Strategic Business Partner

**Requisition Id**:1166**Location**:Singapore, SG, 18961About Edrington
Edrington’s vision is to give more by crafting exceptional ultra-premium spirit brands. The Macallan is our central focus, supported by Highland Park and The Glenrothes in the fast-growing single malt category and Naked Malt in the blended malt category. Our portfolio is completed with The Famous Grouse Blended Scotch Whisky, Brugal premium rum from the Dominican Republic and Noble Oak American Whiskey. Edrington also has strategic partnerships for No.3 London Dry Gin and Wyoming Whiskey.

Position Summary
Edrington APAC is on a Digital Transformation journey to support and enhance our brand building and open up new channels to supply to our customers in a more direct manner. To support this agenda, the Business Relationship Manager (BRM) for APAC will play a critical role in influencing and creating a roadmap to provide the technology capabilities and products to transform China and APAC into a fully digital organisation and mindset.
The BRM for APAC will be based in Singapore and will report to the global Head of BRM with a dotted line to the APAC Head of Finance and Risk in Singapore.

**Job Description**:

- Create a partnership and undertake regular contact with senior stakeholders in Global Supply Chain, Finance and the CRM/DTC/e-Commerce teams to initiate, shape, deliver and maximise value-added change.
- Identify, create, agree, and deliver the roadmap to provide the technology capabilities and products to transform China and APAC to a fully digital organisation and mindset.
- Challenge existing processes and ways of working to ensure increasing efficiencies from technology and how it is utilised across the region.
- Stimulate and shape demand for improvements to existing technology capabilities, in addition to ensuring that the potential business value from these capabilities and assets are captured, optimised and recognised.
- Be the bridge between UK global technology direction and regional APAC needs.
- Develops and communicates technology, ways of working, innovation and awareness programme across the APAC region.
- Acts as regional Product Owner and represent the business needs and interests within the Business Technology function, contributing to appropriate technology team, operational, development and strategic streams.
- Ensure that demands are clearly defined in scope, requirements and value proposition.
- Identify what change is required, what problem it will solve and when it is required.
- Ensure that requirements are understood. Work with Business Analysts to develop and manage requirements throughout the lifecycle of the project.
- Supports Key Users within APAC in the definition of functional technology requirements; ensures that demand and maintenance requests contain all necessary information.

Skills and Experience
- At least 5 years of functional experience in a business function. Must demonstrate acumen in business and functional disciplines, e.g. Finance, Supply Chain.
- 5 years or more technology and/or working in Finance and Supply Chain.
- Degree level or equivalent.
- Accounting and/or Supply Chain qualification desirable.
- Technically sound, with strong business acumen in consumer industries, especially luxury products.
- Excellent presentation, communication, and project management skills with both global and local (China/APAC) audiences.
- Ability to communicate complex problems in a simplified and concise manner.
- Ability to effectively communicate business needs to the technology teams.
- Ability to manage and work effectively with technology service providers and other operational partners and agencies.
- Good interpersonal skills, able to influence and engender collaboration.
- Proficient in English and Chinese, both written and spoken. -

Employee value proposition
At Edrington, you will experience an incredible culture based on respect and giving more. We are exceptionally passionate about our brands and genuinely care about our people, continually investing in their development and wellbeing. Join Edrington and make a world of difference.