Assistant Manager - Procurement

The role

You will be the engine of category execution the bridge between category strategy and on-the-ground buying. You will run tender cycles, evaluate bids, prepare recommendations and manage vendor delivery, while building the judgement to take on a category of your own.

What youll own

• Tender execution — prepare and issue RFQs, run comparative evaluations and draft procurement recommendations for approval.
• Commercial analysis — build rate comparisons and TCO analyses; support negotiation with structured commercial inputs.
• Vendor coordination — manage pre-qualification, follow up on commitments, and resolve delivery and quality issues with the site team.
• Compliance — ensure purchases follow the approval matrix and specifications; keep documentation audit-ready.
• Reporting — track POs, deliveries and savings; flag risks early to the Senior Manager.

What you’ll bring

• 5–9 years in procurement — construction, MEP, equipment or services category experience preferred.
• Comfortable with tendering, bid tabulation and recommendation notes.
• Able to read specifications / BoQs and challenge them intelligently.
• Strong Excel and ERP / e-procurement skills; meticulous documentation.
• Drive, follow-through and the appetite to grow into category ownership.