Vice President - Government Relations & Public Affairs, Africa

Area Escalator Business Director, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Turkey and Africa (APM)

PVD Equipment Engineer

Packaging Technologist

Manager II Sales & Marketing

Senior Sales Executive

Sales Manager

Product Manager & Business Development Manager (Pharma)

Business Development Manager - Retail

Sr. Business Development Manager-Foodservice

Role Description <ul><li>The VP of Government Relations &amp; Public Affairs (GR/PA) Africa role aims to enhance business value by positioning our client favourably with governments and civil society in the Africa region. The plurality of Africa’s 53 countries, with their constituencies, cultures, interests, and agendas pose a significant challenge for effective government relations and public affairs, as does unbridled social and political change and substantial ABC issues.</li><li>Advises on political systems, government processes and key personalities within government and civil society for the countries within the region;</li><li>Sets up systems for collecting, interpreting and disseminating intelligence from politics, government and related sectors as reliable input for corporate and business decision-making;</li><li>Advises Our client’s corporate functions and business units on interpreting underlying nuances and cultural subtleties involved in government decision-making;</li><li>Anticipates potential issues from government systems for prompt escalation to Our client’s leadership;</li><li>Identifies significant country and regional political events and trends for inclusion in GR strategies;</li><li>Determines the impacts of regional government policies, tax, finance and regulatory developments on Our client’s business and advises on appropriate strategies and plans for response;</li><li>Assesses complex political and social systems and provides appropriate advice to the regional team.</li><li>The role is expected to maintain a robust understanding of the political environment and drivers for government and civil society stakeholders (local, regional and federal) and be in tune with the cultures, societies and nuances of the countries making up the region. He/she will:</li><li>Work closely with businesses and functions to secure opportunities and manage risks;</li><li>Engage with the government to shape regulatory frameworks and influence policy, advocating on behalf of and interests;</li><li>When decisions are considered, provide balanced perspectives that integrate business, functional, geographical, and temporal perspectives;</li><li>Work together with the business in developing a government-specific Customer Value Proposition that differentiates Our client from its competitors as a partner of choice;</li><li>Map relationships and engagements with government and civil society stakeholders.</li><li>The priority for the Head of GR/PA Africa is to support Our client by providing strategic advice to the business on the one hand and achieving a maximum degree of influence over the regulatory environment in which the company operates on the other, with the central objective of preserving and building the business value. In addition, the role monitors, identifies and influences the operating environment as affected by statutory, legislative and regulatory governmental actions, whether local, regional or federal, that may affect Our client’s operations.</li></ul> Key Responsibilities: <ul><li>The incumbent is expected to possess an understanding of the regional, country and local businesses, political trends and key decision-makers/influencers, and an understanding of the critical drivers for Our client’s Group success.</li></ul> He/she must: <ul><li>Deliver superior policy, country and stakeholder analysis and engagement plans that help to inform credible strategies, often on short notice.</li><li>Develop a robust regional strategy to manage government stakeholders, including identification, engagement planning and relationship management</li><li>Anticipate/monitor policy change and interpret political drivers. Identify business threats and opportunities arising from statutory, legislative or other regulatory governmental action, including mitigation activities.</li><li>Support business leaders in their engagements with decision-makers. - Devise and implement advocacy plans (setting out desired policy outcomes in support of business goals, developing position papers, running engagement programs, etc.) in cooperation with the businesses, functions and in-country resources. - Leverage the informal and formal workings of government, embassies and associations to support the delivery of our clients business objectives.</li><li>Ensure coordination and maximise synergies among GR/Public Affairs, other Non-Technical Risk functions, and the relevant businesses.</li><li>Share GR/Public Affairs best practices with business representatives and actively develop local resources in-country where practical.</li><li>Ensure absolute compliance with applicable government ABC, transparency and ethical standards, and Our client’s Group rules and policies.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Confident, trusted and mature individual with a minimum 12 years experience in a mix of strategic consulting, analytical, business, government /diplomatic and Regulatory Affairs/Government Relations and Public Affairs roles;</li><li>JD or Masters degree in a relevant area of study (International Relations, Political Science, Public Policy, etc.);</li><li>Ability to understand how technical language in legislative and regulatory proposals could affect Our client’s operations, identify business implications and synthesise policy documents;</li><li>A solid network of political stakeholders within relevant bodies throughout African countries;</li><li>High degree of discretion; unquestioned and uncompromising personal and business integrity;</li><li>Capacity to multi-task and manage complexity and highly fluid situations; - Ability to manage and deliver against compressed deadlines;</li><li>Strong influencing/motivating skills and ability to drive delivery through others;</li><li>Highly developed interpersonal skills, able to work effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels;</li><li>Experience in Issues Management and Crisis Management;</li><li>Good knowledge of governance and business control frameworks. Evidence of strong analytical skills</li><li>Can-do attitude in accomplishing what is necessary, either through own efforts or through others</li><li>Outstanding communicator; excellent command of English in written and spoken form required; advanced command of at least one additional African language (e.g., French) is a significant advantage.