Total 4 Director/C-Level supply chain operator job vacancies in D07 Golden Mile, Middle Road

Role & Responsibilities:

Position Definition (Key Purpose of the Position):

As part of the Global Materials Supply (GMS) Team, The Director of Materials will lead the GMS organization that services VANS, Dickies, TBL, Napapijri & SWIB – responsible for raw materials sourced through the Asia Sourcing Offices (ASO). With a team of 4 Direct Report and 11 associates and more than $400M of raw material spend under management annually, the individual is responsible for creating the Material Sourcing Strategy and managing an efficient material supply model that meets or exceeds KPI’s including quality, cost and On-Time-Performance of all raw material spec’d in VANS, Dickies, TBL, Napapijri & SWIB apparel products. GMS Director is expected to act as a business enabler and accelerator, creating scaled capabilities to deliver global efficiencies. The role has an extensive focus and requires strategic connectivity with stakeholders at the Brands, Sourcing, Suppliers, Finance, and Responsible Sourcing & Sustainability organizations. Frequent influential communication to VP and Executive level is required. The Materials Leader is viewed as a key thought partner to bring an innovative and creative solutions culture to the organization to solve complex material supply issues.

Key Results Areas:

· Strategic Planning:

o Build the long- and short-term Raw Material Supply strategy for VANS, Dickies, TBL, Napapijri & SWIB brands factoring in footprint movements, supply models, lead times, cost effectivenes, sustainable materials, brand and sourcing needs (>$400M annual spend across more than 236 suppliers)

o Maximizes performance through V2MOM setting, regular coaching and feedback, andholding people accountable for achieving goals

· End to end Procurement Process Ownership:

o Accountable to design and execute cost negotiation strategy by establishing cost targets, utilizing fact-based methodology, and driving for positive outcomes in supplier facing discussions

o Act as the key liaison for Product Development leadership in all the brands and Sourcing leadership for all material supply related topics

o Establish annual material cost savings targets, drive initiatives, track progress, and report savings with close collaboration with Finance Teams

o Lead the selection of suppliers and materials that support material and manufacturing strategies and Product Development objectives.

o Seek to identify and institutionalize best practices while building aligned processes to increase operational efficiency across brands

· Quality Control: Partner cross-functionally with VF Materials Labs, Sourcing and Quality Leaders in managing all aspects of material quality from establishing guidelines to delivering product to factories

· Material Innovation:

o Support material innovation and capabilities through supplier research and partnership in collaboration with Brand Development and Innovation Teams

o Create and deliver a cohesive framework that systematically links world class innovation through flawless commercialization across internal functions and suppliers

· Supplier Relationship:

o Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure reliable supply chains.

o Responsible for leading, managing and owning all supplier relationship and building supplier partnerships in the brands supported by SPM dashboard

o Responsible for T2’s On-Time delivery for bulk production working in collaboration with Suppliers and Vendors

o SPM Dashboard - Elevate raw material supply base with the adoption of SPM framework

· Communication and Stakeholder Management:

o Manage a complex network of stakeholders across Global Product Supply, Regional Offices, Global Brand Teams & Regions (AMER, EMEA & APAC) (~30-40 stakeholders)

o Cross Functional Collaboration: Lead and influence cross-functional and cross-regional collaboration efforts, fostering teamwork and synergy among virtual teams to drive collective success of the global brand

o Effective Communication: Communicate clearly and effectively with all levels of the organization, ensuring transparency and understanding of materials management strategies and decisions.

o Conflict Resolution: Address and resolve any conflicts or issues that arise with suppliers or internal teams in a timely and professional manner.

· Compliance and Social Responsibility:

o Partner with functional leaders on Compliance and Social Responsibility, to ensure VF standards and requirements are met within the group’s material supply

o Actively support sustainable material roadmaps through identification of supplier capabilities, capacities and innovative sustainable alternatives

· Team Leadership: Accountable for all people related activities such as hire, train, manage and develop the talent in the team

Competency Requirements:

Behavioral Competencies -

(Please refer to VF guiding principles and Leadership Profiles)

• High EQ in working with cross function/cultural partners

• Leadership Experience in managing complex organizational matrix

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written)

• A leader as well as a pleasant team player

· Entrepreneurial & result-driven

• Optimistic and dare to take calculated risks

• Team player and the ability to work independently

• Communication and influence globally and regionally

• Bold and creative thinking

• Able to work under pressure with multiple tasks simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines

Functional Competencies –

List down specific set of functional skills required to perform in this role

· Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

· High understanding of textile related commodities (Cotton, Polyester, Nylon, etc.)

