Demand Planning Analyst

Senior Product Analyst

Tax Lead - SSEA

Indirect Procurement Officer

Senior Project Management Engineer

Senior Data Scientist 2

Senior Software Engineer 2 (Ruby on Rails) | Klara

Senior Software Engineer 2

Logistics Supervisor

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Take ownership of the monthly demand planning execution drumbeat which includes the enhancement of statistical forecast and facilitate monthly demand review calls with marketing team for project-driven demand.&nbsp;</li><li>Adjust and validate the forecasts based on the collaborative information from key stakeholders and hold a handshake meeting with commercial office to ensure market and finance alignment.&nbsp;</li><li>Review final output with supply planning prior to forecast upload in preparation of any ramp-up and ramp-down activities to enhance supply readiness and inventory management.&nbsp;</li><li>Be up to date with NPI (New Product Introduction) offers and activities in order to align market expectations and timeline with forecast in the system.&nbsp;</li><li>Coordinate product life cycle changes such as obsolescence, replacements, new offers, projects, or promotions of the business across both commercial and supply chain team.&nbsp;</li><li>Measure and analyse forecast accuracy at multi-levels (material, product line, business) and work with the necessary stakeholders to drive improvement.&nbsp;</li><li>Participate in S&amp;OP activities to monitor demand planning performance and highlight critical product lines or projects that will need support from supply chain team.&nbsp;</li><li>Act as the mediator between supply chain and commercial office on pushing forecast realization, as well as, ensuring supply availability for critical orders/projects.&nbsp;</li><li>Take ownership of the demand planning function and drive actions that are aligned with business goals and KPIs.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Degree /Diploma in Business, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering or equivalent.&nbsp;</li><li>SAP (or other ERP software) – 1-2 years.&nbsp;</li><li>SAP Integrated Business Planning software (or other demand planning software) – 1-2 years.&nbsp;</li><li>Understanding of MRP – 1-2 years.&nbsp;</li><li>Planning and experience in Demand Forecasting – 1-2 years.&nbsp;</li><li>Understanding of S&amp;OP – 1-2 years.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience with data management, reporting, and analysis using tools at least using Excel VLOOKUP, Pivot, IF, and mathematical functions.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience with SAP Integrated Business Planning Demand software.&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail. Needs to be detail oriented with given importance to accuracy&nbsp;</li><li>Strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively and confidently with cross-functional global teams and stakeholders.&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities and following drumbeats and deadlines effectively.&nbsp;</li><li>Able and willing to work necessary hours to meet all project deadlines, travel when necessary.&nbsp;</li><li>Able to modify working hours to accommodate global time zones.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Develop mutually beneficial, respectful, and effective relationships with peers to ensure seamless coordination between departments, maximize synergy, and maintain a shared vision, strategy, and focus.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Elicit, analyze, and translate user needs into detailed, actionable requirements for the pod</li><li>Define and manage use cases, user stories, process flows, and visualizations to support development</li><li>Partner with design and engineering to explain functional requirements and continuously improve user experience</li><li>Maintain a backlog that stays 2–3 sprints ahead, ensuring clear Definitions of Ready and Done for all features</li><li>Communicate product vision and requirements effectively to developers, testers, and stakeholders</li><li>Support User Acceptance Testing by writing UAT scripts and participating in testing cycles as needed</li><li>Document confirmed business processes to serve as reference for development and IT support teams</li><li>Apply business process improvement methodologies to optimize workflows and system efficiency</li><li>Collaborate closely with the Product Manager to ensure backlog priorities align with business objectives</li><li>Track delivery metrics and build reports to measure progress, quality, and outcomes</li><li>Manage cross-pod dependencies in partnership with the Technical Product Manager</li><li>Ensure compliance with applicable standards by maintaining SDLC documentation, system configurations, and audit artifacts</li><li>Maintain a strong understanding of the IT application portfolio, developing deep expertise in specific products or BPM domains</li><li>Support and facilitate system demonstrations, including Inspect &amp; Adapt workshops, as required</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Proven knowledge and understanding of standard practices, technology and supporting industry principles</li><li>Experience gathering requirements and translating into a product vision by leveraging their expertise in product development, engineering and UX</li><li>Deep understanding of business/processes and high-level understanding of high-quality digital product delivery</li><li>Experienced in managing a product backlog/release plan, tracking team level metrics, attend product team ceremonies, removing blockers (burndown chart, release burn up, etc.)