Global Supply Chain Lead – Projects & Budgets

WPP Production; Manila; Hybrid; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

WPP Production is seeking a COL Team Lead - Project Manager to oversee global retail projects, from client brief to delivery, including budgeting, planning, and cross-team collaboration. The role requires strong Excel skills, budget discipline, and a proven ability to manage complex campaigns.

Amenable to hybrid/onsite work in BGC, with emphasis on leadership, communication, and problem-solving in a fast-paced marketing environment.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience working on global retail and/or shopper accounts, from creative development to final production (critical path management).
• Relevant merchandising, demand planning or print production and localisation experience, additionally logistics experience will be beneficial
• Advanced excel skills essential (complex formulas, large database management, dashboards, pivot wizard etc – VBA advantageous but not required)
• Experience of Budget Management
• Excellent communication skills; written, verbal and presentation
• Attention to detail, analytical thinking ability and passion for the work are essential
• Calm under pressure with a positive attitude and a hands-on, can-do approach to solving problems
• Amenable to work hybrid/onsite in BGC

Responsibilities

• Lead global client product launches across multiple
• Key part of P&D campaigns from client brief through to delivery completion
• Plan the country dispatch schedule, using plans based on product availability dates, historical transit times and vendor capacity / resource
• Lead daily status calls with P&D team and studio to ensure all projects are tracking as expected and provide detailed EOD handover to the team in the next time
• Responsible for regional commercials: Tracks finance spend and prepares; Quarterly forecast / Monthly accruals / Weekly or Monthly spend report to client.
• Track vendor spend against budget by ensuring 100% accuracy of finance trackers, recording vendor quotes and flagging to P&D team lead when actual spend is close to budget.
• Monitor budget utilization and proactively flag issues to key
• Manage resourcing across regional team by monitoring data-led utilization and
• Report regularly on team performances and productivity to Global P&D
• Ensure full compliance with all centralised financial procedures and
• Key point of contact for client and vendor queries, working analytically & creatively using teamwork, innovation and excellence to propose solutions and ensure swift resolution, escalating to Global Lead as required
• Responsible for hindsight reports after campaigns, outlining successes and opportunities for improvement across vendor, client and internal processes
• Set and manage client expectations ensuring they follow the agreed workflows
• Build strong, trusting relationships with all key stakeholders
• Maintain all SLAs and look to exceed them wherever possible
• Working proactively with global lead to identify new business opportunities and

Skills

Global account management

Merchandising

Demand planning

Print production

Advanced Excel

Budget management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

Job description

WPP Production is seeking a COL Team Lead - Project Manager to oversee global retail projects, from client brief to delivery, including budgeting, planning, and cross-team collaboration. The role requires strong Excel skills, budget discipline, and a proven ability to manage complex campaigns.

Amenable to hybrid/onsite work in BGC, with emphasis on leadership, communication, and problem-solving in a fast-paced marketing environment.