About the Job:

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Our Team:

The SEA & India Head reports to the Head of Supply Chain International, and manages Pharma and Vaccines Global Business Units, and leads cross Supply Chain activities for the region to ensure deliveries of products and services to support the business performance and to ensure the best possible forecasting and supply.

Main responsibilities:

• Define and drive the Supply Chain strategy to support top and bottom-line growth ambition of Commercial Operations of the markets in scope
• Represent the affiliate as the key Supply Chain stakeholder, both internally and externally to the company, acting as the primary contact for that country in the regional and global Supply Chain organization
• Lead the Supply Chain department transformation: Continuously review and recommend changes in the Supply Chain procedures and working practices; Contribute to the company’s cost optimization through project generation and implementation; Build a truly customer-centric organization
• Optimize cross-functional support needs in the local organization, ensuring effective communication between direct reports and with other teams serviced or impacted by the Supply Chain function, in particular Quality Operations, Sales & Marketing, Regulatory Affairs and Finance
• Lead and direct the Supply Chain team, ensuring that staff are qualified and competent, properly coached, drive team engagement, given the opportunity to develop in the company and continually motivated to handle the demands of their jobs and achieve their objectives
• Ensure a permanent & full compliance to all guidelines, such as Legal, Internal and External Control, GxP and HSE requirements. This includes proactive prevention and in case of gaps timely and transparent actions to rectify gaps.

Lead, coach and support the Supply Chain team

• Develop capabilities and potential through individual development programs
• Focus on team engagement as an enabler for building a winning team that demonstrates our Sanofi Play to Win culture
• Drive the diversity and inclusion agenda in managerial actions

Inventory Management

• Manage, control and optimize local inventory levels
• Review Inventory holding & take actions for stock optimization to the achieve local / regional KPIs

Cost Management

• Define adequate action plans to optimize distribution costs
• Ensure the control of expenditures and track performance versus approved budget

Demand Planning and Supply

• To manage a demand plan for importation that will ensure on-time availability of products and to lower potential impact of Out Of Stock
• Liaise with Sales & Marketing and Finance to ensure an effective rolling-forecast process is in place
• Lead the trans-functional S&OP and IBP process, bringing anticipation/long term visibility & one single set of data
• Reduce level of destruction while improving forecast accuracy
• Support key launches and ensure 100% In Time Launches
• Ensure local coordination on all Sanofi Group (internal) and third-party (external) sourcing issues

Customers Focus

• Knowing who are our customers, not just traditional buyers or prescribers, but all stakeholders and their influencers
• Lead the Supply Chain customer engagement road map

Prioritize cross collaboration across departments

• Collaboration with marketing for demand planning, new launches, promotions
• Collaboration with Regulatory and Quality on artworks, new packs, etc
• Ensure reliable information to Health Authorities and Public Affairs when applicable
• To manage the Distributor KPIs
• Provide logistical expertise within the local organization, ensuring complete adherence to local legislation and implementation of Sanofi policies and procedures
• Provide to finance organization the relevant data (obsolescence risk, sales impact due to Out Of Stock, forecast numbers and gaps identification etc…)
• Act as a business partner in identifying the risks and opportunities of consolidated forecasts
• HSEEnsure compliance
• Legal, External audit requirements
• Internal Control and procedures, Demand to Cash
• Quality, and GxP
• Take reasonable care of the health and safety of self and others
• Undertake duties in accordance with the current Sanofi Policies and Procedures
• Cooperate with Sanofi management in the provision of a healthy and safe workplace
• Identify and correct unsafe conditions or behaviors and immediately notify the Manager and HSE of any serious incidents
• Relevant when market owns the warehousing operations, responsible to drive the annual program and safe operations

About You:

