Product Supply Director Asia-pacific

Join us at GPN and inspire people everyehere to achieve their performance and healthy lifestyle goals

At Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN), our mission is to inspire people everywhere to achieve their performance and healthy lifestyle goals We are a global leader in the performance nutrition industry and have a portfolio of ten brands, including Optimum Nutrition (ON), BSN, Isopure, SlimFast, Body&Fit, Nutramino, Think, and Amazing Grass.

Our brands, including the top three performance nutrition brands, are sold in more than 100 markets worldwide. With growing global interest in healthy, active lifestyles, our products appeal to a variety of consumers with a wide range of fitness motivations. They demand new product formats and have a growing appetite for healthy snacking and plant-based protein. Increasingly, they shop online for their health and fitness needs. We’re an agile business led by brands and inspired by consumers. We are a values-led organisation focused on driving sustainable business performance.

Headquartered in Dublin, with a workforce based across multiple locations, including London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Mumbai, Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo, Manila, Melbourne, Illinois, and California. GPN employs more than 2,000 people globally.

We have a diverse supply chain in place, with varying degrees of maturity, to support these markets, including imported product from GPN USA and Europe and co-manufacturing partnerships in China and Australia - this will need to evolve over time to support the growth agenda. Our Supply Chain teams are currently based in the markets - this Operating Model will evolve over time as we scale the regions, and this role is an important first step in building the level of Supply Chain capability we’ll need to deliver our aspirations. It’s an exciting opportunity for an experienced Supply Chain leader to build their function for the future. Scaling the business in a profitable way across Asia-Pacific will require significant strategic and operational change across the Supply Chain. The incumbent will be an experienced Supply Chain and Manufacturing leader, who is passionate about leading operations excellence and scaling the business for the future. The incumbent reports to the VP - Product Supply International.

Join us on our journey today

**The opportunity where you will make an impact**:
Develop and execute a long term supply strategy for the Asia Pacific region.
Full accountability for service and cost delivery for Asia Pacific product supply operations.
Full accountability for end to end planning, S&OP, logistics, procurement and manufacturing across the region.
Build the ‘right’ route to market across the region to support the business strategies. One that balances scale, efficiency, cost and service.
Ensure operational capabilities run efficiently and have the capabilities required to achieve business and profit objectives.
Develop long-term regional capacity plan.
Develop long-term raw material supply strategy and manage relationships with key suppliers and co-mans.
Build world-class S&OP and order management processes for the region. Standardise to one ‘way of working’ across the region and drive key KPI improvement through those.
Leverage the Co-man footprint and partnerships to ensure the most efficient and effective operating model is used.
Select, develop and motivate team members and develop a robust talent pipeline.
Maintain and build entrepreneurial culture while establishing systems, operating processes, and standard ways of working.
Ensure compliance with applicable corporate safety and risk management objectives as well as regulatory requirements. Leverage resources to ensure employees are properly trained on both personal and product safety.
Full ownership of Value Chain and optimizing it to keep GPN competitive.
Assists with acquisition due diligence and integration activities.
Is a key member of both the International Product Supply team and the regional in market leadership teams.

**Key KPI’s**: revenue, EBITDA, COGS/unit, OTIF/case fill rate, Out of stocks, SLOBS %, forecast accuracy/bias, consumer complaints.

**Key Challenges and Success Measures**:
Works effectively in a fast paced, dynamic, high growth environment.
Effectively navigates complexity and ambiguity.
Able to operate across multiple geographies, diverse cultures and regulatory environments.
Experience of developing multiple route to market options and develop the right solution for the business need.
Develops and executes multi-source strategy.
Learns quickly/adapt insights based on new learnings.
Collaborates across key internal and external stakeholders. Comfortable operating in a highly matrixed structure.
Comfortable operating with a long distance line manager relationship.
Develops and empowers high performing teams.
Communicates and influences effectively.
Works effectively across broad geography with geo-political challenges.

**What you will bring to