</li><li>Ability to work effectively in cross-cultural and diverse stakeholder environments. Good negotiator and coalition builder.</li><li>Considerable experience in African regulatory frameworks and processes is a requirement.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Develop and implement a business strategy addressing market and business needs. The strategy is to cover ambition, market drivers, market segments, capability, competitiveness covering all business lines.</li><li>Be responsible for achieving strong Area Escalator growth ambitions, targeted full-chain profit margin and taking corrective actions to meet the set performance metrics&nbsp;</li><li>Understand the granular market opportunities, the customer requirements, and the market trends across the geographies</li><li>Identify, evaluate, and pursue business and offering development opportunities to position competitively in the market</li><li>Drive strategic planning and decision-making at global management team level to develop and implement an offering development strategy that aligns with the overall vision and short and long-term business objectives.</li><li>Understand competitor strategies to adjust and optimize the Area’s approach and win strategy.</li><li>Identify and drive key internal stakeholders to set winning strategies for the larger, more complex or strategic market opportunities</li><li>Connect with other stakeholders to ensure our offering leverages all solutions / value-added solutions in all segments and through all the life cycle of our customer’s needs</li><li>Ensure governance and alignment with all Business Lines and global functions.</li><li>Own APM’s Escalator governance model to be developed, deployed and maintained in collaboration with each business line.</li><li>Organize support to FLs in their win-plans.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Minimum 5 years of experience in similar capacity of a sizable geographical area&nbsp;</li><li>Strategic acumen and conceptual thinking</li><li>Deep understanding of escalators, auto walk or related business environment and customers</li><li>Business leadership experience and skills</li><li>Understanding of full-chain business related KPIs and success factors&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to effectively connect and interact at all levels of organization</li><li>Good value creation, selling, marketing and customer relationship skills</li><li>Commercialization and business model capabilities to scale and capture the value</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Perform equipment troubleshooting with systematic &amp; analytical mindset to minimize/eliminate downtime</li><li>Oversees decommissioning, movement, installation, upgrade, retrofit &amp; maintenance of manufacturing equipment</li><li>Monitors equipment uptime &amp; implement relevant improvement actions to improve equipment reliability &amp; solve chronic issues</li><li>Conduct training for line technicians to improve their technical competency and fan out critical knowledge relevant to achieve key departmental KPIs</li><li>Manage spare part cost &amp; availability</li><li>Collaborate with process engineers on yield related topics and implement relevant improvement/containment actions to prevent recurrence</li><li>Collaborate with external vendors on equipment troubleshooting, spare part availability/procurement &amp; equipment upgrade/retrofit</li><li>Participate or lead projects involving downtime reduction, cost saving, yield improvement or new material qualification.</li><li>Defines maintenance procedures &amp; upkeep documents related to the smooth running of manufacturing equipment</li><li>Coordinates equipment activities with inter and intra department personnel to ensure smooth execution</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.</li><li>Hands on individual with experience in vacuum PVD equipments.&nbsp;</li><li>Dynamic team player who possesses good interpersonal skills</li><li>Strong passion &amp; drive to seek improvements to equipment &amp; process setup</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Responsible for identification of value transformation/cost efficiency projects &amp; ensure successful implantation of the initiatives through due qualifications and cross functional collaboration.&nbsp;</li><li>Create technical drawings, Review and approve artwork changes for Enstek site for all Pringles SKU&nbsp;like canister, flexibles, cartons, cases &amp; all types of consumer promotions.</li><li>End to end&nbsp;packaging support for new plant vertical start up.&nbsp;</li><li>Supply chain support for Plant operational issues/Trouble shooting/PM quality rejections.&nbsp;</li><li>Review &amp; validation of all type of packaging master data’s, BOM in the system.</li><li>Review historical data, performance and quality issues in all packaging lines to assess the improvement opportunities. Provide recommendations/ implementation plan to improve Enstek pringles&nbsp;and other Snacks sites for improved $/kg packaging improvement. Ensuring company systems including SCR process are followed.</li><li>Support alternate vendor development pipe line for future generation packaging.</li><li>Development of material testing protocols&nbsp;&amp; validation for new SKU/ new food development process &amp; SOP.</li><li>Develop Loadbility matrix &amp; update SC team time to time.</li><li>Contribute &amp; drive the development &amp; implementation of packaging optimization/ improvements for Pringles&nbsp;and other Snacks category.&nbsp;</li><li>Supports environmental sustainability agenda for Enstek&nbsp;&amp; Thailand plant with focus on the&nbsp;industry and company commitments.&nbsp;</li><li>Accountable for successful handover of responsibility for launched/ renovated products to Supply Chain by completing documentation and training relevant personnel in new products and processes</li><li>Prepares and maintains material specifications ensuring materials comply with all relevant Governmental requirements for food packaging.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in food, packaging, material science or related field with min 6-8 years of experience in a packaging development related environment within FMCG food /Snacks industry&nbsp;</li><li>Strong negotiation and influencing skills.</li><li>Fluency in English – Oral and Written communication is Must</li><li>Detailed understanding of the packaging material performance and product requirements.&nbsp;</li><li>Strong team interaction skills to allow maximum influence on the business operation</li><li>Strong technical, analytical, communication and project management skills&nbsp;</li></ul>

