Total 896 Director/C-Level technology development job vacancies in Malaysia

Responsibilities:

We’re looking for a technically competent R&D expert to provide strong leadership, technical oversight and strategic guidance to a team of electrical experts, developing high-technology test and measurement instruments.

• Lead research & development in EV charging products;
• Analyse and understand product specifications from product stakeholders and international standards, to ensure that they meet specified requirements;
• Facilitate technical discussions, including evaluating trade-offs and conducting cost-benefit analyses;
• Challenge designs to ensure that they are technically sound, robust and maintainable;
• Manage and consider product lifecycle including supply chain issues and obsolescence, to build in resilience;
• Assume responsibility for overall product and project, including timelines, budget and costs;
• Establish efficient and well-documented processes and controls to ensure development activities and design decisions are effective and intellectual property generated is maximised;
• Foster a positive team dynamic across different disciplines, to encourage full participation and cultivate the development of the best ideas in a multicultural team;
• Guide and mentor team members to encourage a culture of continuous innovation and improvement;
• Ensure that activities are aligned with company’s values and guidelines.

Requirements:

• At least holds a master degree in Electrical Engineering from reputable university;
• Proven track record in managing R&D in a relevant industry;
• Strong understanding of EV charger and its related technology;
• Comprehensive technical knowledge in electrical;
• A strategic mindset in technical product development, with the ability to develop a product roadmap to meet future trends;
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with strong stakeholder management skills and vision for leading technical teams;
• Meticulous attention to detail and strong process-orientation and respect for documentation;
• Ability to resolve technical issues on a high-level across disciplines;
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

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We are seeking for a Senior Director – Technology for Enterprise Platforms business under Singtel DigitalInfraCo, to lead the software development and delivery of Enterprise Platforms to help telcos to accelerate monetization of networks and clouds. The candidate will have a great opportunity to work with global telcos and enterprises in designing the solution architecture to make successful global deployments of Enterprise platforms. The role will report to the Head of Enterprise Platforms and will lead a team of developers, DevOps and architects to deliver the Enterprise platforms roadmap.

Singtel is building a unique Enterprise platform completely homegrown and in this position you will be lead the platform engineering and delivery team.

Make an Impact by

• Build Enterprise platforms in a completely scalable fashion that can process millions of messages and customer transactions concurrently.
• Build a hybrid infrastructure that comprises of different types of deployment including baremetal and hyper scalar infrastructure.
• Design the architecture and lead the software development of the platform in an infrastructure agnostic fashion so that the platform can work with any backend tool/product/platform in a plug and play fashion.
• Bring in your experience in building scalable and repeatable platforms to make every component of the platform modular by design with industry grade security.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs to expose platform features as microservices.
• Build and deploy performant modern web applications in React, Redux, Webpack, ES6 or similar technologies
• Architect efficient and scalable backend systems
• Automate the testing process for every new release of the platform with end to end unit, functional, integration, load and security tests for the platform
• Write and ensure the code is high-quality (Python, Go, Java etc) that communicates with upstream backend services via HTTP APIs and mentor all developers and architects in the team to write industry grade software code with all best practises.
• Be accountable for the entire source code that goes in production and lead code reviews and design reviews to identify platform defects early on and validate platform design incrementally.
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues of the platform
• Lead all code reviews and solution design reviews.
• Lead the solution architect team to work closely with CTO’s of customers to design a 5G solution architecture that suits the customers IT and security design.
• Lead software development and associated new technology selection and adoption. Focus areas include developing API driven features on big data, machine learning, auto scaling micro-services, scalable data storage/retrieval.
• Adopt industry standard coding practises to lead the development team with strict enforcement of best practises to develop the platform to ensure scalability, security and stability
• Collaborate with product management and Business development teams to develop roadmap that meets market demands.
• Lead partnership conversations from technology perspective and due diligence.
• Build a world class engineering team and lead by example in practising best practises of software development.

Skills for Success

• In depth understanding of the whole web stack, web protocols, and web performance optimisation techniques
• In-depth understanding of web frameworks
• Detailed knowledge of minimum one modern JavaScript framework: React, Ember, Angular, etc
• Proficient understanding of the HTTP protocol
• In depth knowledge of Relational, No-SQL databases, and message queues/brokers
• Understand at least one backend MVC framework - Java and Spring Boot are strongly preferred
• Build micro-services and understand different patterns to approach the designs.
• Worked on cloud platforms and in depth understanding tools such as Kubernetes, Docker.
• Experience in designing and delivering APIs and security models
• Excellent understanding ofMessage queue systems
  Monitoring and logging tools
  Front-end frameworks
  Web app frameworks
  Databases and storage/caching
  

