Competitiveness Delivery Manager

Castrol is one of the world’s leading lubricant brands, serving customers and consumers in the automotive, marine, industrial and energy sectors. Castrol brands are recognised globally for their premium quality and high performance, shaped by the company’s commitment to innovation and cutting-edge technology. With products sold in more than 150 countries, Castrol has helped keep things moving on roads and racetracks, air, sea, and space for over 125 years.

Whether you're just starting out or ready for your next big move, you're in the right place to explore an exciting career with Castrol.

Job description

Key Tasks

- Responsible for delivering the overall cost competitive program (OCC/PCC/Other value drivers) for GSC in ASPAC PU.

- Lead assurance, prioritization, resourcing and financial delivery in GSC and the wider program across ASPAC markets.

- Act as the SPA for engagement with Supply Chain and other global functional disciplines, and between the Central Team and GSC Hubs to ensure program implementation/delivery

- Lead the competitiveness and continuous improvement agenda in the ASPAC PU to build an energized, diverse, capable workforce at the markets to deliver the savings as committed by GSC to the PU

- Develop competitiveness road map/Pipeline for the markets, establish working groups, change agents to embed cost-competitiveness into the individual KPIs, mindset and culture

- Responsible for developing a strong pipeline of projects utilizing the LA/LE principles enabling sustainable and continuous reduction in operating cost of the supply chain

- Responsible to develop and implement frameworks for delivery of global supply chain programs like OCC, LA/LE, Loss workshops and drive tools that capture transformation benefits

- Ensure robust project portfolio prioritization, planning, and PMO rigor is applied

- Drive sustainability agenda in the supply chain as an SPA integrated with Castrol sustainability strategy

- Develop and implement communication frameworks across GSC

- Develop and deploy the GSC Ways of working and operating framework

- Deploy the framework for GSC strategy implementation and the steering process including recommendation of exceptions

- Embed HSE and Wellbeing in all cost and CI activities across ASPAC markets

Experience Required

- Graduate or equivalent with substantial experience in the lubricants, CPG or chemical industry, with the functional and leadership skills and capability needed to manage a large global supply chain transformation.

- This is a leadership role leading and influencing multiple stake holders.

- Experienced end-to-end Supply Chain Leader with a proven track record of leading people and transformational change.

- Proven experience across commercial and strategy/transformation.

- Strong analytical, transformation and integration skills with a strong project management background.

- Strong impact, interpersonal and communication skills with proven capability and/or potential to make a significant contribution to the wider GSC agenda.

- Ability to coach, challenge, and influence effectively interfacing with staff from all disciplines and senior stakeholders. Ability to manage multiple/conflicting priorities with a strong track record of delivery

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