Supply Chain Interaffiliate Advisor

Roles and Responsibilities

Role
Provides regional supply planning leadership and interaffiliate coordination to support Singapore's role as a strategic export hub
. Ensure effective S&OP integration, disciplined deployment planning, and strong supply execution across Asia Pacific, while strengthening supply bench capability, governance, and resilience
. Drive and ensure coordination of all import/export planning, process, and exception management with Singapore as a major hub in the Asia Pacific region within the global supply chain

1. Coordinate, Communicate, Align
. Lead interaffiliate S&OP cadence across Asia Pacific, ensuring alignment between country demand plans, supply plans, and export deployment from Singapore
. Consolidate interaffiliate supply risks, constraints, and trade-offs into clear decision narratives for regional review
. Facilitate cross-affiliate alignment on planning assumptions (lead times, inventory targets, production constraints, and deployment priorities)
. Challenge plans constructively to ensure realism, robustness, and alignment with network objectives
. Reinforce adherence to agreed planning standards, policies, and governance across affiliates
. Support simplification and standardization initiatives to reduce complexity in interaffiliate planning and execution
. Ensure planning processes are documented, current, and transferable across teams
. Coach and guide planners on planning logic, system usage, and decision-making frameworks
. Support knowledge transfer, cross-training, and coverage planning to improve resilience and succession readiness
. Stakeholder engagement and communication

Roles and Responsibilities -continued

2. Execute Supply Lead and Inter-affiliate Process
. Support Singapore's role as a regional export hub by strengthening deployment-to-plan and manufacturing-to-plan execution discipline
. Identify capability gaps across affiliate planning teams impacting interaffiliate supply effectiveness
. Support product, network, and supply chain transitions (e.g., source changes, new routes, new affiliates) impacting interaffiliate flows
. Ensure transitions are supported by robust supply plans, clear governance, and readiness checkpoints
. Minimize service risk during transitions through early identification of constraints and disciplined execution follow-up
. Identify opportunities to reduce excess, obsolescence, and inefficient deployments linked to planning misalignment
. Reinforce cost-conscious decision-making in deployment, sourcing, and mitigation actions
. Promote standard planning behaviors and consistent execution across the region

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or Operations Research (or related fields such as Applied Mathematics/Statistics)
• 5+ years relevant work experience in supply chain network (exposure to team management is a bonus but supply chain planning experience is core)
• Experience supporting supply chain activities for large scale operations preferred (particularly in Oil & Gas and FMCG)
• Understand Supply Chain Fundamentals and Supply & Demand Principles
• Proficient in SAP Systems and MS Excel knowledge is critical
• Strong command of written and spoken English
• Function effectively in a team environment, including virtual environments is critical
• Strong background in statistics and/or analytics
• Strong judgment, including ability to make quality decisions
• Strong persuasion / communication skills / influence without direct authority
• Experience in supply planning roles in Chemical, FMCG, CPG, Manufacturing, E -Commerce preferred
• Experienced in petrochemical production/manufacturing process preferred
• Experienced in conducting analyses and providing data driven recommendations for S&OP processes
• Ability to work independently and without direct supervision
• Customer oriented mindset and focus

Skills and Qualifications - Continued

• Effectively interface with internal functions and external parties
• Experienced in conducting analyses and providing recommendations for supply planning problems using
• SAP IBP/APO, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis
• Tableau and/or Power Bl for visualization
• Power Query, Excel
• Knowledge of R and/or Python for scripting is preferred
• Strong performer with ability to prioritize work strategically and independently while also functioning well within a global, virtual team
• Proven self-starter with strong collaboration and influence management skills able to work effectively with all levels of the organization
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Experienced in conducting analyses and providing data driven recommendations for S&OP processes
• Perseverant and resilient in the pursuit of objectives willing to take on new challenges
• Improve mindset able to anticipate future opportunities and adept at evaluating new opportunities objectively
• Strong project management skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, including conceptual capabilities
• Strong and effective interpersonal skills