Supply Chain Buyer / Program Manager — Electronics Manufacturing

We are seeking a commercially strong and execution-focused Supply Chain Buyer / Program Manager to manage procurement, supplier coordination, material readiness, cost control, and program delivery support for an electronics manufacturing operation.

This role requires a hands-on professional who can drive supplier performance, secure materials on time, manage purchasing priorities, support production requirements, and coordinate closely with internal teams to ensure customer commitments are met.

Key Responsibilities

Procurement & Buying

• Manage the purchasing process for assigned commodities, projects, or customer programs.

• Source, evaluate, and negotiate with suppliers to secure competitive pricing, reliable lead times, and suitable commercial terms.

• Issue purchase orders and follow up closely on order confirmation, delivery schedules, shortages, and supplier commitments.

• Monitor supplier performance in relation to cost, delivery, quality, responsiveness, and service level.

• Resolve purchasing issues, including price discrepancies, late deliveries, minimum order quantity constraints, and documentation gaps.

Program & Material Readiness

• Coordinate material readiness to support production schedules, customer delivery requirements, and project timelines.

• Work closely with Production, Planning, Engineering, Quality, Warehouse, Finance, and Management to resolve supply chain issues.

• Track critical parts, long-lead items, shortages, and supplier delays that may affect production or customer delivery.

• Maintain clear visibility of material status, open purchase orders, pending RFQs, supplier commitments, and delivery risks.

• Support new product introduction, engineering changes, urgent builds, and customer-driven program requirements.

Supplier Management & RFQ Control

• Lead RFQ activities, supplier quotation comparison, cost analysis, and sourcing recommendations.

• Review supplier quotations for price, currency, MOQ, lead time, payment terms, delivery terms, and validity.

• Prepare supplier comparison reports and support management decision-making.

• Maintain supplier communication records, quotation files, purchase order records, and sourcing documentation.

• Escalate supplier risks and propose recovery actions where delivery, cost, or quality issues arise.

Cost Control & Supply Chain Reporting

• Identify cost-saving opportunities through negotiation, alternative sourcing, supplier consolidation, and better purchasing controls.

• Monitor procurement spend, material cost trends, price variances, and supplier-related cost impact.

• Prepare supply chain reports covering RFQ status, PO status, shortage status, supplier performance, delivery commitments, and cost-saving progress.

• Support inventory optimisation by balancing material availability, lead time risk, excess stock, and cash flow impact.

• Drive continuous improvement in purchasing workflow, supplier follow-up discipline, and supply chain visibility.

Cross-Functional Program Coordination

• Act as the key coordination point between internal departments and suppliers for assigned programs.

• Support customer delivery commitments by ensuring supply chain issues are identified, tracked, and resolved promptly.

• Coordinate internal action plans for shortage recovery, urgent purchases, supplier escalation, and delivery prioritisation.

• Provide management with clear updates on program risks, material gaps, supplier blockers, and recommended next actions.

• Support audits, compliance checks, and ad-hoc operational requirements where needed.

Requirements

• Relevant experience in purchasing, supply chain, procurement, program coordination, or materials management.

• Experience in electronics manufacturing, contract manufacturing, engineering, cable harness, mechanical, or production environments will be an advantage.

• Strong understanding of RFQ, purchase orders, supplier negotiation, quotation comparison, lead time control, inventory planning, and supplier follow-up.

• Able to manage multiple suppliers, part numbers, purchase orders, and program priorities at the same time.

• Strong analytical ability with good cost-control, reporting, and problem-solving skills.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, Outlook, and procurement tracking tools.

• Experience with ERP, MRP, inventory systems, or supply chain dashboards will be an advantage.

• Good communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to work across departments and with external suppliers.

• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to operate under time-sensitive production or customer delivery pressure.

• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to follow through until issues are fully closed.

Preferred Attributes

• Experience handling electronic components, cables, harnesses, PCB assemblies, mechanical parts, sheet metal, or manufacturing consumables.

• Familiarity with shortage management, supplier escalation, RFQ tracking, cost-down projects, and production material planning.

• Able to prepare management-ready reports for open PO status, supplier response, material risk, and cost-saving opportunities.

• Comfortable using digital tools and AI-assisted workflows to improve RFQ processing, supplier communication, and procurement reporting.

• Able to operate as both a buyer and a program coordinator, balancing commercial control with delivery execution.

