Purchasing Executive at KREUZ CHALLENGER PTE LTD (2022-07 – Present)
Responsible for all ROV/Dive-related and Marine equipment, spares, material and subcontractor services. To ensure correct items / services are purchased at the right price and delivered to the jobsite / vessel on time
- Manage sourcing and procurement of ROV, diving, and marine spare parts, issuing RFQs and POs to both local and international vendors
- Conduct commercial negotiations and perform Commercial Bidding Evaluations (CBE) to achieve cost savings and value optimization
- Monitor and expedite purchase orders to ensure timely delivery and support operational requirements
- Identify, source, and develop new vendors while strengthening relationships with existing suppliers and subcontractors
- Maintain strong supplier partnerships to ensure reliability, quality, and competitive pricing
- Support Accounts Payable in resolving invoice discrepancies with suppliers and subcontractors
- Track and follow up on vendor payments to ensure timely settlement
- Address and resolve delivery and non-conformance issues in coordination with vendors
- Handle procurement of office-related items, including IT equipment and software systems
- Maintain and update outstanding Purchase Requisition (PR) records in shared systems (e.g., Teams)
- Provide guidance and onboarding support to new team members on departmental procedures
- Perform additional duties as assigned by the Group Supply Chain Manager
Senior Marine Buyer (Timas 1201 & DLB-01 Management Team under EPIC company PT. Timas Samudera Indonesia) at OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION SPECIALISTS PTE LTD (2013-08 – 2022-06)
Senior Buyer responsible for the main purchasing activities for vessel Timas 1201 & DLB-01 under Indonesia EPIC Company PT. Timas Samudera Indonesia.
- Sourcing of spare parts, issue RFQ and PO to vendors locally and overseas.
- Acts as a liaison between the vendors and the department head/requestors for the correct items to purchase for the vessels.
- Participate in commercial negotiation with vendors and perform Commercial Bidding Evaluation (CBE) and to help the company to reduce costs.
- Monitoring of purchase orders delivery to the correct delivery point base on the vessel locations.
- Prepare and verify of invoices and delivery orders for submission of payment after goods receive on the vessel & barge to the finance department in Jakarta.
- Monitoring of payment for vendors to ensure that payment is paid on time.
- Preparing of the cargo manifest and arranging of shipment with logistics companies for shipment of goods from Singapore to the vessels location.
- Ensure, update and maintain a proper filing system in the department.
- Guidance for buyers who joined my team on the company procedures and policy.
- Any other ad hoc by operation manager.
Procurement Executive at M. Tech Products Pte Ltd (2012-07 – 2013-02)
Responsible in guiding the team members in ensuring that all the details are correct
- Verifying of sales orders from the sales department to process into purchase orders for China and India territory.
- Generating of purchase reports for management reviews.
- Updating of product matrix according to the different regions.
Planning Executive at KES Systems & Service (1993) Pte Ltd (2011-06 – 2012-05)
Responsible in planning of production to keep the manufacturing line in operation
- Plan and schedule of materials availability to slot in for production to meet customer delivery schedule.
- Co-ordinate with internal departments including buyer, sales and warehouse for on time delivery.
- Working closely with the production manager on the schedule and managed JIT material to support the schedule.
- Understanding of the manufacturing process and to have a reasonable expectation as to what can be accomplished in a certain timeframe.
- Generate weekly production schedule to management.
- Liaise with shipping department for delivery to customer.
Purchasing Executive at KES Systems & Service (1993) Pte Ltd (2010-05 – 2011-06)
Responsible in purchasing of electronics components to support production
- Negotiation with suppliers on pricing issues, payment terms and delivery.
- Cross check for equivalents of parts in system for production.
- Monitoring of purchase orders delivery.
- Exercise good vendor management and monitor performance of vendors to meet objectives in quality and delivery.
- Resolving of quality issues.
Buyer at GES (Singapore) Pte Ltd (2008-07 – 2010-04)
Responsible in purchasing of materials to support production
- Work with suppliers to ensure forecasts of material are covered to desired buffer level.
- Monitoring of purchase order delivery.
- Resolving of quality issues.
