Assistant Manager, Technology Sourcing - Grab

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: