Total 29 job vacancies by Basf South East Asia Pte. Ltd.

Objectives of the Position

• Experienced Global Business Expert for the processes Manufacturing, Site Logistics and P2P for supply chain (including Tolling Execution). Part of the Global Supply Chain Process Excellence team with members located in Europe, Asia, North America and South America.

Main Tasks:

• Implement new organizational and / or technical concepts for processes MFG (Manufacturing), SL (Site Logistics), P2P (Purchase-to-pay) in strong alignment with relevant stakeholders including global process owners. Facilitate and contribute to change and test management activities.
• Drive innovation and automation activities, e.g., based on RPA (Robotics Process Automation) technology. Continuously assess improvement potentials and implement new solutions when available.
• Track and address adherence to business rules and processes including monitoring via KPIs, process mapping tools, and reports.
• Lead regional, sub-regional and local key-user communities to enforce continuous communication and best practice exchange.
• Lead projects or projects workstreams with cross-organizational or cross-functional aspects, e.g. S/4HANA implementation or supply chain integration of acquired businesses.
• Execute key-user and end-user support including Issue-solving in day-to-day business, training, monitoring tasks and data maintenance.

Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in business administration, IT, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field.
• Minimum 6 years of progressive experience in Logistics or Supply Chain, with a strong focus on order-to-cash and transportation management processes and tools.
• Experience in Agricultural business is a plus.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Process knowledge: Deep knowledge of supply chain, operations, and logistics processes. Experience with analysis and monitoring tools, e.g. SAP transactions, BW applications, data lake queries.
• Organizational knowledge: Awareness about organizational structures in BASF, interaction between divisions and corporate / service functions.
• IT knowledge: Detailed knowledge of Microsoft standard applications, SAP ERP, and related tools for MFG, SL and P2P purposes.
• Process design / modeling: Capability to use process modeling tools (e.g. Signavio) for process mapping and design.
• Project management: Experience in contributing to projects or leading workstreams of projects. Ability to manage own workload, set priorities and regular reporting of progress to stakeholders. Change management skills.
• Customer-Centricity: A strong commitment to enhancing the customer and business partner experience throughout the process areas of manufacturing, site logistics and P2P.
• Innovation mindset: Innovative mindset and affinity to new digital developments

Objectives of the Position

• The role a key member of the Asia Pacific Communications (COMS) team and collaborates with a global network of Communications professional in Agricultural Solutions, and the company. The COMS community serves to strengthen, nurture, and protect the brand and reputation of BASF in agriculture.
• Responsible for development and implementation of regional internal communications strategy that keeps employees informed, connected, and engaged.
• Contributes to the overall strategic direction of communications in the region, and manager key communication tasks in Brand reputation tracking, Media management, and Crisis communications.
• Strategic business partner who supports key leaders in developing effective communications for various key events, and meetings with external audiences.

Main Tasks:

INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS

• Owner of the regional’s internal communications. e.g., townhall sessions, coffee chats and video messages. Creates and implements effective employee communications programs such as leadership sessions, team meetings, employee engagement, and learning development seminars. Serves as moderator, timekeeper and/or record taker as needed.
• Works with key functions of HR and Commercial Excellence to drive employee engagement and CX changes across the region.
• Develops and manages key regional internal communications channels to ensure that employees receive consistent and timely messages and can share information easily and effectively. Serves as the editor of the regional COMS platforms such as Intranet, Quarterly region update, relevant news to the region.
• Hands on responsibility for creating presentations, videos, content needed by the business. Manage and organize the regional coms content library – proactively coordinating the collection and creation of photos, videos, and other visuals, and guiding regional and country teams on their effective use.
• Track and monitor the effectiveness of communications activities to show value to business stakeholders.

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

• Identify opportunities to raise the profile of Agricultural Solutions in Asia Pacific and position the company as a thought leader in the industry via creation of new formats and/or participation in industry seminars and events, media interviews, opinion articles and advertising campaigns.
• Provision of strategic communications expertise and support to members of the senior leadership team to create and deliver compelling messages for key internal and external stakeholders across the region – including media events, key account customer meetings, industry events, and customer conferences.
• Active member of the Agricultural Solutions communications team in Asia Pacific, participates in select global calls and contributes to regional communications programs and activities. Liaise with global, regional, and country leaders to support the needs and interests of Asia Pacific and the Agricultural Solutions business respectively.
• Support crisis communication in coordination with relevant stakeholders. Prepare position papers, media responses as a part of issue management, and any incident/safety reactive messaging.

EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS

• Draft and review news releases and media pitches, prepare external communication materials in line with corporate and global one voice (incl. press releases and customer presentations), and coordinate media relations contacts for the Agricultural Solutions business across countries.
• Develop, steer, and implement global and regional communications projects that build the reputation of company.

Requirements:

• Minimum degree in communication, marketing, or other related field.
• Career history of at least 12 years with a minimum of 10 years in communications of a corporate environment. Experience of working a few years in an agency or in a regional responsibility is a plus.
• Working experience in a large multinational company with multiple stakeholders across various locations, experience in agriculture / chemical / bio-pharmaceutical industry a nice-to-have.
• High performing, mature and independent self-starter who has no issues rolling up sleeves to work without agency support and exemplifies accountability.
• Exceptional English language writing and editing skills - ideally as a native speaker. Ability to fluently communicate in a regional language is a plus.
• Knowledge in communication strategy/planning, crisis communication and branding.
• Hands-on working capabilities with content creation skills (Powerpoint, photo/video editing) and able to own the entire internal communications calendar, and self-manage projects such as monthly newsletters, quarterly executive communications and regional reports.
• Experience working closely with senior executives and diverse cultures. Amiable personality with strong interpersonal skills to influence country and global colleagues.
• Able to host, moderate, facilitate communication events with gusto.

