APAC Regional Supply Chain Excellence Manager

APAC Regional Supply Chain Excellence Manager

1. Focus on identifying performance and operational challenges, implementing improvements, and sustaining change through digital solutions and continuous improvement frameworks.
2. Optimize operational efficiency and performance across various Supply Chain interfaces, including Order-To-Customer operations, Distributor Network, and Logistics, across multiple countries.
3. Analyze data to understand challenges, identify opportunities, assist local users, and drive improvements as a change agent within the Industrial Petrochemicals (CPA/IL) community.

1. Conduct comprehensive analysis of performance and operational robustness across physical and system processes in the Supply Chain, focusing on factors such as delivery reliability, inventory, and process efficiency.
2. Periodically assess distribution networks and logistics costs to identify discrepancies and drive benchmarking of various operations.
3. Facilitate proactive information flow to address supply or logistics issues affecting deliveries in a timely manner.
4. Act as a cross-functional facilitator or divisional facilitator in collaboration with high-level process owners and sponsors.

1. Develop and enhance existing SCM dashboard for the CP/Industrial business to include standard KPIs, SCM costs, and proactive track-and-trace solutions at regional and key country levels.
2. Monitor key KPIs such as DIV, OIV, E-share, hand-free rate, NCM, and DR to measure success and establish parameters for process improvement and digitalization.
3. Manage the NPS system within CP Industrial as a key user, serving as the interface with the Sales Team and BASF Digitalization platform (GD) to improve response rates and provide ad hoc data and trend analysis for decision-making.

1. Strengthen supply chain operational efficiency and improvement through digital solutions, ensuring the integration of digital tools such as order management, real-time order monitoring, NC Slicer, and MyBASFworld.
2. Drive collaboration with key digital partners in the OTC area while providing training and support to the Supply Chain and Sales & Marketing teams to promote the adoption and utilization of digitalization and data analytics tools.

1. Minimum 3 years of relevant experience; good knowledge of overall SC process, with ideally deeper knowledge and optimization in 1 to 2 fields.
2. Expertise in the SCM process with proven track record driving and implementing process improvement projects.
3. Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to perform detailed gap analysis.
4. Proficiency in data management and analytics tools e.g. Power BI, Python etc.
5. Basic understanding of SAP with project management experience (Six Sigma) is preferred.
6. Excellent command of written and spoken English, fluency in an Asian language is a plus.