Supply Chain Director

(This position is a relocation posting in a South Asian Country)

The Director of Global Supply Chain oversees all procurement, warehousing, and logistics functions, requiring robust strategic leadership to achieve cost savings while ensuring quality and service levels.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with suppliers in the Food and Beverage, Hotel, and Hospitality sectors.
• Lead global sourcing initiatives and negotiate contracts.
• Transition a country-led supply chain to a global model.
• Implement best practices in strategic sourcing and vendor management.
• Develop strategies for key commodities to optimize costs while ensuring quality and timely delivery.
• Monitor spending to identify opportunities for cost reduction.
• Enhance the skills and commercial acumen of the procurement team.
• Create annual procurement plans in partnership with department heads.
• Ensure compliance with supply chain policies and procedures.
• Establish KPI reporting to assess supply chain performance.
• Drive continuous process improvement and seek standardization opportunities for cost savings.

Requirements

• Experience in customer-facing industries such as F&B, Hospitality, Entertainment, Travel/Tourism, Retail, Healthcare or a related field is REQUIRED.
• Preferred experience in procurement managing diverse commodity groups, short shelf life items, and high volumes of daily purchase requisitions.
• Extensive sourcing experience in Asia is advantageous.
• Global procurement experience or experience in a shared service environment is a plus.
• Proven ability to recruit and develop a large Supply Chain team.
• Strong strategic thinking, negotiation, analytical, and coordination skills, with the capacity to solve practical problems in data-limited situations.
• Adaptable and responsive to change.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through new business processes.
• Excellent analytical skills with a deep understanding of cost drivers.
• Experience in forecasting within a consumer products environment.
• Diverse experience in Supply Chain management and strategic sourcing.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Supply Chain; MBA preferred.
• Minimum of 15 years in supply chain, including at least five years in a management role.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications are preferred.
• Professional certifications such as CPM or CPSM are desirable.
• This position is a relocation posting in a South Asian Country - relocation packages will be provided.
• High level of English, second Asian language is an advantage.

For more information about this role please contact Alex Beattie at +852 3892 2368 or [email protected].

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