Supply Chain Manager

Jotun; Shah Alam; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Jotun Academy

Career development opportunities

Strong employee feedback culture

Flexi medical benefits

Job summary

Jotun in Shah Alam, Selangor invites an experienced Senior Supply Chain & Operations Leader to oversee planning, logistics, inventory, warehousing and distribution, excluding production and purchasing. You will drive continuous improvement, optimize costs, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality products, guiding a Malaysia-Singapore team to meet business objectives.

You will report to the Operations Manager and work to align supply chain strategy with company values, regulatory standards,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years in supply chain, planning, logistics, or related environments.
• 3+ years of leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience managing 3PL providers, suppliers, and logistics partners.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing Supply Chain team across Malaysia and Singapore.
• Manage end-to-end supply chain operations including planning, customer service, inventory, warehousing, logistics and distribution.
• Drive performance to ensure product availability and service excellence.
• Lead S&OP process and align priorities with key stakeholders.
• Monitor KPIs related to service levels, forecast accuracy, inventory, logistics and working capital.
• Drive continuous improvement to reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction.
• Manage relationships with logistics partners and service providers for reliable operations.
• Ensure compliance with HSEQ, policies and regulatory standards.
• Provide insights and recommendations to support business planning.
• Manage budgets and identify capacity and efficiency opportunities.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Decision making

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management

Related field experience

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Job summary: Lead and manage the Supply Chain and Operations functions, excluding production and purchasing, to ensure efficient planning, logistics, inventory management, warehousing, and distribution. Drive continuous improvement in line with company values, business objectives, and operational standards to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products and services while optimizing cost, efficiency, and customer service.

This role will be based in Shah Alam, Selangor and reporting to Operations Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a high-performing Supply Chain team of Malaysia and Singapore.
• Manage end-to-end supply chain operations, including planning, customer service, inventory management, warehousing, logistics, and distribution.
• Drive supply chain performance to ensure product availability, service excellence, and optimal inventory levels.
• Lead the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process and collaborate with key stakeholders to align business and operational priorities.
• Monitor and improve key performance indicators related to service levels, forecast accuracy, inventory, logistics, and working capital.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve customer satisfaction.
• Manage relationships with logistics partners and service providers to ensure reliable and efficient operations.
• Ensure compliance with HSEQ requirements, company policies, and regulatory standards.
• Provide insights, analysis, and recommendations to support business planning and decision-making.
• Manage budgets and identify opportunities to improve capacity, operational efficiency, HSE performance, and service levels.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Supply Chain, Planning, Customer Service, Logistics, Warehouse Operations, or Manufacturing environments.
• Minimum 3 years of leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience managing 3PL providers, suppliers, and logistics partners.
• Minimum 3 years of leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 applications.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

What We Look For:

• Coaches for Performance: Providing clear and consistent feedback, encouragement and developmental guidance, and correcting individuals' performance based on clearly communicated objectives.
• Champion Change: Demonstrating openness to and enthusiasm for new initiatives and process improvements, understanding resistance to change, and motivating others to participate and appropriately challenge the status quo.
• Provides Direction: Creating structure and generating clear goals to enable a team to accomplish its objectives and helping the work group or team analyse its effectiveness.
• Collaborates: Willingly working with others towards common goals, understanding the responsibilities, activities and ways to foster business interrelationships.
• Generate Solutions: Identifying problems, critically reviewing facts, recognise the root causes, and providing multiple, practical and sound solutions.
• Drives Results: Achieving high levels of productivity through personal effort, taking responsibility to ensure tasks are completed on time and with high quality, striving to obtain a challenging goal, and showing a strong drive to follow through with and complete what was started.

What We Offer:

• Continuous learning opportunities and training activities through on-the-job training and our in-house learning Jotun Academy.
• Career development opportunities across multiple disciplines and geographies.
• Leaders who focus on engaging and enabling their team, proven by consistently high employee feedback scores.
• Flexi medical benefits (Outpatient, health-screening, dental and optical) are offered.