Procurement Senior Manager

Key responsibilities :

1. Policy and Goal Setting

• Establish department policies, plans, and objectives aligned with the organization goals.

• Communicate organizational and department policies and plans to the team, set operational goals and monitor performance.

2. Budget Planning and Procurement:

• Plan and develop budgets for departmental expenses, seeking approval from executives and ensuring spending compliance.

• Develop a procurement plan and oversee the procurement process, including vendor evaluation and document preparation.

• Approve procurement documents and manage purchasing operations according to company policy.

3. Team Management

• Foster open communications and an inspiring team environment.

• Set clear vision & goals.

• Provide guidance and leadership.

• Monitor team performance.

• Motivate team members.

• Identify training needs and provide coaching to team member(s) when required.

• Provide feedback on employee performance to achieve specified goals.

• Supervise and mentor departmental employees, fostering continuous knowledge and skill development.

• Develop career progression plans for subordinates and support their professional growth through training and industry networking.

4. Additional Tasks

• Perform additional tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

• Continuously develop knowledge, abilities, and skills through training and industry engagement.

• Study work and apply it to new technology for work to be faster and more accurate.

• Prepare performance reports and reports to senior management within the specified period.

5. Key Specific Qualification and Responsibilities of the Position

• Ability to communicate appropriately with people outside Bridgestone group companies to negotiate through discussion and compromise under different interests and objectives.

• Create and execute mid-term (3 to 5 years) business strategies according to organization vision.

• Ability to create new concepts and methods across multiple job functions by analyzing complex issue.

Specific key responsibilities of TBSC Indirect Material Procurement, TIIP Lead and Regional South-East (SEA) Cluster Indirect Procurement include, but not limited to:

1. Sourcing Policy and Goal Setting

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies and identify cost savings opportunities in line with OB/MBP.

• Establish the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including industry/supplier analysis, RFX, bid evaluation, negotiations, supplier performance evaluation, SRM program, supply base design and consolidation.

2. Procurement operations

• Lead the indirect procurement team to rationalize procurement operations, increase spend coverage of the procurement organization and increase year-on-year savings. Work with business and finance stakeholders to identify, drive and track cost savings, other value creations and improvements on control and compliance.

• Prepare and hold reviews and updates with internal users/customers/stakeholders for business case initiatives, opportunities and risks, project progress, results versus expectations and vendor performance.

• Provide necessary training and guidance to internal users and stakeholders on procurement policies and work processes.

• Establish procurement process standards and drive compliance across the organization.

• Drive continuous improvement activities aimed at improving process maturity, increasing coverage and drive organizational compliance.

• Analyze the contractor procurement process and oversee procurement management within the department.

3. Project initiation and management

• Identify and initiate sourcing projects across indirect categories by leveraging spend analysis, market Intelligence, interacting with regional CO, and internal requirements through engagement with internal customers and stakeholders.

• Lead and delivery projects with the best outcome for the business by collaborating with external suppliers, internal users, stakeholders and on-site procurement teams.

• Develop and implement Strategic Sourcing and Drive Procurement Process Optimization across SEA Cluster Indirect Procurement.

4. Vendor/Contractor Management and Quality Assurance:

• Establish methods for evaluating vendor/contractors to ensure they have sufficient potential to sell qualified products and provide quality services before registration.

• Control, analyze and improve vendor/contractor evaluation process for quality product and service.

• Continually improve supplier management system to level up both parties to sustainable procurement.

Transversal Responsibility

1. All business decisions and actions must serve and be in line with the Group’s Essence, principles & values, TRACE, and our way to serve the community.

2. Partnering with Business & Functional Leaders to champion, communicate, inculcate, drive, promote and live Bridgestone’s Essence and TRACE principles & values.

3. Fostering and promoting diversity i.e. gender, generational, cultural, nationality-diversity and inclusion

Qualification

• Degree holder, with over 10 years in-depth strategic sourcing, procurement experience and practices (e.g. category management, spend analytics and benchmarking, should-cost models, FX, negotiation and contracting), preferably in an indirect procurement function for both corporate and supply chain related spends at a multinational corporation environment.

• Minimum of 7 years in a managerial capacity, showcasing leadership in strategic sourcing and project management.

• Able to communicate and engage internal users, stakeholders and external suppliers effectively; Able to identify, sell and present initiatives and new ideas through business case development and reviews.

• Results-oriented with a proven ability to deliver in challenging environments, coupled with strong relationship management skills for both internal and external stakeholders.

• Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems.

• Excellent proficiency in both spoken and written English and Thai.

• Self-motivated and proactive individual.

• Experience with continuous improvement methods like Lean Six Sigma.

• Proactive thinker.