</li><li>Experienced in developing systems and tools to enable customer interactions and collaboration (e.g., digital self, precision marketing, DAM, immersive technology)</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>In charge of tax compliance execution for Thailand, Singapore, India and other countries or cities.&nbsp;</li><li>The scope includes but not limited to designing and timely reviewing tax reporting, tax forecast, and budget process, and etc.</li><li>Work with cross functions (i.e. FP&amp;A, Global tax) to set up tax forecast and budget, and monitor and adjust (if applicable) it on monthly basis.</li><li>Be responsible for tax-related data collection and analysis (i.e. Tax Burden Ration on both P&amp;L and cash basis, Margin, and Transfer Price, etc.) and outstanding problems / questions resolution in order to 1) increase tax efficiency; 2) mitigate tax risk; and 3) accurate tax forecast or budget.&nbsp;</li><li>Independently manage internal tax health check, and provide proposal &amp;advice to reduce compliance risk.</li><li>Lead transfer price strategy setting up for both domestic and cross-border transaction for all countries and cities in SSEA.&nbsp;</li><li>Design detail transfer price plan (I.e. mark-up rate, sales price, transaction flow, etc.) for each affiliates and each transfection types, and ensure the success of implementation.&nbsp;</li><li>Prepare transfer price documentations to support the strategy and plan.&nbsp;</li><li>As internal consultant to provide tax guidance to related functions (e.g. supply chain finance, GL).&nbsp;</li><li>Monitor the tax status and position on monthly basis, and handle challenges, questions and tax audits (if any) from each level of tax authorities.&nbsp;</li><li>Establish or maintain the good relationship with Finance Bureau, Tax Bureau, and other government authorities.&nbsp;</li><li>Manage and coordinate with external consultants.&nbsp;</li><li>Support AEM tax lead in coordination with global tax team to keep consistent tax strategy between local and global.&nbsp;</li><li>Support global tax team for tax return or provision preparation for other jurisdictions from compliance perspective.</li><li>Lead complicated applications such as tax exemption / reduction / deferral application, cross-border double tax treaty application, tax liquidation application, tax audit defense, etc and make achievements.&nbsp;</li><li>Proactively seek benefit such as government incentives for group from not only tax perspective.&nbsp;</li><li>Propose suggestions or ideas for any improvement or projects, and lead the implementation to make it happen.&nbsp;</li><li>Work together with AEM tax lead to plan annual tax projects.&nbsp;</li><li>Lead feasibility study by leveraging consulting reassure.&nbsp;</li><li>Land the execution from end to end</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Smart and honest.&nbsp;</li><li>Dare to work under pressure.&nbsp;</li><li>Analytical thinking and passionate for results, with abundant passion/curiosity for learning.</li><li>Strong drive &amp; high energy, hands on and pragmatic, independent and proactive.&nbsp;</li><li>At least 6 years tax related job experience required including strong Asia exposure (i.e. Singapore, Thailand, etc.) with a comprehensive understanding of taxation, regulations and accounting.&nbsp;</li><li>Multinational company or consultant firm experiences is preferred.&nbsp;</li><li>More than 2 years experience in leader level.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience in tax project management and tax process design is a must.&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate governance practices and procedures.</li><li>Fluent language skills (both written and verbal) in English.</li><li>High ethical standards and result-focused, able to work in fast-paced, dynamic environment.</li><li>Ability to identify opportunities for improvement and implement creative solutions.</li><li>A team player, effective communicator, strong interpersonal skills and ownership behavior.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>In charge of tax compliance execution for Thailand, Singapore, India and other countries or cities.