Managing Director, APAC

Hunter Amenities is one of the world's largest manufacturers of Personal Care Amenities with over 40 years of experience in the global market. We are a highly entrepreneurial, professional, and driven organization that believes in teamwork, professional ethics, and outstanding service. Hunter is proud to be a Platinum level member of the Best Managed Companies program in Canada.

The Opportunity:

APAC is a diverse and dynamic business built through acquisitions, joint ventures, and long-standing partnerships across China, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia. With strong regional capabilities and established relationships with global hotel chains, the business is well positioned for sustained growth and continued market expansion.

Based in Singapore, the Managing Director – APAC holds full accountability for the region's financial, operational, and people performance. This role leads one of the company's most strategically important regions, with significant scale, deep customer partnerships, and robust manufacturing capabilities.

As a key member of the executive leadership team, the Managing Director will shape the next phase of APAC's growth by strengthening commercial performance, driving operational excellence, and advancing modernization and integration initiatives across the region. This leader will bring focus and discipline to execution, ensuring the business operates with clarity, accountability, and pace.

The role requires a strong ability to scale the organization through effective processes, systems, and structures, enabling sustainable growth while enhancing agility and efficiency. The Managing Director will lead high-performing, cross-functional teams, align priorities, and deliver measurable business outcomes.

Working closely with the executive team, board, and key customers, this leader will play a critical role in driving commercial success, maintaining strong governance, and building a high-performance, values-driven culture across APAC.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and execution of regional strategy to accelerate growth, including expansion in China and other key markets
• Build and sustain a high-performance culture aligned with company values in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Provide strong leadership and direction to cross-functional teams, driving alignment and accountability across the organization
• Partner across functions to deliver integrated business outcomes and enhance organizational effectiveness
• Drive organizational scalability by strengthening processes, systems, and structures to support continued growth
• Lead change management initiatives that enable transformation, adoption, and long-term business success
• Develop leadership capability and talent pipelines through active coaching, succession planning, and strategic hiring
• Oversee financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, and P&L management to ensure sustainable profitability
• Identify growth opportunities and respond decisively to market dynamics and business performance insights
• Partner with Operations to drive excellence across APAC factories in safety, efficiency and productivity.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, partners, and stakeholders
• Ensure operational excellence through efficient, reliable, and high-quality delivery across the region
• Maintain robust governance, risk management, and compliance practices across all market

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of general management or senior commercial leadership experience, ideally within high-growth, dynamic manufacturing or supply chain environments.
• Proven track record of improving revenue and EBITDA, driving business growth and operational performance across regional or multi-country markets, including demonstrated success in the China market
• Strong experience leading organizations through transformation, with a track record of delivering effective change management initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to establish, track, and deliver against key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive accountability and business outcomes
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Marketing, Commerce, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred
• Experience in B2B environments; hospitality industry experience considered an asset
• Strong financial acumen, including P&L ownership, budgeting, and forecasting experience
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at executive and board levels
• Fluency in both English and Mandarin (written and spoken)
• Experience operating within joint-venture environments is an advantage.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required

A Little Bit More About Us:

Hunter Amenities global headquarters is in Burlington, Ontario where we manufacture one of the richest portfolios of licensed amenity brands for our 5- and 6-star global hotels, boutique hotels, spas, cruise lines and retail clients. Hunter has built a broad retail portfolio, creating both private labels and branded beauty products of the highest quality. Learn more about our company and culture at www.hunteramenities.com.

Based on our profile and needs we will only contact those candidates selected for interviews. Thanks for applying!

Hunter Amenities International Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. Hunter does not discriminate on the basis of race/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/sexual orientation/gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by current law.