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Position Summary:
With direction from the PRA Manufacturing Director, the role is responsible for overseeing manufacturing operations across Southeast Asia aligned to business strategies, providing technical support as required, and ensuring compliance to Group manufacturing requirements. The role is also responsible of designing and implementing procurement strategies to source ingredients, materials, and co-packing services for current and future manufacturing operations in Asia, partnering up with suppliers to deliver value on innovation, sustainability, profitability, and security of supply.
Key Responsibilities:
Southeast Asia manufacturing
- Take over responsibility for manufacturing projects in Southeast Asia
- Responsible for functional support to ongoing operations (day to day management is the responsibility of the local market company)
- Lead and implement new initiatives e.g. RTD, other brand launches within existing footprint.
- Seek & develop alternate partners and suppliers as needed
- Lead and oversee co-packing and outsourcing operations in Southeast Asia
- Ensure manufacturing activities comply with Group operational requirements
Regional Procurement
- Liaise with marketing and innovation hubs to identify and ensure the new needs of the business are secured in a timely fashion
- Define strategies to optimally source and supply goods and outsourcing services according to specifications
- Build partnerships with strategic suppliers to secure competitive advantage
- Identify, develop, and mange suppliers as necessary to ensure they are qualified and meet Group requirements
- Negotiate and execute appropriate agreements in line with Group best practices
- Secure competitive prices for goods and services
- Identify and implement procurement synergies across the regional manufacturing operations
- Communicate to the business supplier innovations to gain competitive advantage
- Collaborate with marketing and manufacturing teams to ensure on-time new product launches
- Collaborate with and support market companies in the definition and execution of industrial capex plans aligned to business needs
- Perform value engineering from time to time to optimise value proposition in collaboration with marketing and manufacturing teams
- Report on activities as required to ensure performance visibility to business
- Collaborate with Group Chief Procurement Officer to ensure alignment with Group procurement policies
Scope:
- Budget: TBC
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Key internal stakeholders:
- PRA Manufacturing sites
- PRA Marketing & Innovation Hub
- PRA Finance
- PRA Market Companies
- HQ Global Operations
- PR Technical Networks
- PR Brand Companies
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Key external stakeholders:
- OEM, Co-packers, outsourcing services
- Wet & dry goods suppliers
- Travel required: As needed
Skills / Qualifications / Experience:
Essential:
- Degree holder with formal qualifications in finance, procurement, or business strategy
- Minimum 10 years working experience in food or beverage environment
- Strategic and growth mindset
- Planning and organisational skills
- Strong inter-personal skills
- Ability to effectively interact with people from diverse backgrounds
- High sense of urgency, able to meet tight deadlines
- Fluent in English
Desirable:
- Working experience within Pernod Ricard
- Knowledge of the supply environment in Asia
- Bilingual
- Knowledge of food compliance
Job Posting End Date:
Target Hire Date:
2022-11-01-07:00
Target End Date:
