Executive/Senior Executive - Business Excellence & Transformation

Joining C&C is a distinctive opportunity to develop your career within a successful organization where everyone respects each other and enjoys working together. We recognize your performance in both tangible and intangible ways, by providing you development opportunities and making you feel respected.

The Opportunity:

You will be a member of the Business Excellence & Transformation team, a small, high-impact team that partners closely with stakeholders across the business to shape the future direction of the organisation - working on new business opportunities and driving operational change that has direct visibility to senior leadership. You will be responsible for supporting in the following areas:

Strategic New Business Exploration

• Support the end-to-end evaluation of new business opportunities and strategic partnerships - from identifying and sourcing suitable partners, through to full business case development
  
• Conduct competitor analysis and market research to assess strategic fit, positioning and commercial viability of new business ideas
  
• Develop robust business cases, including financial assumptions, projected returns and risk assessments, to support investment decisions
  
• Design and set up pilots/trials where relevant, including defining success metrics and evaluation criteria
  
• Conduct milestone reviews to track pilot/trial performance, and make recommendations on whether to scale, adjust or discontinue
  
• Prepare and present recommendations to senior management on whether to fully operationalise new business initiatives
  
• Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders - including Finance, Business Development, Sales, Aftersales and IT - to ensure alignment and successful execution
  

Operational Excellence & Business Process Transformation

• Act as an internal consultant to different Business Units (BUs), reviewing existing operational processes to identify opportunities for improvement
  
• Map current (as-is) processes and identify gaps, redundancies and inefficiencies
  
• Co-create to-be process designs together with BU stakeholders that improve efficiency, productivity and customer experience
  
• Drive the change management required to implement new processes, ensuring stakeholder buy-in and successful adoption

• Track and measure the impact of process improvements against agreed KPIs
  

Industry Research & Best Practices

• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies and best practices relevant to the organisation's businesses
  
• Conduct research to generate insights that support strategic decision-making
  
• Benchmark internal practices against industry standards and highlight opportunities for adoption
  

The Requirements:

• Degree in Business, Engineering or a related discipline
• Relevant experience in the fields of business excellence, transformation, strategy, policymaking, project management or management consulting a plus
• A self-starter who takes initiative and requires minimal supervision or guidance
• Strong leadership qualities, with the ability to influence and drive outcomes across teams without direct authority
• Sharp problem-solving skills, with strong analytical and structured thinking
• Comfortable managing multiple stakeholders across different levels of the organisation, including senior leadership
• Good project management skills; experience designing or running pilots/trials is an advantage
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare and present business cases to senior management
• Prior exposure to process mapping or Lean/Six Sigma methodologies is a plus

About the Company

A member of the Jardine Cycle & Carriage Group, C&C is one of the leading automotive groups in Singapore. We started out in 1899 as a trader in nutmegs and other sundries. In more than 120 years since, we have grown to become a major player in the automotive industry in Singapore, retailing Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Kia, Citroën, Maxus, ORA, smart passenger cars and Commercial vehicles as well as retail used cars under its Republic Auto brand.

At Cycle & Carriage, it is more than just the recognition we have earned as being the leader in its class. Exceptional Journeys encapsulates our passion for our existence. Bringing together high-performing team members and technical excellence to create people-focused experiences that consistently exceed expectations. Whether it is a customer we serve, an employee that we engage, a brand that we carry, we want to support them in creating exceptional journeys for themselves.

We have a constant mission to strive towards being an Employer of Choice in the countries we operate in. Some of our better performing countries have consistently being recognized for commendable people practices such as:

• HR Asia's Best Companies to Work Platinum Award in 2025 (11th consecutive year winner)
• Happiest Workplace Award 2024
• Finalist in HR Excellence Awards 2016 for Recruitment and Leadership Development;
• Winner of Innovative Talent Acquisition Strategy Award in the Annual Jardine Matheson HR Conference 2016
• Winner of Excellence In Innovative Use of HR Technology in HR Excellence Awards 2017
• Merit for Singapore Health Award as awarded by Health Promotion Board
• Jardine Matheson HR Conference 2017, where we clinched the Best Employer Brand, Best Work-Life Balance and Best HR Team Awards.
• Jardine Matheson HR Conference 2018 for Excellence in Employee Transformation
• Bronze Award in HR Excellence Award 2019 for Excellence in HR Innovation

The emphasis on employee experience has been on the forefront of the C&C's people practices. Keen for a career conversation Connect with us to find out more.

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