Backend Programming Language Java (J2EE and J2SE 1.8 or higher) , Python or similar

Front End Programming Language HTML, CSS, React, Bootstrap, Angular, JQuery or similar

Database Technologies Cassandra or MongoDB or Elasticsearch (At least 2). SQL databases like Postgres, MySQL

Source code Management and Build GIT, Maven, Ant or similar

Scrum/Task Management JIRA, Confluence or similar

Messaging Kafka, Any Pub/Sub library

Dev Ops & Containerization Docker, Jenkins or similar

Scalable deployment Kubernetes

Integration methods REST API’s, messaging, WSDL, SDK’s

API Documentation Swagger or similar

• Experience leading development of complex, enterprise grade, configurable, scalable software platforms which can scale regionally globally.
• A solid background in systems level thinking and design. Combined with the ability to translate technical strategy and architectures into concrete products with phased execution approach.
• Broad and deep knowledge of relevant technologies, including messaging, relational and NoSQL databases, data modelling and analytics. Exposure and knowledge on Artificial intelligence will be a plus.
• Deep understanding of the architectural principles for cloud based platforms that include SaaS, PaaS, multi-tenancy, infrastructure as code, and continuous availability.
• Experience working and managing an agile software engineering team
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across various cross-functional teams and groups.

Rewards that Go Beyond

• Flexible work arrangements
• Full suite of health and wellness benefits
• Ongoing training and development programs
• Internal mobility opportunities

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We are committed to a safe and healthy environment for our employees & customers and will require all prospective employees to be fully vaccinated.

Job Descriptions:

Responsibilities:

• Working with the CEO, Product Owners, and partners to lead technology build, evaluate technology trade-offs, oversee vendor engineering engagements, and deliver features and capabilities aligned to the business model to build on the minimum viable product (MVP) to successful global rollout.
• The CTO will discuss with partners, fintechs, co-creation clients, and business to expand the offering.
• Co-ordinate, question and interrogate technology opportunities with engineering team and innovate to sustain a competitive advantage.
• Employ a managerial mindset that seeks to optimise the business outcome for the venture while establishing sound governance, internal process, adherence to policies and processes. This role requires close coordination with the overall company CTO.
• Thought leadership and demonstratable subject matter expertise on use of machine learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), APIs, Data Analytics, cyber security, DevSecOps and similar technology applications.
• Develop and implement distributed ledger solutions leveraging subject matter expertise in blockchain technology.
• Establish sound technology operation covering incident management, problem management, service levels (SLAs) and business continuity processes
• Any other ad-hoc duties as assigned by supervisor

Requirements:

Applicant needs to be comfortable with 6 months to 1 year contract duration.

Good to have below skillsets:

• Expert knowledge of mainstream cloud provider (eg AWS / firebase), Cloud-native services, and elastic infrastructure.
• Expert background in Javascript/Typescript technology stack, NodeJS, Next.js and NestJS,distributed systems, authentication mechanisms, asynchronous event processing, message queues, and architecture patterns.
• Knowledgeable on modern object orientated programming practises including entity frameworks, dynamic reflection, and reusable interfaces.
• Familiarity with 3rd party system integrations via APIs (HTTP/REST)
• Familiar with OWASP, secure by design, secure coding practises, code scanning, unit testing, dependency management (deprecation,vulnerabilities, licensing)
• Familiarity with DevOps, Infrastructure-as-Code including continuous integration, delivery,deployment and assurance.
• Experience in front-end React and JavaScript/Typescript presentation frameworks
• Experience with operating highly-available production financial systems
• Familiarity with SQL & NoSql databases, DNS, service discovery, and related infrastructure components
• Hands on experience on blockchain protocols, consensus, wallet and key management, and higher order principles (tokens, ERC, NFTs)
• Overseeing scrum teams, engineers, and ensuring reliable delivery of sprints, change management of features and bug fixes, and backlog
• Ability to wear multiple hats such as individual contributor, team lead, solution architect,facilitator.
• Beneficial if possessses knowledge of the FinTech ecosystem for Digital Payments, eKYC & AML, Data, and ESG platforms.

Interested applicants, please email your resume to Karin Chan Wei Kien

Email: karinchan@recruitexpress.com.sg

CEI Reg No: R1104584

EA Licence No: 99C4599

Recruit Express Pte Ltd

About JLL –

We’re JLL—a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We have operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of over 98,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company, we also have an inherent responsibility to drive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That’s why we’re committed to our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world. We’re using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities.

Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence are also fundamental to everything we do and we’re honored to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both globally and locally.

