Supply Chain Manager
Position Title: | Supply Chain Manager | Job Level: | Manager |
Division: | Corporate Admin and Support | Department: | Supply Chain |
Reports To: | Head of Supply Chain | Work Location: | Batangas City |
1 | JOB SUMMARY |
Leads end-to-end supply chain management across strategic sourcing, procurement, contracting, logistics, inventory, supplier performance, and supply risk. The role translates business and project requirements into commercially sound, compliant, and sustainable supply solutions while protecting continuity of operations, optimizing total cost of ownership, and enabling timely delivery of materials, equipment, and services.
2 | KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND WEIGHTING |
KA 1: Strategic Procurement and Sourcing Management | 30% |
· Develop and execute category, sourcing, and procurement strategies aligned with approved business, project, operational, and budget requirements.
· Lead competitive bidding, market sounding, commercial evaluation, negotiation, award recommendation, and purchase commitment processes in accordance with delegated authority and applicable policies.
· Coordinate demand and supply planning with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Finance, and project teams to anticipate material and service requirements.
· Optimize total cost of ownership by balancing price, quality, delivery, service levels, lifecycle cost, and commercial risk.
KA 2: Supplier and Contract Management | 20% |
· Lead supplier qualification, accreditation, performance evaluation, and relationship management, including corrective-action and continuous-improvement plans.
· Negotiate and administer contracts to ensure clear scope, deliverables, service levels, pricing, warranties, liabilities, and performance obligations.
· Establish preferred-supplier and strategic-partnership frameworks that strengthen value, innovation, responsiveness, and supply reliability.
· Monitor supplier compliance with contractual, ethical, HSE, sustainability, and regulatory requirements.
KA 3: Supply Risk, Governance, and Compliance | 20% |
· Identify and assess supply chain risks, including market volatility, single-source exposure, geopolitical disruption, capacity constraints, supplier financial health, and logistics bottlenecks.
· Develop mitigation, contingency, and business-continuity plans to protect critical supply and operational resilience.
· Ensure procurement activities maintain appropriate approvals, competitive tension, documentation, segregation of duties, and audit readiness.
· Escalate material commercial, contractual, compliance, and continuity risks with clear recommendations and decision options.
KA 4: Stakeholder and Partnership Management | 20% |
· Partner with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Finance, Sustainability, Legal, and project teams to align priorities and execute supply chain initiatives.
· Provide timely commercial advice, sourcing updates, and decision-ready recommendations to management and key stakeholders.
· Facilitate issue resolution across internal teams and suppliers to protect cost, schedule, quality, and operational targets.
· Build productive working relationships with suppliers, service providers, consultants, and relevant external stakeholders.
KA 5: Digital Enablement and Data Analytics | 10% |
· Use ERP, spend analytics, contract repositories, and performance dashboards to improve visibility, control, and decision-making.
· Monitor procurement cycle time, savings and cost avoidance, supplier performance, contract coverage, risk exposure, and compliance indicators.
· Champion process standardization, workflow automation, master-data quality, and practical digital solutions that improve efficiency and user experience.
· Ensure management reports and analyses are accurate, complete, timely, and supported by reliable data.
3 | POLICY-MAKING AND DECISION-MAKING RESPONSIBILITIES |
Highest indicated scope of decision-making: Level 2. The position follows established policies and precedents, applies analysis and professional judgment, and escalates decisions beyond delegated authority.
Level | Selected | Decision Scope | Description |
1 | | Procedural | Decisions are made through standard operating procedures and direct instructions. |
2 | X | Guided judgment | Uses established guidelines and precedents; performs analysis within delegated authority. |
3 | | Results-based | Receives expected results and determines the procedures needed to achieve them. |
4 | | Broad strategic discretion | Works from broad goals and exercises wide latitude, complex analysis, innovation, and flexibility. |
4 | SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY |
Financial
· Manage assigned supply chain budgets and financial commitments within approved plans and delegated authority.
· Drive cost optimization, savings, cost avoidance, working-capital discipline, and accurate commercial reporting.
Non-Financial
· Exercise delegated authority and maintain accountability for procurement governance, supplier outcomes, and execution quality.
· Ensure the quality, integrity, validity, and timely submission of reports, analyses, sourcing records, and contract documentation.
· Protect confidential and commercially sensitive information and promote ethical conduct across supplier interactions.
5 | NETWORK OF INTERACTION |
Internal Stakeholders · CAO and executives · Business unit, project, and functional leaders · Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Finance, Legal, Sustainability, and other support teams · Employees of Prime Infra and its subsidiaries | External Stakeholders · Suppliers and service providers · Contractors and logistics partners · External consultants and professional advisers · Relevant industry and regulatory stakeholders, as applicable | |
6 | JOB QUALIFICATIONS |
Education | Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Finance, or a related field. A postgraduate degree is an advantage. | |
Relevant Experience | At least five years of progressive supply chain, procurement, sourcing, contract management, logistics, or related experience, including responsibility for leading complex commercial activities and cross-functional stakeholders. | |
Industry and Functional Knowledge | Strong working knowledge of strategic sourcing, contracting, supplier management, cost analysis, inventory and logistics, supply risk, procurement governance, and audit-ready documentation. Exposure to energy, oil and gas, water, waste, infrastructure, general engineering, or similar asset-intensive sectors is an advantage. | |
Systems and Analytics | Proficiency in ERP platforms such as SAP or Oracle, Microsoft 365, spend and supplier analytics, dashboards, and digital procurement workflows. | |
Professional Certifications | CPSM, CSCP, CIPS, or another relevant professional certification is an advantage. | |
7 | REQUIRED COMPETENCIES |
• Strategic sourcing and supply chain leadership | • Commercial acumen, negotiation, and contract management | |
• Analytical thinking and data-driven decision-making | • Supplier relationship and performance management | |
• Project planning, prioritization, and execution discipline | • Risk management, governance, and sustainability awareness | |
• Stakeholder management, communication, and influencing | • Results orientation, collaboration, integrity, and continuous improvement | |
8 | KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS |
· Savings and cost avoidance delivered against approved targets
· Procurement cycle time and on-time completion of sourcing activities
· Supplier delivery, quality, service, and corrective-action performance
· Contract coverage, renewal readiness, and compliance with approval requirements
· Supply continuity and closure of identified supply risks
· Accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of reports and procurement records
· Adoption of process improvements, automation, and data-quality initiatives
· Internal stakeholder satisfaction and responsiveness