Job Summary:

The Manager is responsible for supervising and directing supply chain activities within the company and managing the planning, procurement of materials, logistics, and services involved in development and production including the planning for all materials and supplies to meet the operational needs of Quasar Medical Singapore. The successful candidate will be a values-driven, results focused leader capable of successfully managing a team and working with employees at all levels of the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Manage the effectiveness of the material management operations against global KPI
• Develop and communicate material management policies, procedures, and internal controls
• Plan, organize, direct, manage and evaluate the material management activities, including production build plans driven through fully integrated ERP/MRP systems
• Production planning of customer orders, good management of internal work orders, ensuring achieve KPI OTD.
• Manage all elements of supply chain costs including ocean freight, handling and storage, costs of processing and distribution.
• Manage shipment and export from logistic perspective, make sure 0 error of customer FGs shipment and smooth Customs clearance.
• Monitor cost of sales with supply chain partners, with aim of reducing costs and gaining efficiencies in the supply chain, monitoring KPIs
• Ensure that all transactions are kept current, recorded accurately, and processed efficiently
• Regularly review and ensure accuracy of materials planning information in MRP system
• Manage relationships with manufacturing and storage and logistics partners in the supply chain, including organizing regular supply chain meetings
• Lead and coach the Supply Chain Team Members to ensure objectives and personal development plans are defined and agreed in line with company performance management procedures
• Knowledge source for MRP system driven processes
• Support the plant initiatives on environmental strategy, packaging technology, quality standards, disaster/business recovery planning procedures
• Responsible for Health & Safety within assigned areas to include accident investigation and corrective action
• Ensure good inventory management; work with Finance as agreed on periodic stock checks
• Maintain and comply with ISO13485, GMP and FDA regulations.
• Maintain good 5s, safety at warehouse.
• Other tasks from supervisor

Authority:

• Ensure environmental aspect and safety hazard risk assessments are identified, reviewed, carried out to remove or control the risks to their respective staff at the workplace.
• Approve department environmental aspect, Risk Assessment and Safe Work Procedure if the risk is within acceptable level.
• Provide and maintain a work environment which is safe and without risk to health for employees at work.
• Report immediately all occupational accidents & incidents to the company and relevant parties and support the EHS Committee Management Representative in conduct of incident/accident investigation as appropriate.
• Initiate and/or approve disposition actions for EHS nonconformance as well as corrective/preventive actions to prevent recurrences
• Ensure that environmental, health & safety policies are upheld, EHS objectives and metrics are monitored, corrective/ preventive actions taken on EHS system defects are effective and properly closed.
• Responsible for the safety, health and well-being of workers under their charge.
• Provide support in EHS internal and external audits.
• To enforce compliance to company’s EHS management system and relevant legal and other applicable EHS requirements.
• To delegate task/s to his/her subordinates.
• To stop any unsafe work or negligent act that may endanger personnel.
• To investigate and analyse any incidents that occurred within his/her charge.

Education/Experience and Qualifications:

• Management or technical diploma degree, BS preferred, with 3-5yrs in a management or supervisory role in a high-volume production environment, preferably in Medical Device Manufacturing.

·       Excellent Communication Skills

·       Experience in master scheduling, MRP/ERP driven processes

·       Working knowledge of MRP/ERP systems

·       Knowledge of Oracle and/or SAP an advantage

·       Familiar with LEAN and Six Sigma methodologies

• Computer literacy required.  Familiar with Microsoft office software.

·       Knowledgeable in writing procedures and GMP requirements

·       Knowledge of GMPs & GDP’s in ISO 9001, ISO13485 and the Medical Device Directives.

- Supervise overall warehouse operations including SG local transportation from/to company’s warehouse(s)

- Establish and monitor the basic practice and implementation such as MHE pre-inspection, daily-walk-about in the respective work environment with the support from section leads below SLM

- Supervise and monitor WSH monthly reports and take a lead to close any negative findings.

- Receive an external or/and internal escalation upon any deviation or potential risk of deviation from the set KPIs.

- Provide the respective section leads with the relevant guidance and direction whereby how to adjust, correct, or upgrade daily operations.

1-2. Overall Operations Projects Supervision

- Delegate the respective tasks to the respective section leads by determining a schedule.

- Monitor the completion of respective project tasks.

- Receive any escalation from the section leads upon any potential delay or obstacles.

- Provide the respective section leads with the relevant advice and guidance for their clear understanding. - Schedule and arrange any internal session for internal alignments in case of any potential issues, especially the severe ones.

- Properly and timely escalate the potential risks to the direct superior.

1-1. Overall Operations Supervision

- Supervise overall warehouse operations including SG local transportation from/to company’s warehouse(s)

- Establish and monitor the basic practice and implementation such as MHE pre-inspection, daily-walk-about in the respective work environment with the support from section leads below SLM

- Supervise and monitor WSH monthly reports and take a lead to close any negative findings.

- Receive an external or/and internal escalation upon any deviation or potential risk of deviation from the set KPIs.