• Degree in Business/Logistic/Engineering/Management
• Minimum 5-7 years operational experience and success in Supply Chain operations (purchasing, materials management, logistics, customer services, S&OP)
• Experience in a multi-national environment in Supply Chain
• Proven ability to support the business and handle organizational and people-management topics
• Computer literate (Word/Excel/Analytical tools); knowledge / exposure to SAP and PowerBI
• Demonstrates capacity to understand key business issues which impact on Supply Chain activities and the role and impact of Supply Chain on commercial operations
• Soft skills: Effective communication, People Leadership, Strong negotiation and Stakeholder engagement skills
• Technical skills: Analytical, Strategic Thinking, Technology road-map, Process Improvement to drive simplification, Customer & Key Account Engagement, Vendor Management, Knowledge of GDP, Regulatory Requirements and Local Legislation.
• Languages: Fluency in written & spoken English

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Description

In this role, you will work closely with the regional teams to define, build and enhance the Precision supply road map in a way that provides consistent benefits while meeting unique market needs across APAC. In particular, your role requires a strong relationship with Publicis Media’s regional and local investment & commercial teams to manage supply partnership – strategically and commercially – including opportunity assessment, proposal management, negotiations and commercial awareness. You will vet new opportunities & innovative solutions, maintain & grow existing relationships on the supply side, and develop new business plans to enhance existing & develop emerging supply solutions that are commercially viable.

You will collaborate with Precision leadership – globally, regionally and at market level – as well as internal departments across the Publicis Media Groupe, including:

• Investment – structuring and managing inventory partnerships
• Agencies – educating, gathering feedback, and developing/ sourcing solutions for agency and client needs
• Finance & Legal – collaborate and provide digital and tech expertise when negotiating for new or existing contracts
• Leadership – helping shape the state and scale of supply solutions supporting business objectives

The ideal candidate will have had technical and commercial exposure to digital media planning & buying agencies, technical and strong supply management knowledge, very strong interpersonal, analytical, and writing skills and the ability to make clear, concise presentations. Also, an ability to build strong business cases for supply products and being able to program manage the roll out of solutions across markets in APAC is a key to success in this role.

A solid working knowledge of the following is desired: ad exchanges, sell side platforms, demand side platforms, online video, mobile media, ad operations / ad-serving systems and verification solutions. In addition to a strong affinity for technology and infrastructure development, a proven commercial awareness is a plus.

Responsibilities

Supply management

• Identify commercially viable key supply partners and solutions – globally and regionally – that allow for a strong differentiation of our positioning in an increasingly cluttered marketplace
• Work with existing supply side vendors on new product features, roll out and adoption. Explore, meet and test new supply solutions that may fulfill our clients’ needs
• Continuously define client needs and translate needs into opportunities for Precision
• Develop and negotiate supply partnerships to extract maximum media value and unique benefits that are only available to Precision and Publicis Media
• Establish key supply packages and offering catered to clients’ needs and seasonal offering
• Maintain and refine internal supply feedback loop with operations and agencies

Marketing and training

• Build supply marketing and training materials to be rolled out to agencies and regional markets in a systematic way. This may include hosting events with key launch partners, connecting with local markets on a regular basis, or regular email updates
• Conduct monthly supply updates and knowledge share
• Collaborate with Precision client servicing and account management teams to grow and maintain adoption

Team management

• Cultivate a center of operational expertise for Precision in Asia Pacific
• Manage and retain a small team of supply manager(s)
• Recruit the best talent in market

Qualifications

To be a successful candidate, you will be/have:

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Proven track record of top performance measured against product and supply development, maintenance and growth
• Extensive knowledge of data-driven and programmatic platforms such as DSPs, SSPs, Ad Exchanges as well as DMPs, Social Media Management platforms, DCO tools etc.
• 9+ years in digital media with experience with ability to project manage from start to finish
• Strong commercial experience and negotiation skills is a requirement
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical thinking
• Ability to lead projects independently from start to finish, working with internal and external teams to make decisions and maintain forward momentum
• In-depth understanding of digital advertising landscape from either agency or sales perspective
• Excellent time management / project management skills, with ability to manage detail work and communicate project status effectively to all levels

The person in this role will be charged with increasing our client penetration rate across the entire APAC region, both for first time VCF clients and for existing VCF clients to maximize our share of their working capital and value chain wallet.

The span of the target market is broad and requires broad-based knowledge of the target clients, the overall competitive framework and the capabilities and limitations of the VCF product suite. A strong awareness of overall product suitability for client needs in line with Rabobank risk appetite is key to success in delivering.