Creating a diverse and inclusive culture where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential is important to who we are today and where we’re headed in the future. And we know that unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives help us think bigger, spark innovation and succeed together.

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements below. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

The Role

The Senior Director, Technology Sales Advisory will collaborate directly with the larger JLL services sales organization by acting as a technology expert in all of the phases that lead to a client to an outsourcing buying decision. Our business model is an advisory lead, people business with responsibilities to our clients that cover all aspects of corporate real estate including facility management and portfolio services. Direct responsibilities include pre-sales technology solutions, pricing models, technology demonstrations, and client presentations. This role will be part of a global team, with a focus in the APAC region and travel up to 50% in APAC.

This is a senior-level role in our organization and will represent technology as a key differentiator in the sales process. This role exhibits a deep understanding of technology applications and the connectivity of those applications to form a holistic solution for our corporate real estate clients. This individual must be comfortable presenting to high-level decision-makers, demonstrating key functions of our technology applications, and collaborating with the sales team, delivery teams, and product management teams. Please see further details in these five key areas:

1. Client facing thought leadership.

a. Drive dynamic discussions and presentations to draw clients into understanding how our technology ecosystem and roadmap will benefit them.

b. Instill trust in clients by engaging in conversations and storytelling around business outcomes supported by our technology ecosystem

2. Pre-Sales Solutioning:

a. Assist the sales team in providing expert technology solutions for our clients as a pre-sales exercise.

b. Partner with existing product management teams to ensure the value propositions of each solution is communicated consistently.

c. Ability to lead through influence, rather than direct management.

3. Product Demonstrations:

a. Collaborate with the sales team to map out product demonstration flows and deliver demonstrations to the client.

b. This role will be responsible for demonstrating multiple application’s spanning the entire real estate life cycle from lease administration, transaction management, project management, occupancy planning, facility management, employee experience applications and business intelligence applications.

4. Product Innovation and Continued Expertise:

a. Develop personal learning path to ensure that all functional areas cross the real estate life cycle are understood and can communicate confidently how technology enables process. There will be a cyclical nature to this path: Learn, Repeat, Teach, and Innovate.

b. Provide voice of the customer feedback from your role in the pre-sales function with the strategic product management group for continual product improvement, ideas sharing, and general collaboration.

c. Maintain knowledge of the competitive landscape across technology and competitors.

5. Pricing Models:

a. Understand current process, parameters and conditions to generate costs estimates for the purpose of qualification.

b. Develop and use tools to collect relevant information to generate accurate costs estimates.

6. Product Bid Response Efforts:

a. Participate in RFP response efforts which include collaborating on technical responses, example deliverables, system graphics training guides, and pricing exercises.

b. Make recommendations to the bid management team on improvements to proposal language and technical deliverables.

c. Attend sales pursuit debriefs to provide feedback on the sales cycle, team approach, win themes, and client engagement.

d. Manage competitive demands, while coordinating and producing meaningful technology solutions for our perspective clients.

Preferred Skills

· Exposure to software sales, preferably someone across multiple technologies

· Expertise presenting technology material and demonstrations of technologies in front of audiences that can range from 10-50

· Relevant understanding of how applications create an ecosystem and work together

· The candidate must have 15+ years of experience in technology.

· Consulting and software experience preferred

· Ability to multi-task across multiple pursuits, stakeholders, and complexity of technology

Education Credentials

· This position requires a bachelor’s degree

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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Bank) is Australia's leading provider of integrated financial services. They are committed to continuously improving governance practices and ensuring that they are aligned with business, stakeholders and customers? needs.

The Financial Services division, led by the Group CFO, partners with all areas of the Commonwealth Bank to provide financial control and specialist advice on financial management and strategy. This advice covers finance, audit, treasury, investor relations, security and property. 
  
Technology Finance is a specialist team that is responsible for the provision of financial control and management services to the Technology Division of CBA. The provide strategic advice, commercial and financial analysis to ensure optimal strategic decision making and operational excellence.

We work closely with our stakeholders to help them understand their technology and operations costs and deliver current and future strategic and financial plans. 

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Overview

Monolith Technologies is a media technology company based in Japan and has operations across the Asia Pacific region including Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Australia, and India.

We’re looking for an APAC Senior Director AV VR Technology who will be responsible for our Audio Visual, Virtual Reality, and Audio Engineering Technology related business in the APAC region. This is a full-time position, onsite in Singapore.

