South African living in Singapore with permanent residency status.Leadership and oversight of the South Asia region for Buckman. Developing and executing the regional strategy. Driving sustainable growth, revitalizing the sales and operations teams, managing profitability and working capital. Leadership and oversight of the Buckman Asia Pacific Marketing, Technology and Operations functions for commercialization, innovation, manufacture and supply of Specialty Chemicals across the Asia Pacific region. Extensive Sales Management and Technology Management experience in the Specialty Chemicals industry. Able to connect and engage across diverse cultures to safely drive revenue growth, cost optimization and compliance. Successful use of systems and processes to drive meaningful improvements in profitability and free cash flow. Committed to talent development with a bias towards business driven action learning. Industry: Chemicals, ManufacturingKey words: P&L Management, Working Capital Management, Leadership, General Management, Operations, Director, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Safety Health and Environment, Sales, Marketing, Compliance, Contract Management.Position: Country Manager, General Manager, Operations APAC, Product Technology and Marketing Manager APAC, Regional Sales Manager RSA, Global Key Corporate Account Manager.Expertise summary- P&L Management- Working Capital Management- Sales Management- Key Account Management- Supply Chain Management - 7 entities across APAC- Manufacturing Management - Internal and contract- Oversight of APAC SAP implementation- Safety, Health and Environment - Systems, processes and culture transformation- Technical / Technology / R&D Management- Successful restructuring of sales and operational teams to match changing market conditions- Sales Management and Global Key Corporate Account Management- Compliance oversight- Continuous Improvement Systems - Cost and Process Optimization- Support development of Global Growth Strategy- Change Management- Team leadership- Project Management- Strategies, policies and procedures for safe work in pandemic conditions
Listed skills include Polymers, New Business Development, Product Development, Additives, and 44 others.