- Provide the respective section leads with the relevant guidance and direction whereby how to adjust, correct, or upgrade daily operations.

1-2. Overall Operations Projects Supervision

- Delegate the respective tasks to the respective section leads by determining a schedule.

- Monitor the completion of respective project tasks.

- Receive any escalation from the section leads upon any potential delay or obstacles.

- Provide the respective section leads with the relevant advice and guidance for their clear understanding. - Schedule and arrange any internal session for internal alignments in case of any potential issues, especially the severe ones.

- Properly and timely escalate the potential risks to the direct superior.

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Responsibilities:

• Oversee daily operations of the Logistics Section to ensure smooth and timely workflows.
• Verify operational reports, expense invoices and shipping arrangements.
• Conduct random audit checks on daily stock counts to ensure accuracy.
• Ensure all external correspondences are promptly followed up.
• Support and optimise production planning activities.
• Collect, analyse and share sales information internally.
• Perform sales and stock variance analysis to support decision-making.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve sales, production and raw material variance issues.
• Manage customer relationships and handle all customer inquiries.
• Manage and resolve matters related to sales, stock and delivery issues.
• Oversee logistics-related expenditures and verify vendor pricing and quotations.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the section.
• Encourage and monitor staff participation in improvement activities.
• Manage employee performance and development.
• Provide coaching and guidance to help the team achieve performance targets.
• Conduct regular check-ins and deliver performance feedback.
• Facilitate employee engagement and developmental discussions.

Requirements:

• At least eight years of relevant logistics or supply chain experience, including three years in a supervisory or managerial role.
• Strong knowledge of international trading and supply chain management.
• Proficiency in ERP systems.
• Strong analytical skills to support operational and strategic decisions.

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EA Personnel Name: Gary Ho Cheng Xuan

EA Personnel Reg. No.: R1549767

EA License No.: 07C5771

Position: Air Freight Manager
Salary: up to $7000
Working Day: 5.5 Days
Working Hour: 9am-5.30pm | 9am-1pm (Alt Sat)
Working Location: Alps Ave (nearest MRT Changi Airport)

Job Responsibilities:

• Overseeing, mentoring, and assisting the Airfreight Import Customer Service team while making sure employees effectively handle all import procedures.
• Keep an eye on all daily import operations, such as billing, job closure, customs compliance, shipment documentation, and carrier coordination. Make ensuring that defined procedures and service standards are followed.
• Determine operational bottlenecks, put process enhancements into place, and assist efforts to improve workflow effectiveness.
• Monitor team performance in relation to SLAs and KPIs, give comments, and report problems to the manager when necessary.
• Respond to complicated import-related consumer questions and, if necessary, act as a point of escalation for service problems.
• To guarantee that import shipments are executed smoothly, coordinate with Customs, Airfreight Operations, and other departments.
• Support the establishment and implementation of import customer service policies and guarantee staff compliance with internal procedures and regulatory standards.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Demonstrated capacity to manage a group of people and improve KPI performance. (15-18 employees in customer service)
• Strong proficiency with all aspects of air import procedures. (local operations in singapore)

To Apply:

• You may email your resume to jj@alignrecruitment.com.sg for more information.
• Regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by our consultants.

Align Recruitment Pte Ltd (20C0253)
JJ Tan (Reg No. R23112681)

Location: Alps Avenue Singapore(Changi)
Working hours: Mon-Fri: 9:00am-5:30pm, Alternate Sat: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Salary: $5,000 – $7,000

The Import Customer Service Manager supports the leadership of the Airfreight Customer Service team, ensuring smooth end-to-end import customer service operations. The role also involves effective stakeholder management, coordinating with internal departments, customers, and external partners to ensure seamless service delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Team Supervision: Leading, coaching, and supporting the Airfreight Import Customer Service team, ensuring staff manage end-to-end import processes efficiently.
• Operational Oversight: Monitor daily import activities, including shipment documentation, coordination with carriers, customs compliance, billing, and job closure. Ensure adherence to established processes and service standards.
• Process Support & Improvement: Identify operational bottlenecks, implementing process improvements, and support initiatives to enhance workflow efficiency.
• Performance Monitoring: Track team performance against SLAs and KPIs, provide feedback, and escalate issues to the Manager as needed.
• Customer Service Support: Handle complex import-related customer inquiries and serve as a point of escalation for service issues when required.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with Airfreight Operations, Customs, and other departments to ensure smooth execution of import shipments.
• Policy & Procedure Compliance: Support the development and implementation of import customer service policies and ensure staff compliance with internal procedures and regulatory requirements.

Requirements:

• Supervisory experience in airfreight import customer service and billing.
• Strong understanding of airfreight import processes, documentation, and customs requirements.
• Previous hands-on experience using Cargowise system