Daisuke Sasaki

Daisuke Sasaki is Associate Director of Procurement at Agoda, bringing thirteen years of procurement experience across Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand. He specialises in marketing procurement (creative, media, production, PR, insights, and performance marketing) and has led category strategies for both indirect and direct sourcing across multiple industries including travel tech, consumer goods, automotive, and pharmaceuticals.

At Agoda, Daisuke built the Marketing Procurement function from the ground up while strongly collaborating with Booking Holdings Global Marketing Procurement team. He implemented sourcing and negotiation frameworks, and drove the first multi-brand global marketing sourcing within Booking Holdings that delivered double-digit P&L savings.

He previously held procurement roles at L'Oréal, Mitsubishi Fuso Trucks (Mercedes Benz), ADP and Unilab, where he managed large spend portfolios, led global sourcing projects, and ran supplier audits and cost-reduction programs. Daisuke is a proven negotiator and people-developer who partners with marketing leadership and finance to translate category trends into measurable commercial outcomes.

Daisuke holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines and is an engaging presenter with multiple internal awards for excellence and teamwork.