Procurement Manager / Senior Procurement Manager

Key Responsibilities: • Develop and execute sourcing strategies for tire raw materials, compounding materials, sub-materials, machinery parts, and maintenance-related categories. • Identify, screen, and develop local and regional low-cost suppliers in Thailand and ASEAN. • Lead RFI/RFQ processes, supplier benchmarking, price comparison, and commercial negotiations. • Work with technical, production, quality, and finance teams to evaluate supplier switching feasibility and qualification requirements. • Improve supplier portfolio, contract conditions, payment terms, lot size, lead time, inventory conditions, and service levels. • Support Design to Cost initiatives by providing supplier market intelligence, material price benchmarks, and alternative sourcing options. • Establish supplier management routines, including performance review, risk monitoring, and cost reduction pipeline management. Professional Skills Professional Knowledge • Tire/rubber material procurement and supplier market knowledge • RFI/RFQ, supplier benchmarking, price negotiation, and contract management • Raw materials and industrial categories such as natural rubber, synthetic rubber, carbon black, silica, oil, chemicals, steel cord, textile, spare parts, and maintenance services • Supplier development, supplier performance management, and sourcing risk management • Cost reduction, LCC sourcing, and category strategy development/ (Low-Cost Country Sourcing) • Communication & Negotiation - Strong negotiation capability with local and regional supplier - Ability to align procurement, technical, production, quality, finance, and management stakeholders - Practical communication skills in Thai and English • Problem Solving - Identify practical cost-down levers from supplier, price, contract, specification, lot size, lead time, and inventory conditions - Resolve supplier switching constraints such as quality approval, specification, delivery, and supply stability - Convert supplier market intelligence into executable sourcing actions Qualifications • Bachelor's degree or above : Major Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, Chemistry, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or related field • Must-have: 8+ years of procurement/category management experience in tire; experience in raw material or industrial category sourcing. • Preferred: Existing network with low-cost suppliers in Thailand/ASEAN; experience in tire raw materials, sub-materials, spare parts, or maintenance categories; • English communication capability preferred.

Company: JST Group Hire Type: Permanent Openings: 1