Specialist (Business Planning & Projects)

Job Purpose

You will be a key member to contribute towards the growth and delivery of the Planning & Development Team which is part of the Supply Chain function. This role will be involved in the actualisation of the 5-year supply chain transformation initiative and key optimisation projects for operation excellence. In addition, the role in the longer term will support the development and modernisation of supply chain capabilities to better serve internal/external customers and drive the partnership development with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with executive leadership and key stakeholders across different business units to ensure the integration of central operations/ supply chain strategy with other functional strategies
• Support strategic business planning with comprehensive market analysis and industry research (including supply chain trends, opportunities, and challenges).
• Support the development and alignment of internal and external communications content to cascade strategy and build our corporate branding image
• Monitor external factors such as regulatory changes, geopolitical events, and technological advancements that may impact the supply chain strategy
• Drive Supply Chain Optimisation projects aligned with the supply chain transformation strategy, and provide project management support to set up pilot/ study and monitor performance metrics.
• Conduct research and analyses, map out process flows, understand the businesses' needs and identify gaps within capacity, process and systems to propose and prioritise solutions
• Conduct data analysis on order volume, order profile and other relevant store-product analysis to understand supply chain needs, also study distribution centre operational performance, such as service level, manpower productivity, capacity utilisation and costs-to-serve to achieve transformation objectives
• Lead transformation and change management project workstreams to plan and execute multi-stakeholders implementation plan, track milestones and dependencies, and measure project progress/ success against business case and alignment to and group business objectives
• Ensure efficient communication across functional teams for any trends, drivers, and takeaways in a clear and concise manner.
• Support in creating presentation decks, business paper for Board meetings and any other business reports/collaterals.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business or any other related profession.

RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience related to supply chain planning and optimisation, programme/ project management and/or supply chain / logistics management.
• Bachelor's/ Master's Degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business or any other related profession.
• Possess a strong understanding of the end-to-end (E2E) supply chain management, especially in retail/eCommerce/FMCG supply chain.
• Experience with lean six sigma and process optimisation/ change management will be advantages
• Experience with methods/work study and/or other performance analysis methodologies.
• Strong strategic thinker with structured working style, possess good information organisation skills
• Strong data analysis skills. Knowledge SQL, Python etc and hands-on experience with Cloud-based tools/technology will be advantages.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical solutions, to drive achievement of objectives and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams/stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational, problem-solving, critical thinking, analytical mindset and skills, with the ability to convert analysis into business insights for decision making.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and has effective change management skills.

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS & BEHAVIOURS

• Enthusiastic and self-starter.
• High integrity and work ethic.
• Always learning, creative and open to ideas.
• Willingly to take risks and embrace challenges.
• Agile, resilience and able to adapt effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.