What does a Purchasing Manager - IT & Indirect Services do?

Sealed Air is looking for a driven and experienced Purchasing Manager to independently lead procurement activities for IT goods, software, professional services, and other indirect services from our Manila shared services hub. This is a senior individual contributor role - built for someone ready to own stakeholder relationships, drive supplier performance, and bring stronger process accountability than a typical analyst position, without the responsibilities of people management.

You will work closely with IT Finance, IT Vendor Management, Corporate Procurement, Accounts Payable, requestors, and external suppliers - primarily supporting North American and global stakeholders - to keep sourcing and purchasing accurate, compliant, and on time.

Why we need you?

• Independently manage purchasing activities for IT hardware, computers, peripherals, software, IT professional services, and other indirect services in accordance with corporate procurement standards.
• Create, review, and manage purchase requisitions and purchase orders in SAP, ensuring accurate supplier, pricing, tax, delivery, and accounting information.
• Serve as the Manila-based procurement point of contact for IT and indirect services requestors, vendor managers, finance partners, Accounts Payable, Shipping & Receiving, and suppliers.
• Provide proactive issue resolution for open orders, blocked or parked invoices, price or quantity discrepancies, returns, substitutions, delivery delays, and supplier performance concerns.
• Support RFQs, bid comparisons, supplier quotes, pricing agreements, renewals, contract-related inputs, and negotiation preparation for IT and indirect services categories.
• Maintain effective supplier relationships and coordinate vendor correspondence related to order status, claims, shipment discrepancies, invoice mismatches, product discontinuations, and service delivery issues.
• Partner with IT Finance and vendor management stakeholders to validate purchase requirements, budgets, approvals, contract coverage, and vendor compliance before purchase execution.
• Prepare and analyze purchasing reports, spend summaries, open PO reports, KPI dashboards, savings trackers, and issue logs for management review.
• Identify opportunities to improve purchasing processes, reduce manual effort, improve cycle time, strengthen compliance, and standardize documentation across IT and indirect services buying activities.
• Provide guidance to analysts or junior team members as a subject-matter resource, including coaching on SAP purchasing transactions and documentation standards; this role does not directly supervise employees.
• Escalate purchasing risks, supplier issues, compliance concerns, and service interruptions to appropriate leadership in a timely and fact-based manner.

What we are looking for in you?

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Finance, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum 4 to 6 years of purchasing, procurement, sourcing, supply chain, vendor management, or shared-services experience, including meaningful exposure to indirect procurement or IT purchasing.
• Hands-on SAP procurement experience, including purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoice issue resolution, vendor data, pricing, and open order management; SAP S/4HANA experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of IT procurement categories such as end-user hardware, peripherals, software, IT services, telecom, professional services, or other corporate indirect services.
• Strong analytical capability, including Excel reporting, pivot tables, lookups, data validation, spend analysis, KPI tracking, and preparation of accurate management-ready summaries.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, prioritize multiple requests, manage deadlines, and follow through on open issues across time zones.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with global stakeholders, suppliers, finance partners, and technical requestors.
• Ability to work from Manila with schedule flexibility or shift overlap required to support North America and global stakeholders.

What are our core values?

• Integrity
• Determined
• Innovative
• Collaborative

Why work at Sealed Air?

• We have a very diverse and inclusive culture.
• We invest in developing our people. You can hone your expertise and further develop your career with a global leader in packaging solutions.
• You will work with talented and creative professionals working in a collaborative environment that celebrates insatiable curiosity and diverse ideas.

If you are looking for a new challenge in a company deemed as essential service, then we want to hear from you!

Please Note: - You must have Philippines work-rights to be considered for this job. A detailed job description is available.

No contacts from recruitment agencies please.

Sealed Air does not accept unsolicited resumes from vendors (including without limitation search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies) and will not pay any associated fees for unsolicited resumes presented to any employee of our company.

Any resume submitted in the absence of a recruitment agreement with an approved vendor signed by an authorized representative of Sealed Air shall be deemed the sole property of Sealed Air.