Regional Project Lead (Innovation) – APAC

JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS; Plentong; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exciting allowances

Sports perks

Premium coffee & tea in office

Barista-friendly office culture

Job summary

JDE Peet’s APAC is seeking a Regional Project Lead to guide cross-functional teams across Innovation & Growth, Value Optimization, Manufacturing Network, and Quality & Compliance. You will manage APAC Project Delivery Managers to ensure on-time, high-quality project outcomes.

We value breadth in Finance, Marketing, R&D, Operations and require a minimum of 10 years of experience in innovation or business delivery, preferably in FMCG, with regional APAC exposure and a track record of scalable

Qualifications

• Must have 10+ years of experience in Innovation or delivery in FMCG.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary project teams across regions.
• Strong business sense and ability to translate growth opportunities into initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Direct management of APAC Project Delivery Managers for key projects.
• Ensure on-time, in-quality delivery across multiple programs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to scope and progress initiatives.
• Lead larger renovation and value-optimization projects across APAC.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

APAC regional experience

Process improvement

Education

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Regional Project Lead (Innovation) – APAC

• Full-time

JDE Peet’s*- now part of Keurig Dr Pepper – is the world’s leading pure-play coffee company, with a presence in more than 100 markets.

Guided by our ‘Reignite the Amazing’ strategy, we are focused on brand-led growth across three big bets: Peet’s, L’OR, and our 10 strategically selected local icons, which includesSuper,Moccona, Old Town. In 2025, JDE Peet’s generated total sales of EUR 9.9 billion and employed a global workforce of more than 21,000 employees.

It’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. AtJACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE), we’ve made it our mission to find out. Our people have been raising the bar since day one, thinking fast and acting even faster to make an impact that’s felt around the world. JDE is the home to some of the most well-known coffee brands in the world.

For more than 265 years, we have been inspired by the belief. Today our coffee & tea portfolio is available in over 140 countries around the world through iconic household names including: Jacobs, Tassimo, Moccona, Senseo, L’OR, Douwe Egberts, Super, Kenco, Pilao & Gevalia etc.

Discover more about our journey to deliver a coffee for every cup and a brand for every heart at www.jdepeets.com

Primary responsibilities of the APAC Project Delivery Lead are:

• Direct management of the APAC Project Delivery Managers that manage and deliver the key business critical projects across Innovation & Growth, Value Optimization, Manufacturing Network, Business Continuity and Quality & Compliance.
• On time, and In Quality (OTIQ) delivery of all key business critical projects to market across all JDE programs including Innovation & Growth, Value Optimization, Manufacturing Network, Business Continuity and Quality & Compliance.
• Cross-functional collaboration to transform the growth opportunity coming from commercial teams into a clear and concise scope to progress initiatives to Project Start and ensuring delivery execution through disciplined implementation of initiatives.
• Integrated delivery of one or more larger (high business impact and risk) renovation growth projects and Value Optimization initiatives to market, acting as the project lead and managing multi-disciplinary project teams consisting of Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain and R&D.
• Establish a cross functional APAC Project Lead network and community.
• Support the Regional PMO Lead with:

Support the Regional PMO Lead with:

• Co-ordination of APAC projects as part of cross program management, including resource allocation, phasing and priority setting to ensure efficient delivery.
• Building project management capability across APAC, embedding Project Management tools, and ways of working across the organization to enable scalability, repeatability and long-term value creation beyond the initial roll out.
• Scoping activities to build and shape a regional Innovation & Growth funnel to ensure opportunities meet value, feasibility, risk and readiness criteria, including consolidation of this into the bi-annual 36month Planning process.

Education:

Master’s degree preferred (or equivalent experience) in Engineering, Business
Administration, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.

Experience:

Must have:

• Culturally sensitive agility
• Project & Process management experience
• Business development experience or affinity
• Broad understanding of Finance, Marketing, R&D, Operations, Sales
• A minimum of 10 years relevant experience in Innovation and/or relevant business delivery preferably in the FMCG;

Nice to have:

• Value Optimization/Productivity delivery experience
• Portfolio Management and simplification experience
• Global/Local experience
• Experience in APAC region
• Manufacturing Experience

Are you ready toUnleash Your Possibilitywithin JDE Peet's?

Would you like to join at a Coffee & Tea company that values your future success and prioritizes your passion for positive change?

Here’s why you should apply:

• Passionate, energetic & innovative work culture
• Exciting allowances to perk up your day
• Sports perks to keep you energized
• The best coffee and tea served all day in our office – or be your own Barista!

JDE Peet’s - now part of Keurig Dr Pepper – is the world’s leading pure-play coffee company, with a presence in more than 100 markets. Guided by our ‘Reignite the Amazing’ strategy, we are focused on brand-led growth across three big bets: Peet’s, L’OR, and our 10 strategically selected local icons led by Jacobs.