&nbsp;</li><li>The scope includes but not limited to designing and timely reviewing tax reporting, tax forecast, and budget process, and etc.</li><li>Work with cross functions (i.e. FP&amp;A, Global tax) to set up tax forecast and budget, and monitor and adjust (if applicable) it on monthly basis.</li><li>Be responsible for tax-related data collection and analysis (i.e. Tax Burden Ration on both P&amp;L and cash basis, Margin, and Transfer Price, etc.) and outstanding problems / questions resolution in order to 1) increase tax efficiency; 2) mitigate tax risk; and 3) accurate tax forecast or budget.&nbsp;</li><li>Independently manage internal tax health check, and provide proposal &amp;advice to reduce compliance risk.</li><li>Lead transfer price strategy setting up for both domestic and cross-border transaction for all countries and cities in SSEA.&nbsp;</li><li>Design detail transfer price plan (I.e. mark-up rate, sales price, transaction flow, etc.) for each affiliates and each transfection types, and ensure the success of implementation.&nbsp;</li><li>Prepare transfer price documentations to support the strategy and plan.&nbsp;</li><li>As internal consultant to provide tax guidance to related functions (e.g. supply chain finance, GL).&nbsp;</li><li>Monitor the tax status and position on monthly basis, and handle challenges, questions and tax audits (if any) from each level of tax authorities.&nbsp;</li><li>Establish or maintain the good relationship with Finance Bureau, Tax Bureau, and other government authorities.&nbsp;</li><li>Manage and coordinate with external consultants.&nbsp;</li><li>Support AEM tax lead in coordination with global tax team to keep consistent tax strategy between local and global.&nbsp;</li><li>Support global tax team for tax return or provision preparation for other jurisdictions from compliance perspective.</li><li>Lead complicated applications such as tax exemption / reduction / deferral application, cross-border double tax treaty application, tax liquidation application, tax audit defense, etc.&nbsp;</li><li>and make achievements.&nbsp;</li><li>Proactively seek benefit such as government incentives for group from not only tax perspective.&nbsp;</li><li>Propose suggestions or ideas for any improvement or projects, and lead the implementation to make it happen.&nbsp;</li><li>Work together with AEM tax lead to plan annual tax projects. Lead feasibility study by leveraging consulting reassure. Land the execution from end to end</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Smart and honest. Dare to work under pressure. </li><li>Analytical thinking and passionate for results, with abundant passion/curiosity for learning.</li><li>Strong drive &amp; high energy, hands on and pragmatic, independent and proactive.&nbsp;</li><li>At least 6 years tax related job experience required including strong Asia exposure (i.e. Singapore, Thailand, etc.) with a comprehensive understanding of taxation, regulations and accounting. Multinational company or consultant firm experiences is preferred.&nbsp;</li><li>More than 2 years experience in leader level. </li><li>Experience in tax project management and tax process design is a must.&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate governance practices and procedures.</li><li>Fluent language skills (both written and verbal) in English.</li><li>High ethical standards and result-focused, able to work in fast-paced, dynamic environment.</li><li>Ability to identify opportunities for improvement and implement creative solutions.</li><li>A team player, effective communicator, strong interpersonal skills and ownership behavior.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Indirect Procurement for the spare parts (source of supply, supply L/T, supply capacity, price &amp; saving reviewed, PR unblocking and part status tracking)</li><li>Indirect Procurement for the assigned commodities/projects (Strategic &amp; Cost reduction initiatives)</li><li>Manage price request for approval and maintain pricing of the assigned commodities in SAP</li><li>Support new supplier register processes but minimized unnecessary suppliers registered in system.</li><li>Business Process report preparation, executive summary and presentation report&nbsp;</li><li>Perform work efficiently and effectively in supporting other functional departments.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>0 -3 years of experience in purchasing / procurement area.</li><li>Experience in Automotive Industry is advantageous.</li><li>Experience with SAP preferable.</li><li>Assertive and self-motivated to meet assigned objectives or goals.</li><li>Good in English both written and spoken.</li><li>High level of professional integrity and ethics.</li><li>Very good knowledge and competent (at functional and modeling level)&nbsp;</li><li>High competent in using MS Office suite of application.</li><li>Good problem solving and cost analysis skills.</li></ul>

