Regional Manager, Supply Chain Management

**Regional HQ of Global Technology Giant**:

- ** Regional SCM Team Manager Role**:

- ** Covering SEA Region**

You will be responsible for all SCM activities across the region, ensuring all processes and practices comply with country regulations. You will work closely with Sales subsidiaries' SCM Managers by providing country-specific insights for the successful development of regional SCM strategies. As SCM business partner to the country, you will also work with key stakeholders and managers to ensure the effective, efficient, and compliant delivery of SCM services to meet business needs and support country growth.

**Demand and supply management**:

- Strategic planning & execution of supply forecast demand working together with PM/BU in alignment with Japan HQ/factories.
- _Design of optimal policy from management to distribution vis-à-vis Hub & Spoke concept_
- Incorporate in-depth understanding of past, current and future developments / factors in forecasting future requirements
- Set limits for and approve forecasts
- _Plan ahead to ensure and maintain optimal inventory levels_
- Set guidelines for optimal inventory levels
- Establish processes to track inventory levels across products, in the immediate and long term
- _Synchronise supply chain activities_
- Integrate processes across stakeholders to ensure information visibility in customer demand, supply / anticipated productions, material-in-transit

**Order Management**:

- Develop and implement effective order processing and management system
- Monitor and review overall usage and effectiveness of current processes / management
- Identify ways to enhance the existing order management process including automation
- Handle diverse customer orders and resolve any significant complaints or escalations
- Explore and evaluate new technologies that can improve efficiency and seamlessness of order management

**Trade Management**:

- Ensure compliance with international and local laws, related to import and export activities
- Demonstrate understanding of tax and process regulatory requirements, related to import and export activities
- Liaise with representatives from import / export companies to ensure expectations are met

**Logistics Management**:

- Develop formal logistics strategy across multiple product types, balancing business priorities and potential resource constraints
- Oversee implementation of major changes or enhancements to logistics activities
- Enable sustainability via drop shipment strategy
- Control the movement and storage of product/parts within a warehouse
- Monitor general product lifespans, anticipate warehousing issues, develop action plans pre-emptively to address suspected issues
- Manage end-to-end transparent flow of information, visibility and services, ensuring as little disruption as possible
- Manage logistics cost within budget, considering cost/benefit trade-offs to maximise effectiveness and minimise costs
- Monthly review of 3PL performance/KPI & take quick countermeasure if necessary

**Stakeholder and risk management**:

- Monitor and manage performance of partner vendors, identifying current trends and past patterns to forecast partner needs



**_ _****_Requirements:_**
- Bachelor's degree/ Diploma in Business Administration, Accounting, Logistics
- Relevant qualification in Logistics/Supply Chain Management
- Minimum 10 years experience in the field of Supply Chain Management
- Knowledge of Planning & Budgeting, Logistics, and Finance & Accounting
- Detailed knowledge of governing bodies, procedures and regulatory rules & policies
- Procurement knowledge and experience will be an added advantage