Responsibilities

l Develop technology in AV and VR and company landscapes in new technology areas while focusing on client development.

l Identify and source new hardware and software technologies and partners overseas and domestic.

l Ideate and manage content creation for clients to deliver in XR and traditional media formats.

l Plan, manage and supervise employees and services involved in AV and VR technology throughout the organization.

l Ensure AV support and services are effectively provided on a timely basis.

l Maintain AV and VR facilities, and establish documents, and internal policies and procedures.

l Build and execute on partnerships for research and technology exploration initiatives that can materially accelerate adoption of technology in next generation VR products.

l Form effective teams and cultivate a work environment that fosters teamwork and advancement in technology.

l Work with leading researchers and technologists in AV and VR

l Train and develop employees to successfully perform current responsibilities and encourages development for future roles.

l Build vendor and contractor relations and manage contracted labor.

Qualifications

l 15+ years of AV, VR, and related professional experience, 10 of which were in a supervisory capacity.

l Knowledge of AV & VR product development, product timelines & technical resources.

l Proven experience and knowledge of the AV/VR industry

l Managing experience at educational institutes or labs supervising and training AV and VR students, technicians, and developers.

l Managing applied AV & VR solutions, projection systems, managing Gaming Engine developers, art designers, and multimedia solutions.

l Advanced knowledge of AV equipment, operation, maintenance in an auditorium or large production setting.

l Experience building partnerships for new hardware products including managing complex processes and end-to-end negotiations

l Proven knowledge of control room lighting systems, studio build-out, digital signage, meetings database, sound systems, video replay systems, RF system, video systems and all related infrastructure.

l Experience with structuring and negotiating the business, technology and legal aspects of partnership agreements for development, joint development, IP licensing, and more

l Ability to take the lead and initiate solutions regarding critical display signage, meetings display software, and video webcasting.

l Ability to operate independently, and exercise appreciable latitude for independent judgement, discretion, and action.

l Ability to work successfully in a team environment and to form, maintain, and train effective teams.

l Proven analytical, communication and presentation skills with technical, contractual and financial issues

l Ability to communicate and interact with senior management, other departments, clients, and vendors.

l Diploma in Audio Engineering and AR and MBA degree are strongly preferred.

What Monolith Has to Offer

Monolith Communications offers highly competitive compensation commensurate with skills and experience, along with benefit programs and professional development opportunities.

Position: Business Development Director

Location: East Midlands Flexible

Salary: £100K OTE (inclusive of car allowance) plus bonus and travel allowance



About Us:

We are a forward-thinking company in the waste management and recycling sector, leading the way in sustainable business practices with a strong focus on carbon efficiency and environmental stewardship. Our innovative approach towards carbon capture and energy from waste processes positions us at the forefront of the industry, dedicated to pioneering solutions that meet the urgent demands of corporate responsibility towards climate change.



The Role:

As our Business Development Director, you will be instrumental in steering our strategic direction towards more environmentally friendly and commercially viable practices. You will drive the adoption of our products within the corporate sector, focusing on large scale infrastructure projects and developing long-term offtake agreements.



Key Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with large corporate clients, particularly those placing a high priority on carbon reduction and sustainable practices.

- Identify and engage potential new clients, especially within the concrete and aggregate industries, to explore and initiate trials proving the efficacy and benefits of our products.

- Lead negotiations and close deals that align with our strategic environmental goals, ensuring the adoption of our materials on a significant scale.

- Formulate policies and strategic papers to guide the future direction of our business, especially in relation to new technologies and sustainable practices.

- Oversee the implementation of agreements and ensure ongoing compliance and satisfaction of both parties.

- Represent the company at high-level meetings and conferences, enhancing our corporate profile and influence in the industry.



What We're Looking For:

- Proven experience in business development and strategic sales within corporate environments, preferably in waste management, recycling, or related industries.

- Strong ability to conduct high-level negotiations and develop influential corporate relationships.

- Excellent understanding of the environmental impacts of business operations and a passion for driving change towards sustainability.

- Strategic thinker with the ability to foresee market trends and adapt business strategies accordingly.

- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, capable of representing the company at all levels of client interaction.

- Resilience and determination, with a proven track record of meeting ambitious sales targets and forging long-term partnerships.



What You Will Achieve:

- Within 12 months, you will have secured significant long-term contracts, contributing directly to the company's strategic goals and bottom line.

- Developed a recognizable corporate presence in untapped markets, particularly influencing large-scale infrastructure projects with our innovative products.



Rewards:

- Competitive salary package with a comprehensive bonus structure linked to performance and business achievements.

- Opportunities for career advancement and professional development within a company committed to innovation and sustainability.

- A dynamic and supportive work environment where your contributions have a direct impact on the company's future and the environment.



Interested?