Role Description:&nbsp; <ul><li>This opportunity provides an excellent experience of Project Transitions/Transfer within clients Product Portfolio as well as provides an opportunity to work on New Project Industrializations.</li><li>Reporting to the AD&amp;M India Project Management Leader, the position holder will have primary responsibility for leading project transitions/transfers and New Project Industrializations. The Project Manager role position holder will drive the successful performance of multiple high profile/value projects following defined methods and processes to achieve commercial and efficiency targets set by the business.</li><li>Developing relationships and maintaining a high-level of communication with cross-functional local/global teams will be critical to the role.</li><li>You will be required to act as the primary owner of each project and to report progress to a senior leadership team on a regular cadence and at specific key Milestones during each Project.</li></ul> Responsibilities: The typical activities of the position will cover:&nbsp; <ul><li>Project Scoping and Progress Reporting to Sr. Leadership through a defined Review Rhythm.</li><li>Leading Cross Functional Meetings to assess Project Progress and liaison in resolving conflicts/issues.</li><li>Risk Management and leadership of Risk Assessment activities •	Timely Escalation of issues as applicable and utilisation of project change controls.</li><li>Defining all necessary requirements for the Product(s) being developed by the project.</li><li>Managing and being accountable for a project budget, liaising with procurement to ensure timely acquisition of goods and materials.</li><li>Liaising with customers and Customers/Sales globally as applicable.</li></ul> Requirements <ul><li>Strong interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills and the ability to build strong, credible relationships with multiple organization functions (internal and external).</li><li>Clear strategic thinker with the ability to execute on priorities.</li><li>Self-motivated with the ability to perform in a demanding environment.</li><li>Strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills including at senior level Results driven.</li><li>A professional level of business acumen and good commercial understanding.</li><li>Excellent organizational, time management and administrative skills.</li><li>Exceptional oral and written communication skills and the ability to disseminate critical information appropriately.</li><li>Project Management Professional preferred (e.g. PMP, Prince 2).</li><li>Agile Project Management experience, especially Agile/Waterfall combined projects is preferred, but not essential.</li><li>Good level of IT capability with detailed experience of Microsoft Office (MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint).</li><li>Flexibility and a willingness to travel.</li><li>Technical and commercial education/ experience related to Engineering Manufacturing in a similar industry would be beneficial.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Lead the design and development of LLM-powered solutions for clinical summarization, intelligent chat, and document understanding to improve patient care outcomes.</li><li>Architect and implement end-to-end machine learning pipelines, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems using vector databases such as Pinecone and Weaviate.</li><li>Fine-tune and optimize state-of-the-art language models (e.g., GPT, LLaMA, Mistral) and apply advanced prompt engineering to address specialty-specific healthcare use cases.</li><li>Own project delivery end to end, collaborating with stakeholders to ensure AI solutions are ethical, scalable, reliable, and well-governed.</li><li>Mentor and support junior data scientists, fostering a culture of experimentation, learning, and innovation.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Experience: 8–12 years in Data Science/ML, with at least 3+ years specifically focused on LLMs and Generative AI.&nbsp;</li><li>Technical Mastery: Deep hands-on expertise in Python and frameworks like PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain, or LlamaIndex.&nbsp;</li><li>Cloud Fluency: Proven ability to deploy models at scale using AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, or GCP Vertex AI.&nbsp;</li><li>MLOps Mindset: Experience with MLflow, Airflow, Docker, and Kubernetes to ensure our "bold innovations" are also stable and reliable.&nbsp;</li><li>Academic Foundation: A strong grasp of statistical analysis and evaluation techniques to mitigate hallucinations and ensure clinical accuracy.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems using Ruby on Rails, ensuring reliability, performance, and an exceptional user experience.</li><li>Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to translate customer needs into high-impact technical solutions, balancing simplicity with scalability.</li><li>Define and communicate clear technical specifications by breaking down complex requirements into actionable, well-structured implementation plans.</li><li>Uphold engineering excellence through test-driven development (TDD), comprehensive integration testing, and disciplined API design and management.</li><li>Optimize data storage and messaging systems, including PostgreSQL, NoSQL databases, and RabbitMQ, to ensure system efficiency and stability.</li><li>Mentor and support fellow engineers through pairing, knowledge sharing, and leading refactoring initiatives to continuously raise team-wide technical standards.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Technical Depth: A degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience) and 3+ years of professional mastery in Ruby and its frameworks (Rails, Grape, or Sinatra).&nbsp;</li><li>A Quality Mindset: A strong TDD advocate who lives and breathes RSpec.&nbsp;</li><li>Systems Thinking: Deep experience with relational databases and message-driven architectures. You understand how parts of a system talk to one another.&nbsp;</li><li>Growth Mindset: A drive to learn and take ownership. You dont wait for permission to make things better.&nbsp;</li><li>Effective Communication: The ability to influence technical decisions and explain "the why" to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.</li></ul>

