Thursday, 26 April 2018, 6:30pm @
​SAP Thailand, 287 Liberty Square Building, Bangkok View Map

According to recent market research, more than 60% of Senior Procurement professionals in South East Asia believe that Procurement can have a major impact on business performance. Additionally, 56% said that they will focus on strategic/competitive sourcing; around 47% marked that they would pursue procurement efficiency; and 36% marked interest in cost/spend reductions. This highlights the Procurement Reformation, which is taking place in South East Asia, moving from tactical functions to a strategic role.

In this quarterly meetup, we are honored to have Supakit Kitsaran with us, who is the Strategic Sourcing Manager of Siam City Cement, with more than 17 years of experience in Procurement, spanning across different industries such as latex, steel, copper, third party services, and logistics. Supakit will look into the business climate of South East Asia for Procurement in 2018. We will dissect the challenges that procurement professionals face across South East Asia and Asia, and how these challenges are being currently addressed. We will examine the tools and technology that are instrumental in the Procurement Reformation of this region, as well as other motivation factors that drive South East Asian Procurement professionals in this reformation – such as low-cost operations, rapid market growth and China's growing influence on South East Asia.

About Gosourcing Procurement Quarterly Meetup
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This is a quarterly meetup for procurement and supply chain professionals to come along, learn and share their knowledge and the latest industry news and best practices to all.

Unlike other large annual procurement conferences, we believe frequent small events will create a more vibrant, closer and stronger procurement community.

As we meet every quarter, we will invite a guest speaker to talk about the latest procurement strategy and trend. You can mingle with your peers and discuss the key issues of the day over light refreshments.​

Building a Strong Strategic Procurement Community

​We are building a community of procurement leaders in South East Asia that promotes strategic thinking in procurement to meet the changing skills requirements at work. We see more companies are getting more strategically savvy, and the role of procurement is evolving in conjunction with this.

Our Guest Speaker

Supakit Kitsaran
Category Manager (Services), CPSM
Siam City Cement

Supakit Kitsaran has spent more than 17 years experience in the field of Procurement. He have worked with many communities and industries such as latex, steel, copper, third party services, and logistics. His vast experience has equipped him with the know-how and insights to improve procurement from demand management all the way to value analysis and value engineering. In his current role, he leads cross functional team for new project initiatives in domain of outsourcing services.

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Our Past Events

Procurement Quarterly Meetup @ Jakarta
20 December 2017

Procurement Quarterly Meetup @ Kuala Lumpur
13 September 2017

Procurement Quarterly Meetup @ Singapore
27 June 2017

Strategic Sourcing for 21st Century
29 March 2017

Transform your Supplier Relationships to Unlock Hidden Value
20 October 2016

The Secrets of Successful Category Management
​25 August 2016

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Venue Sponsor

SAP Ariba helps make procurement awesome by removing complexity and giving buyers and suppliers the tools to manage everything from source to settle - all in one place. Over 3 million companies drive more business value by using Ariba Network and SAP Ariba procurement software to collaborate more effectively on spend management, contract management, supplier management, and financial supply chain management.

Our Partners

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Association of Thailand (PSCMT) ​formerly the “Thai Purchaser Club”, was set up in Bangkok in November 1988 with just a handful of members. Today this body has many professionals as life members and many more active members (total of 7,000 members as of June 2004) dedicated to enhance the professionalism in purchasing, logistics, and supply chain management functions.

Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) is the world’s largest procurement and supply professional organisation.  It is the worldwide centre of excellence on purchasing and supply management issues. CIPS has a global community of over 118,000 in 150 different countries, including senior business people, high-ranking civil servants and leading academics.

Lean Procurement is the first CIPS approved study centre in Aberdeen in ten years, offering a mixture of consultancy, training and applied theory. Delivered at their site in central Aberdeen or on location, their team offers the CIPS diploma, advanced diploma and professional diploma stages to individuals and organizations looking to progress their procurement expertise with professionally accredited qualifications.

​Procto provides outsourced CTO for small-medium enterprises to solve their procurement challenges through strategic procurement technology. They partner with visionary procurement leaders who have innovative ideas but do not the technical expertise to transform their procurement and supply chain operations.