Assistant Manager, SDGI Transformation

sdguthrie; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

sdguthrie in Malaysia seeks a Transformation Lead to drive multi-year programs across business units, balancing commercial, operations and maintenance priorities.

You will identify priorities for 1-year and 5-year horizons, develop actionable interventions, and mentor junior teams in diagnostics, value driver analyses, and program delivery. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration and sustainable value creation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, economics or finance disciplines.
• Minimum 5 years in management consulting, strategic planning, or related roles.
• Proven leadership of cross-functional teams.
• Independent stakeholder management and strong communication across functions and nationalities.
• Proficient in leveraging digital productivity tools for presentations and project management.

Responsibilities

• Identify transformation priorities across 1-year and 5-year planning horizons, balancing priorities across commercial, operations and maintenance.
• Lead and coach junior TO teammates in diagnostics and value driver analyses to identify gaps and opportunities.
• Develop and implement transformation programs for SDGI units using value creation initiatives.
• Perform analyses of market trends, product mix and cost/profitability; develop end-user templates and tools.
• Collaborate with Group Operations, Group Digital, Group Finance to drive implementation and track impact.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Project management

Digital productivity tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Economics, or Finance-related disciplines

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Project management tools

Job description

Job Description

• Responsible to support BUs (as assigned) to drive transformation programs that will enable the achievement of their financial budget targets.
• Work closely with Regional Heads and BU Heads to identify transformation priorities across 1-year and 5-year planning horizons, balancing priorities across commercial, operations and maintenance within and across sites, while also accounting for the significant differences in the product offering and market landscape for each BU.
• Lead a team and/or contribute individually on TO activities including:
  Identifying suitable methodologies, tools, processes, interventions and actionable items for successful business transformation &/ business turnaround; within the scopes of operations, manufacturing and commercialisation.
  Developing and implementing transformation programs for SDGI business units using Value Creation initiatives as building blocks.
  Developing capabilities, fostering cross-functional collaborations, transforming behaviours, and cultivating the right, dynamic mindset to enable delivery of long-term sustainable value creation for SDGI.
  Commercial - performing analyses such as market trends, product mix/margin and cost/profitability; developing end-user tools/templates; coordinating cross-regional taskforce
  Operations & Manufacturing - performing analyses such as plant OEE and bottleneck; machine efficiency; energy and chemical consumption; planning and optimization; feedstock and product quality.
  Cross functional / integrated workstream - identify levers that joins the multiple verticals to works as a single cohesive unit.
• Conduct and/or guide junior TO teammates in process diagnostics and process analysis to understand the current status of the business or operations, identify gaps or opportunities, and developing the necessary solutions for the BUs; perform feasibility assessment(s) of transformation solutions prior to implementation on the ground.
• Conduct and/or guide junior TO teammates in various cross-functional projects from ideation-to-implementation in collaboration with other functions e,g., Group Operations, Group Digital, Group Finance. Support may take the form of project management leadership, thought partnership or in the development of tools that will aid with implementation.
• Coaching of local TO Coordinators in the BUs and other executives in the team for:
  Problem solving with various business case requirements as part of our support to the business units across the SDGI group.
  Conducting diagnostic and value driver analyses of business value chains and processes to identify gaps to best practice.
  Facilitating discussions and influence decision making process.
  Preparing performance reporting to various customers and stakeholders.
  Developing, refining and validating business cases.
  Supporting implementation and impact tracking.
  Running idea generation workshops to identify value creation initiatives that will unlock the identified potential.
• Work closely with the Head SDGI Transformation, the Heads of other Group Transformation Office functions (Upstream TO, Data Analytics, 1stream, Digital Strategy) and the Group Chief Transformation Officer (" CTO ") to prioritise, plan and implement transformation programs or initiatives for the wider Group.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Economics, or Finance-related disciplines. Masters or professional qualification would be an advantage
• Minimum 5 years of working experience in Management Consulting, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Business Analysis, Commercial Operations, Manufacturing Operations, or Operational Excellence roles
• Proven leadership experience in the form of managing cross-functional teams and coaching peers, with the ability to also be a strong individual contributor
• Independent stakeholder management and strong communication skills across diverse functions and nationalities
• Proficient in leveraging digital productivity tools for presentations and project management