Role Description: <ul><li>Automotive Business unit responsible for Passenger Vehicle segment.</li><li>The product portfolio includes Terminals &amp; Connectors, Hybrid &amp; Electrical Mobility Solutions (HEMS) products, Data Connectivity solutions and others.</li><li>Leads and manages the sales team, facilitates strategic planning process, and drives the incremental growth objectives of key product lines.</li></ul> Responsibilities: <ul><li>Managing the sales team and managers and supporting the development of sales training programs and tools to ensure team members are equipped to achieve their targets.</li><li>Analyzing competitive activity, business opportunities, sales trends, and results within a region and developing monthly sales territory and account strategies to increase market share.</li><li>Collaborating with other departments, such as marketing, product development, and finance, to align sales strategies with overall company objectives.</li><li>Meeting and exceeding assigned targets for profitable sales and growth across product lines, market areas, and channels.</li><li>Leads the Sales Segment - CAM</li><li>Team Management</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Requires bachelor’s degree BE/ B-Tech (Electrical / Electronics / Mechanical) with Master’s degree preferred.</li></ul> Critical Experience <ul><li>12 or more years of experience in account management and Sales.</li><li>Good exposure to automotive OEM’s / Tier-1s</li><li>Exposure to Interconnection ecosystem (Harness makers, component manufacturer’s) preferred.</li><li>High level of relationship management and can manage multiple key accounts</li><li>Excellent leadership and team management skills – ability to train and mold the team for success.</li><li>Expert level of Sales forecasting, strategic sales planning and understanding customer needs</li><li>Expert level of negotiation and relationship management.</li><li>Expert level of account management, sales forecasting and strategic sales planning</li><li>Collaborates with the customer on large account activities and monitors customer satisfaction.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Achievement of Sales and margin: <ul><li>Develop and implement effective sales strategies to achieve and exceed sales targets.</li><li>Identify and pursue new business opportunities within the assigned territory or market segment.</li><li>Build and maintain strong relationships with new and existing clients, addressing their needs, and ensuring customer satisfaction.</li><li>Conduct market research to stay informed about industry trends, competitor activities, and consumer preferences.</li></ul> Customer Relationship Management: <ul><li>Cultivate and maintain long-term relationships with key accounts and customers</li><li>Address customer inquiries and concerns promptly and professionally.</li><li>Collaborate with internal teams, such as marketing and logistics, to ensure smooth order processing and delivery.</li><li>Ensure prompt payment collection</li></ul> Sales Reporting: <ul><li>Prepare regular sales reports, including sales forecasts, pipeline updates, and market intelligence.</li><li>Present findings and recommendations to management to drive informed decision-making.</li><li>Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and implement marketing campaigns that align with sales objectives.</li><li>Represent company professionally with customers and vendors while conducting business according to the values of a world class organization. Promote a culture of</li><li>inclusiveness, teamwork and cooperation that allows the Johnsonville Way to thrive and prosper throughout the organization</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Minimum Diploma &amp; 3 years of sales experience in relevant industry preferred</li><li>Class 3 driving license and process own vehicle</li><li>Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills</li><li>Target driven and proactive attitude</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Achievement of Sales and Margin: <ul><li>Develop and implement effective sales strategies to achieve and exceed sales targets.</li><li>Identify and pursue new business opportunities within the assigned territory or market segment.</li><li>Build and maintain strong relationships with new and existing clients, addressing their needs, and ensuring customer satisfaction.</li><li>Conduct market research to stay informed about industry trends, competitor activities, and consumer preferences.</li></ul> Customer Relationship Management: <ul><li>Cultivate and maintain long-term relationships with key accounts and customers</li><li>Address customer inquiries and concerns promptly and professionally.</li><li>Collaborate with internal teams, such as marketing and logistics, to ensure smooth order processing and delivery.</li><li>Ensure prompt payment collection</li></ul> Sales Reporting: <ul><li>Prepare regular sales reports, including sales forecasts, pipeline updates, and market intelligence.