Objectives of the Position

Our unit, Operations Aroma Ingredients is responsible for global production of our market leading products.

Main Tasks:

• Responsible for Operational Excellence of assigned complex key technologies & value chains over their lifecycle (standard operation, start-up, shutdown, stand-by, turnaround, troubleshooting, quality, regulatory, etc.) and continuously drive technical process optimization and operational excellence in all assets (technical documentation, sharing of best practices, etc.) in order to improve reliability and reduce product costs.
• Main contact for operations teams, technology, marketing, supply chain and quality units as well as for the project management for our assets and products with focus on Asia.
• Support trouble shooting for Aroma assets across the company.
• Manage regular contact towards the respective production sites.
• Install and align reporting, communication channels as well as operational targets.
• Align and realize projects and lead teams to upgrade facilities according to business needs.
• Involved in new investments and project plans including milestones and deliverables.
• Familiar with virtual communities and participate in the exchange of experience between Citral and Menthol assets.
• Support technical, regulatory and EHS compliance in the region incl. operational support of process safety related activities (e.g. HAZOP, RC Audit, etc.)

Job Requirement:

• Minimum master's degree in natural sciences or other related field.
• Good knowledge of production and project management skills.
• Expertise in Citral and Menthol technology as well as process safety.
• Knowledge about processes in research and operational laboratories

Objectives of the Position

• Perform procurement activities following Corporate Procurement Requirements.
• Develop, implement, monitor, and review Procurement strategy, following Excellence in Strategy program.
• Negotiate the contract and/or purchase condition with suppliers based on demand and requirements defined by internal Business Partners (iBP) to achieve competitive advantage for BASF.
• Communicate prices / decisions / market intelligence to the Business Units and have regular exchange of market development.
• Follow buying channel guideline for Purchase-to-Pay operation performed by company.
• Perform procurement process for Supplier Management, Quality management, Risk management and Sustainability-in-Procurement.

Main Tasks:

(Purchase to Strategy):

• Accountable and responsible for strategy development and implementation of measures from category strategies.

Initial classification: determine depth of analysis w/ Positioning Matrix.

• Analysis: understand internal business partners’ needs and identify company’s strengths and weaknesses.
• Market analysis: explore supply market structure and dynamics, strategies of suppliers, explore interregional trade flows and regional/global pricing structures, evaluate opportunities and threats, segment suppliers, evaluate supplier cost positions.
• Strategy development: define strategic goals; define, select, and get preferred strategic option and implementation plan approved; define KPIs.
• Strategy implementation & follow-up: tackle action items, conduct tracking of implementation and measure category performance, deliver progress report to procurement management, and inform internal business partners.

(Source to Contract):

• Define boundaries and targets for upcoming negotiations.
• Identify the requirements of OD such as specification, logistics requirements and demand development.
• Identify the suppliers to be invited to the negotiation based on requirements from iBP. Perform Contract Negotiation Board to get the approval for negotiation boundary (e.g. ZOPA – zone of possible agreement)
• Negotiate with supplier(s) based on category strategy, within boundaries approved by Contract Negotiation Board.
• Finalize the contract and/or purchase condition if the result of negotiation is within defined boundaries and targets, otherwise seek approval from respective approver based on value threshold.
• Contract implementation & monitoring: manage contracts and decide on appropriate actions; inform relevant parties (e.g., Shared Service Center, iBP) about negotiation results; manage supply issues and/or sales allocation/force majeure situations, monitor rebate or other conditions set in the contract.

(Purchase to Pay):

• Follow the Buying Channel guideline. Approve R1/R2 for Purchase Order / Outline Agreement in SAP and follow up approval until final release to issue purchase order and perform payment after goods receipt.

(Supplier Management)

• Negotiate with supplier for claims with Very High non-conformance management (NCM) cases. Be the escalation point for to get the feedback from supplier for improvement measure to prevent the same happening.
• Collect required documents from supplier(s) for master data processes and internal/external Audits.
• Escalation points for NCM management (with support from Operational Officer) especially for claim negotiation.
• Supplier Management: Approve qualified suppliers, evaluate supplier performance, define supplier development plans, decide on disqualification and phase-out of existing suppliers, drive supplier innovation.
• Maintain strategic relationship with key suppliers.

(Communicate with internal Business Partner):

• Provide input for Round Table Meeting with business units.
• Provide input for Negotiation Tracker Savings and respective saving plans for individual business unit.
• Communicate prices / decisions / market intelligence to the internal business partners.

(Risk management):

• Manage single source situation by providing alternative sources available in the market and following up the approval at our sites.
• Invite suppliers to join Sustainability-in-Procurement activities such as TfS (please explain TfS in full extension) evaluation and Supplier Carbon Management Program.
• Fulfill requirements from the German Supply Chain Act law.

(Others):

• Reporting and sharing the information with operational leader on request

Requirements:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in marketing or other related field.
• Minimum 6 years relevant working experience, preferably in Procurement or Marketing or Sales or Product Management.
• Strong Project Management skills.