About the role
- Responsible for leading the oils category and improves the profitability of the region
- Driving new key initiatives in APAC, particularly in new cost savings opportunities and through third party
- Build collaborative business relationships with the assigned businesses, countries, and global functions
- Identify common themes across multiple execution projects and aligns overall execution planning.
Key responsibilities
- Accountable for the implementation of major projects across the supply base and functions to achieve
maximum year on year return while maintaining BC core ethics and values
- Improve financial position of the assigned category through the ability to execute and deliver cost savings
projects and new opportunities within the region or global
- To build collaborative business relationships with regional and global stakeholders
- Seek continuous improvement opportunities with suppliers and its implementation process
- Ability to get things done and multi-task; acts with a sense of urgency, willingly take on tactical roles to
achieve objectives with strong decision making and judgment skills
Sourcing Department (Regional & Global)
โช Accountability for the execution of the sourcing strategy associated with the assigned category
โช Setting strategic direction for the procurement function
โช To establish leadership capabilities in managing any regional or global projects, i.e. oils tenders, open
costing negotiations
โช To drive regional sustainability targets with the sustainability team
โช Upgrading the procurement function within the best practices to keep pace with the company's growth
Trading Department
โช To develop new opportunities in third party business and physical trading in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the
Philippines
โช Jointly develop creative hedging strategies for the assigned category in APAC
Quality Assurance
โช To support BCAP Quality Assurance (QA) with any Non-Compliance Records (NCR) where required,
including liaising with suppliers for resolution and corrective action measures
Research & Development
โช To manage product requests in support of research and development trials and innovation
โช To work hand in hand with the regional R&D team in driving new projects and product developments
Sales
โช Building and strengthening collaborative working relationships with the sales organization as business
partners
- External stakeholders
Supplier
โช To negotiate the best pricing model with suppliers for the assigned portfolio in APAC
โช To execute sustainable procurement policy through constant engagement with suppliers and 3rd-party
organizations
Customer
โช To build strong relationships with our customers and to lead discussions on raw materials pricing and new
business idea
Qualifications
Bachelor degree preferably in Business Commercial subject or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the palm oil / lauric industry with track records of delivering cost savings
targets, nonprice value opportunities, and risk mitigation
- Global/ Regional exposure and effective at cross-regional communication and influencing, setting the tone for
execution
- Presents insights on market trends and understands regional/ global needs of the organization
