Assistant Manager, Technology Sourcing

Job description

Get to Know the Team Grab Procurement is not a compliance function. We are a commercial intelligence engine — built to create enterprise value through smarter supplier relationships, sharper commercial models, and procurement infrastructure that enables the business to move fast and spend wisely. We are mid-transformation: moving from a process-oriented team to an AI-native, outcomes-focused function where each person owns a material part of Grab's commercial landscape. If you want to run processes, this isn't the team. If you want to manage outcomes, it is. You will report to and work with the Regional Category Manager, Technology Procurement and base on-site in our Petaling Jaya office. Get to Know the Role Technology is Grab's largest spend landscape, spanning infrastructure, core engineering, corporate applications, hardware, and network connectivity. We need an Assistant Manager, Technology Sourcing with the inquisitive mindset to navigate complex software ecosystems (AI tokens, cloud models, SaaS) and the commercial rigour to manage hardware lifecycles and network partnerships. Serving as a commercial advisor to our Engineering, Product, Enterprise Technology, Network, and Infrastructure teams, you will deliver decision-ready outputs, design commercial frameworks, and run medium-complexity workstreams. You will build practical cost models, use AI for analysis, resolve early misalignment, and prepare strategic negotiation trade-offs for senior leaders. We calibrate performance against outcomes and judgment quality rather than activity volume. You will deliver durable results with clean commercial thinking and fewer escalations, reducing downstream dependency on senior oversight. The Critical Tasks You Will Perform Sourcing Execution & Sourcing Strategy: Run medium-complexity sourcing workstreams with a clear plan, sequencing, and business partners mapping. Conduct spend analysis, supplier profiling, and opportunity mapping. Draft applicable business cases and strategic sourcing strategies. Go-to-Market & Commercial Architecture: Design RFQs/RFPs including questions, evaluation logic, timelines, and governance. Build cost models, quote comparisons, and what-if scenarios that make trade-offs explicit and decision-ready. Upstream Business Partnership: Clarify requirements, scope, constraints, and success metrics with business partners. Handle misalignment early through direct, negotiable agreement. Coordinate Subject Matter Experts (Legal, Compliance, VenSec) and ensure inputs within the timeline. Negotiation Preparation & Documentation: Prepare negotiation positions and trade-offs for seniors. Run pre-briefs and role-play objections so leaders don't walk in cold. Document decisions cleanly, outlining risks, trade-offs, and rationale. Supplier Performance Governance: Manage governance frameworks for technology vendors. Construct goals, run formal reviews, and hold suppliers strictly accountable to service levels and costs. AI-Driven Sourcing: Use AI to accelerate drafting, researching, analysis, and scenario exploration. Stress-test negotiation arguments using AI, then validate against facts and policy. Operational & Systems Guidance: Guide buyer roles to ensure comprehensive familiarity with our main systems (such as Oracle), procurement guidelines, procurement policies, and end-to-end PR/PO workflows. What Essential Skills You Will Need Experience & Technical Expertise Years of Experience: 5+ years of direct commercial procurement experience, with a heavy focus on the Technology line. Deal Sheet: Experience running technology RFPs and negotiating enterprise software contracts, hardware supply agreements, and network/connectivity deals. Evidence of durable outcomes rather than just events run. Technical Literacy: Hands-on familiarity with cloud ecosystem structures (SaaS/IaaS), software asset management, hardware lifecycle frameworks, and network commercial models (WAN, ISP, SD-WAN). Analysis Capability: High proficiency in financial modelling, usage forecasting, and building business cases from scratch to lead dollar-commitment strategies. Commercial Competencies Commercial Strategy & Value Creation: Understanding of procurement value beyond price — weighing risk, speed and long-term impact. Understand and explain commercial levers (Terms, Scope, Service Level Agreement) well. Stakeholders Influence & Storytelling: Think with structure to move from facts → insight → recommendation. Experienced at managing expectations and diplomatically influencing business partners. Execution & Risk Management: Flag risks early, propose proportional mitigations, and know when to involve SMEs. Supplier & Contract Governance: Advise on contract structures and spot important commercial clauses that impact delivery. Mindset & Adjustability Ownership-First Mindset: You focus on the destination, not the milestone. You treat technology sub-categories like a business owner, ensuring outcomes are durable. Judgment Under Uncertainty: You build structures from basics and frame problems cleanly. You escalate infrequently, demonstrating commercial maturation by acting on high-use decisions. Dependency Reduction: You leave business partners more adept, not more reliant, by generating leverage through your involvement. Adjustability & AI-Forward: You are natively AI-forward, using AI as a core working method for researching, analysis, and synthesis. You excel in fast shifting environments and embrace change over fixed processes. Life at Grab We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer: We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance. With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations. Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave , and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges. Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours What We Stand For At Grab We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that provides equal opportunity for Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. We consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique. About Grab and Our Workplace Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.