Your new company

A global chemical manufacturing company in Kuala Lumpur is currently seeking a senior professional expert in Data Analytic and Digitalization to join their Product Safety team as a Manager – Digitalization & Data Analytic.

Your new role :

• Drive digital transformation initiatives, enhancing operation efficiencies and excellence, and ensuring the seamless integration of digital technologies across organization for Product Safety
• Drive and support the creation of the Product Safety region digital strategy with the major focus on adapting the digital strategy and roadmap to regional needs
• Ensuring harmonization of all operational processes improvement and optimization to achieve process efficiency, cost efficient and service excellence, and in accordance to BASF strategy
• Drive the development and implementation of data analytics initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and business insights
• Lead the transformational change of digitalization and foster collaboration with various region and global stakeholders

Main tasks:

• Identify improvement and optimization opportunities (including challenges) through comprehensive assessment of current and/or new business/operation processes and digital applications/assets within Safety Cluster (Product Safety) domain
• Develop and manage the effective implementation and execution of the digitalization and analytics roadmap in KL Hub and the Asia Pacific that aligns with business priorities and maximizes impact
• Serve as a data analytics subject matter expert to promote a data-driven culture through the implementation of automated workflows using BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate)
• Managing digital project management including the project development, budgeting and project execution on time and within budget
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders for successful project implementation and deliverables
• Drive operational process efficiency and optimization initiatives via digitalization and data analytics to meet business demand
• Foster collaboration within Product Safety Community to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and best practices throughout the digitalization journey
• Contribute to strengthen the company compliance framework and customer centricity via digital solution

What you'll need to succeed:

• At least 8 years in digitalization related competencies, project management
• Hands on experience in implementing digital transformation
• Experience in identifying and evaluating emerging disruptive trends, including digitization and data analytics, analyzing potential opportunities, risks and barriers to adoption internally and across various business units
• Proficiency in Power Apps and Power Automate is essential. Familiarity with Power BI and generative AI is a plus
• Good understanding on the criticality of compliance
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Excellent analytical, project management, communication, and interpersonal skills

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to Sarah.Kaveen@hays.com.my

Note: Only shortlisted candidates that fit the requirement will be contacted.