and supply chain management.
2. Working in a fast-paced environment
3. Managing workloads effectively and efficiently
4. Internal and external interfaces
5. Managing contract negotiations
6. CIPS Level 4 Diploma in Purchasing and Supply or studying towards it is desirable
7. Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
8. The ability to work effectively and build strong working relationships with colleagues, suppliers and customers particularly when communicating via telephone/video
9. Able to lead work and interact with suppliers and customers who may be based in different countries
10. Numeracy and analytical skills to evaluate data including spend files, tender prices and ategory benchmarking
11. Confidence and ability to influence and persuade stakeholders plus manage and negotiate with suppliers
12. Ability to manage all aspects of their workload and work independently or as part of a team to ensure all functions and tasks are carried out with due care.
13. Resilient, positive and persevering attitude to overcome and solve problems,challenges, and issues fast and effectively
14. A good knowledge of Microsoft Office, SAP and Ariba desirable.

To apply please fill out the online form and attach a current CV