Business Development Manager

Körber; Shah Alam; Hybrid; MYR 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Körber in Malaysia seeks a senior business strategist to shape regional strategy, drive strategic initiatives, and deliver measurable commercial outcomes. You will lead cross‑functional teams and perform market and competitor analyses to define actionable plans.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in business strategy or corporate development, experience in FMCG, strong English, MS Office proficiency, and a track record of managing multi‑stakeholder projects across cultures.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering or MBA or equivalent.
• 3–5 years in business strategy, corporate development, or management consulting in marketing or FMCG.
• Proficient in business‑level English (written and spoken).
• MS Office proficient; knowledge of CRM tools such as SalesForce is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Create analysis desks and presentations as decision basis for management.
• Conduct ongoing market, customer, and competition surveys to identify trends.
• Develop strategic initiatives to support regional sales and corporate goals.
• Identify and develop new business fields to grow existing markets and explore new areas.
• Support top management in strategic business planning.

Skills

Strategic planning

Market analysis

Financial modelling

Project management

English proficiency

Education

Master’s in engineering, MBA or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

SalesForce

Job description

In compliance to ISO standards 9001:2015, 14001:2015 and 45001:2023

Your Role In Our Team

• Creation of analysis desks, presentations in PPT as decision basis for the management.
• Continued market / customer / competition surveys to identify market trends such as PESTEL and provide them to relevant stakeholders.
• Generation of strategic initiatives/concepts supporting the regional sales in line with corporate strategic goals to ensure countable business success.
• Identify and develop new business fields to grow business with existing markets/customers and new areas of business.
• Support the top management during strategic business planning.
• Keep internal departments updated about strategic initiatives, e.g. product marketing, corporate communications.
• Steering international teams are also cross-business units for strategic initiatives.
• Prepare and moderate workshops with different stakeholders.
• Drive new partnerships with external companies for local R&D, local sourcing. Support the implementation of strategic software tools, e.g. SalesForce.

Your Profile

• Master’s in engineering, MBA or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years relevant experience in business strategy, strategic planning, corporate development, business development, or management consulting in the fields of marketing and fast-moving consumer goods.
• Proficient in business‑level English (written and spoken).
• MS Office experienced.
• Strong capability in market analysis, business case modelling, strategic frameworks, and financial analysis (NPV, margin modelling, pricing).
• Knowledge level in the field of marketing digital products.
• Demonstrated experience in defining and executing strategic initiatives that delivered measurable commercial outcomes.
• Experienced Business strategy consulting
• Ability to manage complex, multi‑stakeholder projects across level, countries and functions.
• Strong stakeholder management with senior leaders across cultures.