Senior Supply Chain Leader: Strategy, Planning & Automation

Keysight Technologies; George Town; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Keysight Technologies in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a Senior Leader to drive supply chain planning, inventory management, and fulfillment to meet customer commitments. You will balance demand, supply, capacity, and inventory to optimize performance and readiness.

You will lead a team of managers and analysts, foster continuous improvement, and advance digital transformation with planning tools, analytics, and AI/ML capabilities to raise decision quality and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Operations Management, or related field.
• Proven experience in supply chain planning, operations, inventory management, or logistics within a complex manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams and developing high-performing talent.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with the ability to manage competing business priorities.
• Experience driving continuous improvement, process optimization, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Knowledge of end-to-end supply chain processes, planning systems, and supply chain best practices.
• Experience leading digital transformation, automation, or system enhancement projects to improve efficiency and productivity.
• Ability to foster a growth mindset culture that promotes innovation, learning agility, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills with the ability to influence across functions and organizational levels.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver business results in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop managers and supply chain analysts to achieve business objectives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Drive a growth mindset by encouraging employee development, knowledge sharing, problem-solving, and adaptability to change.
• Build organizational capability through succession planning, mentoring, and talent development.
• Lead supply planning, inventory management, and fulfillment activities to support customer commitments and revenue goals.
• Balance demand, supply, capacity, and inventory to optimize business performance.
• Drive supply chain readiness to support business growth and changing market requirements.
• Champion supply chain process tenets for standardization or best practices
• Drive compliance with company policies, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead automation and digitalization initiatives to improve efficiency, productivity, and decision quality.
• Promote the adoption of planning tools, analytics, AI/ML capabilities, and system enhancements to streamline workflows.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate manual processes and improve operational effectiveness through technology.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Decision making

Communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain or related field

Tools

Planning tools

Analytics tools

AI/ML capabilities

Job description

Keysight Technologies in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a Senior Leader to drive supply chain planning, inventory management, and fulfillment to meet customer commitments. You will balance demand, supply, capacity, and inventory to optimize performance and readiness.

You will lead a team of managers and analysts, foster continuous improvement, and advance digital transformation with planning tools, analytics, and AI/ML capabilities to raise decision quality and efficiency.