Projects and Commercialization Manager

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

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At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Job Description 

Purpose/Key Objectives of the Job - 

Within the value stream network improve business performance: 

• Analyse and define the value chain network and define and initiate required business improvements to drive operational performance (service and costs) 

• Drive Supply Chain improvements in Business projects / Lighthouse and M&A 

• Secure that customer service offers are defined and secured in the end to end supply chain 

• Drive Commercialization for Powder and ICO South Asia- Represent ISC in PMR 

• Drive the Monthly Regional S&OE, Regional SLOB Meeting and VSMR Processses 

• Optimize supply chain performance and balance inventory, lot-sizes, lead-time etc 

• Masterdata support / maintenance for planning teams 

Responsibilities

​Within the value stream network: 

• ​Work on the continuous supply chain assessment and benchmarking to identify business improvement opportunities, including end to end value stream mapping. 

• ​Analyse and define business improvements and projects to optimize end to end supply chain performance in OTIF, Cost to serve and working capital (inventory, payables, receivables). 

• ​Examples: optimize usage of distribution network and interaction between customer service and planning, e-commerce, route to market, lot sizes, truck rates 

• ​Support delivering BU supply chain KPIs in the region. 

• ​Provide support to assist the BU Supply Chain Manager when issues are raised 

• ​Work with the regional planning teams and liaise with the central Master Data teams and System Support Experts on the master data update to ensure ERP system runs accurately 

​Commercialization activities 

• ​Responsible for management of NPI's into the Supply Chain - BOM's, Artwork management, master data, overall project plan, trial coordination, factory acceptance 

• ​Leads preparation of Buy vs MAKE decisions and capital investment requests for approved NPI activities 

• ​Works closely with planning and manufacturing functions, to ensure innovations are timely and cost efficiently introduced into the markets 

• ​Is Supply Chain approver on regional gates and leader of sourcing board to determine where NPI and major changes will be supplied from 

• ​Executes product costing and include options for the marketing teams as part of the overall NPI stage-gate process 

• ​Leads projects for compliance, cost savings, complexity reduction 

• ​Performs network modelling to support sourcing decisions and complexity impact analysis 

• ​Takes care of third-party manufacturing sourcing and contracting 

• ​Works closely with Technical / RD&I, Marketing and Commercial functions to ensures speed to market in new production introductions, via the Stage Gate process 

• ​Participates and contributes to the related IBP Product Management Review process​ 

​​Essential educational qualifications, relevant experience and requested skills. 

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Job Requirements

1. At least 8 years in Supply Chain function; strong experience in operations, planning and good hands on exposure to IT/ERP related projects 

2. Master degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Science or Engineering 

3. APICS certified preferred 

4. Strong knowledge and experience with SAP preferred. 

5. Strong project management skills and deadline accountability. 

6. Functional excellence & credibility to drive the organization forward.  

7. Ability to operate effectively across different cultures and functions. 

8. Good communication skills, strong command in English. 

9. Awareness and compliance with general HSE requirements 

10. Ability to travel 15-25% of time.