</li><li>Present findings and recommendations to management to drive informed decision-making.</li><li>Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and implement marketing campaigns that align with sales objectives.</li><li>Represent company professionally with customers and vendors while conducting business according to the values of a world class organization. </li><li>Promote a culture of inclusiveness, teamwork and cooperation that allows the Johnsonville Way to thrive and prosper throughout the organization.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Minimum Diploma &amp; 8+ years of sales experience in relevant industry preferred</li><li>Class 3 driving license and process own vehicle</li><li>Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills</li><li>Target driven and proactive attitude</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Marketing Planning (40%): <ul><li>Strategic planning and leadership to drive brand performance in ensuring successful market penetration (Prelaunch preparedness and go to market strategies)</li><li>Develop programs to maximize field selling efforts such as sample strategy, sales meetings, and all sales force related marketing activities.</li><li>Development of the annual brand business and budget plan, strategy &amp; objectives</li><li>Develop and plan resource allocation effectively to address changing market dynamic and competitions</li></ul> New portfolio exploration and business development (35%): <ul><li>Conduct market insights for new product (market data analysis, gather insights from HCPs)</li><li>Develop patient flow and product forecast based on the portfolio analysed</li><li>Build business case for the new portfolio encompassing the pharma range (prescription drug), medical devices and consumer health</li></ul> Marketing Implementation (25%): <ul><li>Formulate, direct and coordinate all customer segment marketing activities and tactics to launch and promote the brand, working with agencies and cross functional partners.</li><li>Create and enhance relationships, internal and external, that contribute towards establishing the brand (key customers, thought leaders, associations and industry players) and implement establish KOL strategy&nbsp;</li><li>Manage brand budget efficiently</li><li>Timely development of promotional program/ materials that enables effective delivery of marketing messages</li><li>Support CMEs &amp; conduct product trainings to field-force</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree in Science. Proficient in English.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Minimum 2-3 years of relevant experience in marketing.&nbsp;</li><li>Has knowledge in these key healthcare channels: GP, private hospital, public hospital and retail pharmacy&nbsp;</li><li>Customer focused with strong interpersonal skills and able to illustrate agility to work and manage cross-functional teams.&nbsp;</li><li>Able to demonstrate new pilots in the areas of digital and analytics</li><li>Detail oriented and having the ability to actively listen.</li><li>Solid communication skills including presentation, verbal and written abilities. Shortlisted candidates are required to do a business case project.&nbsp;</li><li>Strategically focused, results oriented with strong problem-solving skills</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Sales and Marketing Growth Plans – Crafted plans to explode total company business growth in Retail Channel.</li><li>Portfolio Management – Working on multi-tier, multi-segment categories to accelerate growth across different consumer groups to maximize the business growth, sales, and profit for the company</li><li>Distributor Management – Working with distributors across the markets from business planning to marketing and sales strategies to in-store, below-the-line and above-the-line executions. Collaborate with distributors on sell-out analysis to uncover growth gaps and opportunities.</li><li>Consumer-centric Category-Country Strategy – Designed and introduced the consumer insight-based growth strategy by category-country combination to unlock category and market growth, which was previously non-existent in the company business.</li><li>Regional Campaign Design and Execution –Working on ideation, regional design and local adaptation and execution of campaigns that build on each category strategy.</li><li>Select Customer Development – new business development of potential selects key customers (FS) that the KH distributor partner may engage for new sources of revenue.</li><li>Key Account Development – conduct Joint Value Plan with key customers in Retail.</li><li>Ensure the JVP is fully aligned with the distributor for monthly execution.</li><li>Lead/participate in the distributor monthly sales cycle operations plan to ensure timely execution of monthly category &amp; customer plans.