Indirect Procurement Business Partner Thailand

Short Summary

Indirect Procurement Business Partner Thailand with Syngenta Group. Role purpose The purpose of this role is to lead the Thailand Indirect Procurement function as Business Partner. Accountable for a small Unit/Business/Site or Function Unit within Syngenta Group's AMEA division. Provides scientific, technical, specialist/subject matter, or product expertise and leadership. Delivers a key service through a team or leads…

Key Details

• Position / opportunity: Indirect Procurement Business Partner Thailand
• Organization: Syngenta Group
• Country / coverage: Thailand
• Location: Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
• Work arrangement: On-site
• Opportunity type: Tenders / Consultancies
• Sector: Information Technology
• Compensation: Not specified
• Duration: Not specified
• Start date: 2026-08-25
• Application deadline: Not specified

Description

Role purpose The purpose of this role is to lead the Thailand Indirect Procurement function as Business Partner. Accountable for a small Unit/Business/Site or Function Unit within Syngenta Group's AMEA division. Provides scientific, technical, specialist/subject matter, or product expertise and leadership. Delivers a key service through a team or leads complex and significant tasks and projects of regional or global scope. Takes independent action to deliver short-term goals. Focuses on the procurement of a portfolio of spend, leveraging Category/Sub-Category strategies and Buying Channels. Leads and manages the end-to-end sourcing activities within the countries. Procures an assigned portfolio of spend ensuring secure, on-time, on-specification supply, delivering minimum total cost of ownership. Builds relationships with stakeholders, regional teams, and delivers saving targets and quality. Performs specialized duties in a defined functional program area, involving a wide variety of problems. Acts as an expert source of information on processing transactions. Works closely with business leaders to ensure the territory’s business requirements are clearly understood and challenged, and taken account of in the Category strategies (Demand management). Forges close working relationships with Category/Sub-Category Managers to ensure strategies are fully deployed across the region. Develops and maintains close working relationships with various business leaders to ensure Indirect Procurement delivers significant savings consistently. Provides tailored Procurement solutions for the business when requirements cannot be met by Category/Sub-Category strategy or existing buying channels. Acts as an ambassador of Procurement and Global Sourcing, championing Procurement policies, processes, and tools. Represents multiple functions and sites within the region/country, collaborating with AMEA members and regional sourcing teams to drive procurement excellence. Continuous self development to meet the requirements. Accountabilities Key elements of the role include but are not be limited to: Manages end-to-end sourcing activities within countries, aligning with category strategies. Builds relationships with stakeholders and regional teams, ensuring compliance with procurement policies and process including tendering and contract management. Develops and manages relationships with key suppliers, including negotiation and contract management. Deploys category and sub-category strategies within the country, ensuring alignment with management teams. Designs and executes tailored procurement solutions where standard strategies or channels are insufficient. Optimizes vendor relationships and utilizes e-tools effectively to leverage value and promote catalog usage. Manages budgets and resources allocated to procurement activities. Verifies and agrees on financial performance within the country, including savings delivery and budget data. Delivers agreed savings targets while maintaining quality and meeting time requirements. Works closely with business leaders to understand and address requirements, ensuring alignment with category strategies. Communicates effectively with stakeholders, providing regular reports on achievements, issues, and constraints. Develops a strong procurement stakeholder network within the organization, educating on policies and processes. Actively engages in continuous self-development to meet requirements. Focuses on sustainability throughout the procurement process. Develops and promotes catalogue usage for process optimization. Set clear timelines and milestones for procurement objectives. Implement risk management strategies to mitigate potential disruptions in the supply chain. Conduct regular audits of procurement processes and may propose and/or contribute towards area of improvements in the processes (with validation of supervisor/manager) Requires in-depth knowledge and experience in own discipline including mastery of techniques/methods/scientific theories and subject matter expertise Solves complex problems and may be required to develop solutions to problems newly arising work on project sourcing, spend…

Responsibilities

• Role purpose The purpose of this role is to lead the Thailand Indirect Procurement function as Business Partner.
• Accountable for a small Unit/Business/Site or Function Unit within Syngenta Group's AMEA division.
• Provides scientific, technical, specialist/subject matter, or product expertise and leadership.
• Delivers a key service through a team or leads complex and significant tasks and projects of regional or global scope.
• Takes independent action to deliver short-term goals.
• Focuses on the procurement of a portfolio of spend, leveraging Category/Sub-Category strategies and Buying Channels.

Requirements / Eligibility

• are clearly understood and challenged, and taken account of in the Category strategies (Demand management).
• Forges close working relationships with Category/Sub-Category Managers to ensure strategies are fully deployed across the region.
• Develops and maintains close working relationships with various business leaders to ensure Indirect Procurement delivers significant savings consistently.
• Provides tailored Procurement solutions for the business when requirements cannot be met by Category/Sub-Category strategy or existing buying channels.
• Acts as an ambassador of Procurement and Global Sourcing, championing Procurement policies, processes, and tools.

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