Responsibilities:&nbsp; <ul><li>Lead and own the architectural design of the cloud platform, ensuring solutions align with scalability requirements and long-term business objectives.</li><li>Define and execute the technical roadmap in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to advance the product vision.</li><li>Translate complex business requirements into clear technical specifications, actionable milestones, and high-quality deliverables.</li><li>Drive engineering excellence by proactively managing functional and non-functional requirements, and initiating corrective action when outcomes diverge from expectations.</li><li>Mentor and develop engineers through structured design, code, and operational reviews, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and technical rigor.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Experience: 10+ years of software development experience, with at least 3+ years in a technical leadership role.&nbsp;</li><li>Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.&nbsp;</li><li>Deep Technical Expertise: Extensive mastery of Java, Spring Boot, and SQL.&nbsp;</li><li>Cloud &amp; Distributed Systems: Proven experience designing and operating modern cloud-native, fault-tolerant distributed services (preferably on AWS).&nbsp;</li><li>Architecture: Solid understanding of Microservices and REST API standards.&nbsp;</li><li>Quality Focus: Strong experience in writing Unit and API tests to ensure platform stability.&nbsp;</li><li>Soft Skills: Exceptional strategic thinking and the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Team Leadership and Management <ul><li>Lead and supervise logistics and Imports/Exports teams, providing guidance, training, and support to ensure efficient execution of all logistics activities.</li><li>Foster a positive team culture that promotes collaboration, continuous learning, and operational excellence.</li></ul> Shipment and Freight Coordination <ul><li>Oversee the scheduling and coordination of inbound and outbound shipments to meet production and customer requirements.</li><li>Coordinate international shipments from all regions to Latin America, maintaining close communication with service providers to track orders and ensure service level compliance.</li></ul> Warehouse and Plant Operations <ul><li>Manage warehouse and plant logistics operations to ensure efficient material flow and optimal inventory handling.</li><li>Monitor and control distribution and logistics-related costs.</li></ul> Cross-functional Collaboration and Project Management <ul><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement logistics strategies aligned with organizational objectives.</li><li>Coordinate supply chain projects and/or lead logistics team members in managing regional initiatives within the LAR region.</li><li>Work closely with internal stakeholders, external partners, and regulatory authorities to ensure project objectives are achieved, including but not limited to:</li><li>New Resale Operations: Assess feasibility and support implementation, ensuring supply chain efficiency and regulatory compliance.</li><li>Transportation Mode Expansion: Evaluate alternative transportation modes (e.g., cabotage) to optimize routes and reduce costs.</li><li>Warehousing Projects: Support the establishment and management of warehouses, ensuring compliance with regulations and efficient storage and distribution.</li><li>Market Analysis: Conduct research to identify logistics trends, opportunities, and potential partnerships.</li><li>Project Planning: Develop project plans, budgets, and timelines, ensuring effective execution.</li><li>Risk Assessment: Identify potential risks and propose mitigation strategies.</li><li>Documentation and Compliance: Ensure all permits, licenses, and documentation are obtained and maintained in line with regional and international regulations.</li><li>Reporting and Evaluation: Monitor project progress, report results, and evaluate business impact on logistics and supply chain operations.</li></ul> Compliance and Safety <ul><li>Manage the Imports/Exports team responsible for customs clearance, international transportation, and trade documentation.</li><li>Collaborate with external customs brokers to ensure accurate and timely submission of documentation.</li><li>Ensure full compliance with regulatory, trade, and company standards.</li><li>Support internal and external audits by providing accurate and timely information.</li><li>Promote safety by ensuring compliance with all applicable safety standards and legal requirements.</li></ul> Supplier and Service Provider Management <ul><li>Maintain regular communication with logistics suppliers and service providers.</li><li>Review supplier performance, investigate and resolve shipment-related issues, and ensure timely and reliable deliveries.</li></ul> Cost Control and Reporting <ul><li>Prepare and analyze logistics and trade-related reports, providing insights and recommendations to senior management.</li><li>Utilize data analytics and predictive tools to optimize logistics operations strategically.</li><li>Manage logistics process documentation and flowcharts with a focus on continuous improvement, productivity, and cost efficiency.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field (preferred).</li><li>Solid experience in logistics and/or other supply chain functions, including a minimum of 3 years in a leadership role.</li><li>Strong knowledge of customs regulations and logistics operations, including transportation, distribution, and warehousing.</li><li>Proven experience in global logistics operations, international trade, or supply chain management.</li><li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with internal teams, external partners, and government authorities.</li><li>Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and make informed decisions.</li><li>Proficiency in ERP systems (e.g., SAP) for logistics and trade management.</li><li>Detail-oriented mindset with a strong focus on accuracy and compliance.</li><li>Demonstrated problem-solving abilities to address operational challenges and implement effective solutions.</li><li>Professional certifications such as Six Sigma (Green or Black Belt), ISO 9001, Lean Management, APICS CSCP, or PMP are desirable.</li><li>Fluency in Portuguese and English is required; proficiency in Spanish is an advantage.</li></ul>

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