Assistant Manager, Commercial Excellence
Job Description:
The incumbent will be an integral member within the Commercial Excellence team. Working closely with Product leadership team and category management team, he/she will be driving strategic agenda in areas such as:
1) Strategic Projects
- Drive projects in line with FairPrice Group's 2030 ambition to be Asia's most admired retailer such as in areas of category merchandising, trade terms, business transformation, sustainability, etc
- Collaborate with various stakeholders to formulate robust recommendations and business case
- Project manage to ensure on time in full delivery of opportunities, proactively track, highlight issues for early intervention and problem solve with respective teams
2) Supply Resilience
- Drive supply resilience and ensure surety of supply, balancing service level, inventory and total cost to serve
- Partner the business in prioritising, executing, monitoring and reviewing opportunities
3) Value Chain
- Drive market insights and diagnostic of value chain to establish long range business plans and value creation for Procurement
- Enable stakeholders to make decision with end-to-end data, establish business drivers by looking at business in totality
- Collaborate with stakeholders to frame decision points, size business impact and create robust business plans for management decision making.
- Project manage to ensure delivery of business plans
Job Requirement:
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline:
- Experience: 5+ years of professional experience, including a successful track record of managing direct or cross-functional teams in areas like Procurement planning, Commercial strategy or commercial transformation.
- Technical Skills: Advanced expertise in data analytics (SQL, BigQuery, G-scripts, and Tableau).
- Industry Knowledge: Strong grasp of the operational and commercial dynamics within Retail or FMCG.
- Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to lead digital transformations and tech implementations using robust project management frameworks.
- Commercial Acumen: Skilled at translating complex data into actionable commercial strategies and performance metrics.
- Communication: Exceptional negotiation and presentation skills; confident in influencing senior leadership and navigating diverse stakeholder groups.
- Attributes: Detail-oriented, proactive, and committed to continuous learning.
