Procurement Manager

Founded in 2002, Global Schools Foundation is a Singapore-headquartered, community-oriented education institution whose mission is to cultivate and nurture young minds into global leaders of the future and is significantly contributing to achieving significant learning outcomes for every child. In the last two decades, the Foundation has grown to 62 campuses in 11 countries. Our seven international schools are spread across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia.

Global Schools Foundation (GSF) is an education pioneer with a network of premier international schools. The Foundation schools infuse the best educational approaches from around the globe into a unique pedagogy which imparts value-based learning that goes beyond academics. The 62 GSF schools are spread across 11 countries in ASEAN & South Asia, Middle East and India which provide world class education to over 45,000 students from 70+ nationalities. The schools offer various curricula, including IB, Cambridge and CBSE.

As the GSF family of schools expands, we are looking for dynamic, committed, self-motivated leaders for our Campus in India who share our passion for equitable education and believe deeply in the mission of Global Schools Foundation. We hope to see leaders join the group in order to build their career with us and benefit from the many professional development and career-progression opportunities we offer across geographies.

We are looking for leaders who have a breadth of academic vision and intellectual enthusiasm that encompasses the range of disciplines within the School, strong, proactive and energetic leaders who can motivate high performance from diverse groups of people across the Schools.

Job Title

Location

Responsibility :

Leads the Procurement function for the campus(es)

Oversees the development and implementation of policies and practices

Provides direction and guidance to the Core Operations, Procurement and Commercial, Teams

Responsible for the operations and procurement in all the campuses

Maintain relationships with key stakeholders and manages complaints

Plans and forecasts the campus needs for the upcoming year

Develops and implements a procurement strategy for the purchase of goods and services in the campus

Implements a Data Management Strategy specific to the campus, in consultation with key stakeholders

Maintains working relationship with vendors and internal customers to deliver mutual benefits

Develops a through selection process in according to the organizational strategy to select vendors, and shortlists vendors

Oversees the procurement of all items required by the campus and the corporate office, both as capital expenditure (e.g. renovations, fixed assets, IT assets, furniture, etc.) and day-to-day (e.g. annual maintenance, contracts, costumes, props, books, etc.)

Responsible the end-to-end commercial process to obtain the best possible pricing and terms with the vendors on behalf of the campus and corporate office

Manages the procurement process to ensure the smooth process of approvals, order placements, receipt of goods, payment to vendor, etc.

Ensures compliance to the negotiation guidelines when the prices are above the threshold limit

Negotiates with vendors, reviews the scope of work and payment terms, conducts site visits or invites the vendor to the premise

Maintains the vendor database, reviews vendor satisfaction, and records gaps and areas of improvement for the future

Works closely with other departments on the procurement of costly items

Builds strong networks and maintains good working relationships with internal and external partners to keep abreast of the current business climate and macroeconomic trends

Skills Description :

Graduate with Diploma in purchase management.

8 to10 years of relevant experience out of which Min 2-3 years in the capacity of Manager.

Knowledge of IT and electrical equipment procurements.

Should be well versed with excel, Pivot and analytical tools

Vendor Management, Negotiation, Agreement drafting.

Working days

Onsite

5.5 days