APAC Supply Chain Controller (Finance)

Super Food Specialists (M) Sdn Bhd; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food distributor in Malaysia is seeking a Supply Chain Controller to oversee financial planning within their APAC operations. The role involves cost analysis, budget monitoring, and collaboration with stakeholders to optimize the supply chain. The successful candidate will ensure compliance with financial controls and play a vital role in resource allocation. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to strategic financial planning and drive operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial planning and control within operations, particularly in a trading company.
• Strong analytical skills for supply chain cost analysis and budgeting.
• Proficiency in compliance and risk management processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide data-backed suggestions to improve operations.
• Monitor budgets for inventory, warehousing, and distribution.
• Lead preparation of annual operational plans and reports.
• Ensure compliance with internal control frameworks.

Skills

Financial analysis

Cost management

Budget monitoring

Collaboration

Job description

Super Food Specialists (M) Sdn Bhd – Johor Bahru, Johor

The Supply Chain Controller is responsible for all financial planning & control activities in the Trading Company within APAC Finance Operations. The role provides Supply Chain cost analysis, Cost Centre reporting in Trading Company & Malaysia Regional HQ.

The Operations Finance function supports the Operations strategy and business activities as a business partner working closely with business and functional leaders to drive improved performance, while facilitating transparency of financial performance across the organization:

ensure business decisions are grounded in sound financial analysis and endure processes that drive robust financial challenge and accountability.

provide analysis and insight for management to prioritize the allocation of resources to areas where value can be created.

ensure the company keeps continuous focus on compliance, control and risk management to manage the company’s (financial) risks and meet the requirements of governmental and other regulatory bodies, as well as the internal guidelines, e.g. the Combined Business Model (CBM).

The APAC region is on an exciting journey with a clear evolution towards a specific CBM model. The standard reporting model splits Operations and Manufacturing Units (MU) reporting from Marketing & Sales Units (MSU) reporting. The Asia Regional Hub for the Operations and Manufacturing Units will be in Malaysia.

RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY ACTIVITIES

• Business Partnership
  • Proactively and constructively providing data‑backed suggestion to improve Trading Company operation and thus achieving cost effectiveness.
  • Collaboration with stakeholders to provide financial expertise especially on cost related to warehouse and distributions.
  • Monitoring budgets for Trading Company’s inventory, warehousing, and distributions spending.
  • Lead the preparation and presentation of Trading Company and MY Regional HQ Annual Operational Plan (AOP), strategic financial planning and monthly outlook variance analysis through effective control mechanism.
  • Support the delivery of OWC objectives for Trading Company which includes inventory control and optimization, payment terms, supplier financing programs.
  • Ensure controls related processes and alignment with global and regional policies and operations governance rules. Maintains fully compliance to internal control framework across all support functions.
  • Prepare and calculate Capital Expenditure Requests.
• Cost Accounting
  • Develop and validate Supply Chain costing including taxes, duty, freight & warehousing, are fully costed fairly and accurate.
  • Develop and analyze cost comparison and simulation to maximize the benefits from sourcing and supply decision.
• The role will provide critical business support to operations through business partnering, as well as play an important custodian role, ensuring that full compliance, controls and policies are properly applied.