Phimrawin Phakdeethai

Oversee the Global Food Direct Procurement team with Global Ingredients Category and the Americas region across 12 operational facilities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, and India.

ByHeart is a fully integrated infant formula company. • Oversee Procurement of Direct materials (raw & packaging), Indirect procurement (3PL; logistics, warehouses, external labs, MRO, etc.) for the three facilities in PA, IA, and OR, and co-manufacturing/co-packers. • Establish Procurement process, supplier qualification process, and standard specifications collaborating with R&D, Regulatory, and Quality. • Develop Procurement strategies, supplier diversifications for ingredients and packaging. • Develop long-term procurement strategies, led contract negotiations, and initiated pricing mechanisms for visibility, predictability, and cost savings. • Establish Supplier Partnership/Relationship Program: review performance, forecasts, and innovations with strategic and key suppliers. • Lead cross-functional teams (R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Planning, and Finance) to achieve Procurement projects for savings and supply security. • Work closely with the Legal team to improve standard contracts. • Build the Procurement team. • Key contributor of the SAP system implementation.

Global consumer goods company and world leader in infant & child nutrition under Enfa brand name. • Developed Global Dairy procurement strategies focusing in Americas region. • Managed Dairy Procurement activities with high complexity for total of 5 manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Latin America. • Maintained partnerships with key suppliers, negotiate long-term agreements, and develop feedstock formulae with suppliers. • Identified new sourcing opportunities to ensure continuity of supply, mitigate mono-sourcing, gain savings, and support future business growth. • Drove cross-functional and cross-regional teams to achieve Procurement targets (savings, productivity, and supply security).

Global consumer goods company with brand names: NIVEA, Eucerin, and Aquaphor. • Led Indirect Procurement team of both in the Headquarter and the Production Center. • Designed Indirect Procurement strategies which are Third party Warehouses, Logistics, CAPEX, Manpower, Facility management, and other services. • Led supplier optimization, efficiency improvement, and total best value. • Managed contracts and key supplier relationships.

• Led Indirect Procurement strategies and managed Third-Party Manufacturing (TPM): Ready-to-Drink products and Baby powder for South Asia markets for total cost savings and improved net working capital. • Managed Indirect Procurement for Thailand Supply Chain and Commercial. • Led supplier optimization, supplier development, and drove local synergy between Reckitt Benckiser and Mead Johnson.

• Developed global and regional sourcing strategies of Pre and Probiotics ingredients for seven countries. • Managed Singapore Local Procurement and Asia-Oceania Third-Party manufacturing sites – total of three plants. • Acommittee of the Global Raw Materials qualification improvement that achieved Asia Qualification Process Simplification SOPs. • Led qualification projects and developed suppliers to mitigate mono-source and achieve savings. • Managed contracts and supplier relationships.