The overall VCF APAC region is being created to maximize scale and to increase overall efficiency and efficacy. While the role will lead to being a deal captain, it also will require the ability to trust and empower employees to execute while moving on to new opportunities. The person in is this role will be key to contributing to the overall pipeline of the regional franchise and to enhancing awareness within the bank and among bankers. An ability to identify client needs and provide solutions that are able to be delivered as promised and in reasonable timeframes (as well as in line with efficiency, digitalization, and revenue and return targets) is key to success.

As one of the 3 pillars of Structured Lending in the Wholesale setup, VCF is the centre of competence/excellence for payables, inventory and receivables finance solutions. VCF operates across all regions where Wholesale currently operates and primarily serves clients of Wholesale and also serves clients of the Rabobank Group entities, e.g. DLL.

VCF is established to continue to provide Rabobank clients with optionality of products for their working capital needs and to enhance the revenue contribution of clients to the overall Wholesale revenue line by being a one stop service provider for working capital, supply chain finance and value chain finance for customers in the international food & agri markets (Banking4Food). History has shown that if a client is a user of an ABF or SIP product offering, then the client is typically elevated to HVC status in conjunction with other Rabobank product offerings or on a standalone basis.

VCF is a growth engine as part of being Fitter, Stronger and Better and has an ambitious MTP that seeks c. 10% CAGR growth through increased penetration of offerings across the client base, integrated and multi-use product offerings for clients and new product development.

By offering highly structured products with protective measures embedded as our clients’ profiles deteriorate, it is intended that VCF delivers a high quality of recurring earnings with low impairment levels (historically nil). Therefore, continued excellence in surveillance, upfront due diligence and knowing our customers is key.

VCF is keenly focused on digitalization, innovation, sustainability and new product development for its clients and to Growing a Better World Together.

Working for the Rabobank Group demands special competencies from the individual employee, who must have a natural tendency to collaborate with customers, members and colleagues. The added value manifests itself in permanent, mutual collaboration between all national and international business units and entities within the Rabobank Group. The permanent collaboration enables us to achieve shared professional results, where short-term and long-term customer interest is at the forefront. This requires employees to have a personality which is clearly "actively focused on other people" and for employees to make a careful consideration between risks and results in the performance of work duties with the objective to increase and maintain customer confidence in the entire value chain of product development, product distribution and customer advice. Employees within the Rabobank Group are aware of possible risks to the organization in performing their work duties and handle these risks with care. The Rabobank Group’s Code of Conduct forms the framework for how to do business within the entire Rabobank Group.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Delivery of assigned KPIs with a large focus on adding new client transactions, increasing the overall penetration rate, and revenue targets;
• Targets will be rateably in line with the targets of the overall regional franchise;
• Meeting budget within prescribed parameters;
• Contributing to and fostering a culture of risk management awareness, management and compliance as well as personal conduct;
• Coordination and alignment with the Head of VCF APAC as to the strategy and suitability;
• Client centricity – building and maintaining client relationships and prompt follow up is important at all times;
• Marketing – preparing of marketing material, pitching, identifying opportunities, follow-up and provide clients and bankers periodic update regarding VCF product and market developments;
• Coordinate - structuring and execution of transactions in particular negotiating legal agreements, managing agreement execution, internal credit approvals, managing stakeholders and establishing reporting and monitoring framework;
• Performing analysis - due diligence, collateral audit, data analysis, first loss analysis, credit enhancement requirements;
• Structuring - drafting and negotiating term sheets, transaction modelling, rating agency methodology (where applicable), insolvency analysis, debt ranking, capital and return calculations, pricing;
• Maintain good relationships with VCF APAC stakeholders, both internal and external;

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with at least 10 years of relevant experience in asset-based lending, inventory (ownership) financing, receivables purchase, portfolio finance and supplier finance.
• Self-starter and can do attitude.
• Result and quality driven.
• Excellent communication skills (verbally and in writing) and able to interact with clients on a professional level.
• Coordination and management of transaction process with high attention to detail.
• Creative problem solving skills, strong drive and ability to perform under pressure and deadlines.
• Advanced modelling skills and good analytical skills
• Excellent team player
• International travel as required including extensive travels to countries not limited to India, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam; and
• Others as are warranted by the needs of the business