</li><li>Supply Chain Management – Initiated the full supply chain tracking system for company Markets from ordering to shipping to systematize issue escalation and resolution (late ordering, delays, quality issues, customer complaints) more actionable.</li><li>Forecasting and Demand Planning – Leads the demand planning process with the distributors starting with sell-out analysis and campaign planning to sell-in forecasting and shipment planning. Feeds this data to regional demand planning to ensure stock availability from Export Affiliates.</li><li>Team management – a leadership skill to manage a small team of 2-3 people to coach, develop the key necessary skills and working closely to achieve the same goals.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Education Background: Business Administration Degree.</li><li>Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree minimum.</li><li>Working Experience: 5 years of experience in sales or marketing at FMCG company.</li></ul> Technical Skills: <ul><li>Proficient in analyzing sales data.</li><li>Proficient in Selling &amp; Negotiating.</li><li>Developing/Performing in Trade Marketing and Consumer insights.</li><li>Developing/Performing in Lift &amp; Launch, Innovation and Product Development.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Sales and Marketing Growth Plans – Crafted plans to explode total company business growth.&nbsp;</li><li>Engage &amp; build strong relationships with key decision makers, advisors, &amp; technical users in the set of customers that&nbsp;he/she will be assigned with.&nbsp;</li><li>Achieve sales targets – NSV, CCMA% by selling our product portfolio from affiliates &amp; co-packers.&nbsp;</li><li>Portfolio Management – Working on multi-tier, multi-segment categories to accelerate growth across different&nbsp;consumer groups.&nbsp;</li><li>Drive value-creation of projects KHC Asia Trading with target key accounts (QSR).&nbsp;</li><li>Distributor Management – Working with lot of distributors across the markets from business planning to marketing and&nbsp;sales strategies to in-store, below-the-line and above-the-line executions. Trained distributors on sell-out analysis to uncover&nbsp;growth gaps and opportunities.&nbsp;</li><li>Support the distributor in expanding customer base with local QSR key accounts. Share best-practices (brilliant&nbsp;execution) and train their key account sales team on how to drive growth in QSR channel.&nbsp;</li><li>Consumer-centric Category-Country Strategy – Designed and introduced the consumer insight-based growth strategy&nbsp;by category-country combination to unlock category and market growth, which was previously non-existent in the company business.&nbsp;</li><li>Regional Campaign Design and Execution –Working on ideation, regional design and local adaptation and execution&nbsp;of campaigns that build on each category strategy.&nbsp;</li><li>Supply Chain Management – Initiated the full supply chain tracking system for company Markets from ordering to shipping&nbsp;to systematize issue escalation and resolution (late ordering, delays, shelf-life issues, customer complaints) more actionable.&nbsp;</li><li>Forecasting and Demand Planning – Leads the demand planning process with the distributors starting with sell-out&nbsp;</li><li>analysis and campaign planning to sell-in forecasting and shipment planning. Feeds this data to regional demand planning to&nbsp;</li><li>ensure stock availability from Export Affiliates.&nbsp;</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Education Background: Business Administration Degree&nbsp;</li><li>Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree&nbsp;</li><li>Working Experience: 5 years of experiences in sales in FMCG company&nbsp;</li><li>Technical Skills: Proven progression in a product development, understands&nbsp;trading terms&nbsp;</li><li>Other Specific Requirements: Strong strategic and execution of sales&nbsp;</li><li>Personality/ Attitude: Proactive, assertive, persistent, empowering people, proficient in&nbsp;negotiation, results-oriented&nbsp;</li><li>Language: English, Mandarin and Cantonese Trilingual Mandatory</li></ul>

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Vice President - Government Relations & Public Affairs, Africa

Area Escalator Business Director, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Turkey and Africa (APM)

PVD Equipment Engineer

Packaging Technologist

Manager II Sales & Marketing

Senior Sales Executive

Sales Manager

Product Manager & Business Development Manager (Pharma)

Business Development Manager - Retail

Sr. Business Development Manager-Foodservice

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Area Escalator Business Director, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Turkey and Africa (APM)

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Manager II Sales & Marketing

Senior Sales Executive

Sales Manager

Product Manager & Business Development Manager (Pharma)

Business Development Manager - Retail

Sr. Business Development Manager-Foodservice

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