Lead Specification Management

As a Lead Specification Management you will oversee the end to end creation, implementation and maintenance of product specifications throughout their lifecycle, ensuring they are accurate, up-to-date, and compliant to the standard quality and regulation.

Your role will connect you to R&D team across Asia and Europe, operating out of Singapore.

We seek a proactive individual driven to deliver results, with a strong passion for managing complex data and the ability to collaborate effectively with local, regional and global stakeholders

Key responsibilities

1. Leadership & Strategy

. Lead R&D specification management function across different operating companies, aligning with business strategy and global PLM Way of Working.

. Drive implementation of PLM specification WoW within BG Asia opcos.

. Serve as primary contact for specification-related WoW and system enhancement on BG level.

. Acting as BG Asia's representative within the Global Specification Management Community to shape strategic direction, establish ways of working (WoW), and foster alignment across diverse business groups

. Functionally supervise a group of specification specialists in the region.

2. System oversight

. Support implementation of digital transformation initiatives to automate and streamline specification processes.

. R&D owner of BG Asia specification portfolio, ensuring up-to-date, high quality & compliant to regulation and company's quality standard.

. Create & review procedure, work instruction and training materials

3. Process Improvement

. Identify opportunities to streamline specification workflows and automate data management processes.

. Actively contributes to new system design and is responsible for implementation in BG Asia R&D.

4. Cross-Functional Collaboration

. Partner with various stakeholders like Digital, Quality Assurance, Procurement, Regulatory Affairs and Supply chain to ensure specifications meet operational and compliance needs.

. Way of working design and alignment with relevant stakeholders, to ensure practicality, enhance efficiency and minimize manual effort

5. BG Asia Key user Lead

. Build Key User capability & knowledge among Key User Opcos.

. Provide technical support to local Key Users and regional BG Asia end user

6. Document Management

. Develop and maintain a robust document management system to streamline storage, retrieval and sharing of information in digital platform.

Qualifications and education requirements

. Bachelor's or Master's Degree in food science, Dairy Technology, Engineering, chemistry, other relevant science field.

. Minimum 10 years experience in specification management in FMCG industry

. Strong understanding of SAP PLM modules, including Specification Management, preferably having experience as being a super user.

. Proficiency in managing and maintaining data within a complex system.

. Familiarity with Dairy industry requirements related to product development and lifecycle management is a plus.

. Experience in identifying and implementing process improvements related to specification management.