Vendor Management and Commercial Assistant Specialist (6 months)

ADA is a data and artificial intelligence company that designs and executes integrated digital, analytics, marketing, and eCommerce solutions.


Operating across 10 markets in South and Southeast Asia, ADA partners with leading brands to drive their digital and data maturity, and achieve their business goals. We are anchored on the following main services:



Providing business insights, data enrichment, and advanced analytics

Understanding the consumer mindset and designing data-driven creative marketing strategies

Executing end-to-end digital marketing solutions for growth hacking, funnel optimisation, and goal optimisation


ADA complements its unique digital expertise with deep proprietary data of 375 Million consumers.


What will you do?



Assist in the vendor onboarding process for ADA across all territories

Assist the process of obtaining required documentation to onboard vendors including but not limited to Vendor Registration, Vendor Declaration and Vendor Due Diligence processes.

Following-up with vendors to ensure documentation is received to complete the vendor onboarding process.

Keeping records/vendor database and updating the vendor list as and when required.

Assist with creating and administering supplier request for proposals (RFPs).

Assist in evaluating vendor RFPs submissions and making recommendations for commercial review.

Assist in researching for alternative vendors, products, or services to drive organizational savings.

Assist in ensuring vendor performance and compliance is evaluated in advance of contract renewal process.

Assist with procurement processes for improvement, roles, and responsibilities.

Assist in reviewing business proposal for commercial review and recommendation

Assist in commercial director with contract management review and process


What experience and skills do you need?



Broad knowledge and experience in vendor management and procurement functions

Significant experience collaborating across organizational boundaries and building partnerships across various functions.

Ability to influence, negotiate, collaborate, and achieve consensus key stakeholders

Excellent skills in Microsoft Excel and Word capabilities, effective interpersonal, written and verbal communication

Demonstrated ability to work with limited supervision and meet necessary deadlines, use good judgement and make appropriate decisions, deal with multiple stakeholders at all levels of the organization internally and externally, must be detail oriented.

Having commercial background in telco or similar industry will be an added advantage