Job Description
Get to Know the Team
Grab Procurement is not a compliance function. We are a commercial intelligence engine, built to create enterprise value through smarter supplier relationships, sharper commercial models, and procurement infrastructure that lets the business move fast and spend wisely. We are mid-transformation, moving to an AI-native, outcomes-focused function where each person owns a material part of Grab's commercial landscape. If you want to run processes, this isn't the team. If you want to own outcomes, it is.
Get to Know the Role
Singapore is Grab's Regional Office and a local market; Malaysia is also a local market. Both need procurement that stays close to the business, moves quickly, and knows when sourcing calls for deeper assessment.
As Country Procurement Manager for Singapore and Malaysia, you'll connect business teams with Procurement across both markets and the Regional Office. Within Operational Excellence, you'll lead fast-cycle sourcing and handle more complex local sourcing when needed.
You'll partner with Category Managers, the Buy Desk, and a two-person team, bringing local market insight to day-to-day delivery and regional category decisions.
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
- Partner with country and Finance leaders to clarify needs, objectives, constraints, and trade-offs. Bring in Category Managers when specialist expertise is needed.
- Own fast-cycle, low-materiality sourcing across Singapore, Malaysia, and the Regional Office. Set the sourcing approach, then hand awards to the Buy Desk for onboarding, purchase orders, and catalogue setup.
- Lead medium-to-high complexity local execution when category strategy and market conditions call for it. Shape negotiations with the Category Manager, who owns category strategy and leads regional or high-materiality awards.
- Surface local requirements early, challenge regional approaches that won't work locally, and give Category Managers clear recommendations.
- Turn repeat purchases into catalogues, rate cards, or standing agreements. Address split purchase orders and off-panel buying with the Buy Desk; track touchless rate and sourcing cycle time.
- Close and renew local contracts, monitor supplier performance and risk, propose mitigations, and track savings using Finance's methodology.
- Set priorities, review work, and coach two direct reports to run sourcing independently.
What Will Make You Thrive Here
- Put business outcomes first and clarify what’s needed versus simply wanted.
- Fix root causes and build scalable solutions instead of repeating sourcing work.
- Challenge with local facts while maintaining strong partnerships.
- Coach your team toward independent delivery.
- Use AI to accelerate analysis and drafting, verify its output against facts and policy, and own the final judgment.
Qualifications
What Essential Skills You Will Need
- 10+ years in Procurement, from in-market sourcing to complex sourcing and negotiation.
- Skilled in demand shaping, sourcing plans, and negotiating commercial terms.
- Proven results improving sourcing speed, catalogue coverage, or buying discipline.
- Singapore and Malaysia procurement experience, or deep expertise in one market and exposure to the other.
- Strong senior stakeholder relationships and experience coaching junior colleagues.
- Regular use of AI or data tools for analysis and drafting, with careful validation against facts and policy.
Additional Information
Life at Grab
We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:
- We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
- With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
- Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
- We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
- Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours
What We Stand For at Grab
We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.
Company Description
About Grab and Our Workplace
Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.