Procurement Team Lead

Procurement Team Lead (Polymers, Metals & Alcohol)

Company: Fouress Synergy

Location: South Korea (Onsite)

Job Type: Full-time

Language Requirement: Mandarin (Native/Fluent - Mandatory)

About Fouress Synergy

Fouress Synergy is a dynamic, fast-growing international trading company

specializing in global industrial commodities. We are seeking a strategic,

commercially sharp, and results-driven Procurement Team Lead to join our

team onsite in South Korea.

In this role, you will lead our global sourcing, procurement, and supply

chain operations for our core portfolios: polymers, metals, and industrial

alcohol. You will act as the vital, fast-paced bridge between our globally

distributed sales teams and international manufacturing partners to drive

commercial success.

Key Responsibilities

1. Global Sales Coordination & Real-Time Pricing

• Multi-Region Coordination: Act as the
• central procurement hub for a sales team based all over the world,
• seamlessly aligning across multiple time zones to support regional market
• needs.
• Instant Price Dissemination: Provide
• immediate, accurate product pricing to the sales team to ensure swift
• customer quoting and capture fast-moving market opportunities.
• Target Price Matching: Aggressively
• negotiate with suppliers to match target prices requested by sales,
• minimizing margin slippage while securing high-volume deals.

2. Supply Chain & Cost Optimization

• Sourcing Strategy: Design and
• execute advanced supply chain optimization strategies by evaluating
• critical sourcing shifts to Low-Cost Countries (LCC).
• Volume Consolidation: Analyze and
• consolidate purchasing volumes globally to maximize purchasing leverage
• and capture economies of scale.
• Supplier Allocation: Strategically
• reallocate production and order distributions across a diversified
• supplier network to mitigate risks and protect margins.

3. Lead Time, Inventory & Total Cost Optimization

• Import Logistics: Optimize
• end-to-end lead times and inventory management for imported bulk products
• to improve supply chain responsiveness.
• Working Capital Efficiency: Structure
• inventory buffers and delivery frequencies to lower carrying costs and
• maximize working capital efficiency.
• TCO Framework: Develop and
• implement procurement strategies based on the Total Cost of Ownership
• (TCO) approach, striking an optimal balance between product cost,
• logistics, customs, inventory carrying costs, quality, and operational
• efficiency.

4. Supplier Quality & Delivery Performance

• Quality Assurance: Ensure stable,
• reliable product quality standards by enforcing a strict supplier quality
• management framework and continuous performance monitoring.
• OTD Performance: Proactively
• manage supplier production schedules, factory capacities, and raw material
• inputs to guarantee industry-leading On-Time Delivery (OTD) metrics.
• Continuity & Risk Management: Predict,
• identify, and mitigate supply continuity risks, maintaining comprehensive
• contingency plans for geopolitical, logistics, or operational disruptions.

5. Team Leadership & Operations

• Team Management: Lead, mentor,
• and upscale a high-performing team of procurement specialists and buyers,
• setting clear operational targets and KPIs.
• Cross-Border Communication: Act as the
• primary liaison between Chinese manufacturers/suppliers and the South
• Korean corporate office, utilizing native/fluent Mandarin to build
• ironclad business relationships.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Experience: 5–8 years of
• experience in strategic procurement, sourcing, or supply chain management,
• ideally focusing on polymers, metals, chemical derivatives, or industrial
• alcohol.
• Global Coordination: Proven ability
• to collaborate effectively with cross-border, distributed sales or
• commercial teams across multiple time zones.
• Leadership: Minimum of 3+ years of direct experience managing or leading a procurement or
• purchasing team.
• Language

  Skills

  Absolute
• fluency in
English and Mandarin (Spoken & Written)
• is mandatory
to communicate effectively with key regional supply bases.
• Technical Expertise: Deep
• familiarity with Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) financial modeling,
• Low-Cost Country (LCC) sourcing strategies, and international trade
• mechanics (Incoterms, shipping logistics, customs clearance).
• Education: Bachelor's
• degree in Supply Chain Management, International Trade, Chemical
• Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Availability: Willingness to
• work fully onsite in South Korea and travel internationally as required
• for supplier audits and negotiations.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary package
• commensurate with experience.
• Opportunities for professional
• growth in a rapidly expanding global trading firm.
• Dynamic, multicultural work
• environment.