Phil Walker, Recruitment Director

Responsibilities:

• Develops and executes the business development plan to generate incremental revenue.
• Identifies, evaluates, and executes new business opportunities aligned with the company's overall strategy.
• Works with internal stakeholders to understand the company's strengths and value proposition to develop sales strategies that result in sustainable and profitable growth.
• Formulates the business development strategy, which aligns with the overall organizational strategy.
• Provides periodic updates on the progress of business development initiatives against the set strategic objectives
• Monitor regulatory changes and ensure the business is fully compliant with regulatory requirements related to the marketing of products and services.
• Mobilizes internal stakeholders to support new and current business development initiatives.
• Develops strategies for breaking into new and existing markets.
• Utilizes analytics tools to assess viable business development opportunities by leveraging internal and external data.
• Leverages immerging trends to find business development opportunities.
• Collaborates with internal stakeholders to modify existing products and services to accommodate new customer bases and potential revenue streams.
• Develops strategic partnerships to create revenue generation opportunities for the company's products and services.
• Researches customer needs and trends and uses the information to inform the business and product development strategies.
• Assesses market product competitiveness against the market and recommends strategies for winning in the marketplace.
• Look beyond the company's current context to discern future growth opportunities.
• Anticipate future trends and products by reading market trends.
• Observe operational issues and develop market insights.
• Takes deliberate actions to develop business development capacity within the whole employee population and specifically for their team.
• Acts as an advisor to the whole business on matters related to business development.
• Develops seamless processes to support the business development value chain.
• Sets and implement high standards for customer satisfaction and service delivery

Requirements:

• Min 10 years of relevant working experience in business development
• Ability to demonstrate strategic thinking
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with key stakeholders
• Driven, motivated, and with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Highly adaptable and enjoys working in a fast-paced organisation
• Strong working ethic and proactive

Business Development Director - a strategic leadership role responsible for driving business growth and expansion initiatives within the process and construction sector across China and key Asian markets. This position requires a seasoned professional with extensive experience in business development, market penetration, and relationship management within the process and construction industry. The primary objective is to develop and execute comprehensive strategies to capitalize on growth opportunities, strengthen market presence, and achieve revenue targets across the region.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Planning: Develop and implement a strategic business development plan for the process and construction sector in China and targeted Asian countries. Align strategies with corporate objectives, market dynamics, and growth opportunities to maximize results.

2. Market Expansion: Identify and assess new markets, segments, and growth opportunities within the process and construction industry across China and key Asian countries. Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and feasibility studies to inform market entry strategies.

3. Client Relationship Management: Cultivate and maintain relationships with key clients, stakeholders, and industry influencers in China and across Asia. Act as a trusted advisor, understanding client needs, and delivering tailored solutions to enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty.

4. Opportunity Pursuit: Lead the pursuit of new business opportunities, including project bids, partnerships, and acquisitions, within the process and construction sector. Collaborate with internal teams to develop compelling proposals and presentations, ensuring alignment with client requirements and company capabilities.

5. Team Leadership: Provide strategic direction, mentorship, and guidance to the business development team across China and Asian countries. Foster a high-performance culture, encouraging collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

6. Revenue Growth: Drive revenue growth and achieve sales targets through effective pipeline management, opportunity tracking, and conversion strategies. Monitor sales performance, analyze trends, and implement corrective actions as needed to optimize results.

7. Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, including operations, finance, legal, and marketing teams, to ensure alignment of business development activities with company objectives and priorities. Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to streamline processes and enhance efficiency.

8. Market Intelligence: Stay abreast of industry trends, regulatory developments, and competitive landscapes within the process and construction sector across China and Asian markets. Leverage market intelligence to identify emerging opportunities, mitigate risks, and shape strategic initiatives.

9. Continuous Improvement: Champion a culture of continuous improvement, driving initiatives to enhance business development processes, tools, and methodologies. Implement best practices, performance metrics, and feedback mechanisms to optimize performance and drive results.

We are a burgeoning software development company committed to providing innovative solutions to meet the ever-changing needs of our clients. We strive to deliver high-quality products and services.

Job Description:

As the Business Development Director, you will be responsible for formulating and executing the company's business expansion plans to drive growth and development. Leading the business development team, you will identify new business opportunities and establish and maintain strong relationships with clients. Your duties will include developing sales strategies, expanding the client base, and collaborating closely with internal teams to ensure the smooth progress of projects.

Candidate Qualifications and Skills:

-Bachelor's degree or higher, with a preference for an IT-related educational background

-Over 5 years of relevant software development experience

-Prior experience and resources in Java App development projects in both Singapore and domestic markets are preferred

-Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to build strong client relationships

-Outstanding leadership and team management abilities

-Sharp insight into market trends and competitors, with the ability to devise effective business expansion strategies

-Familiarity with the software development industry and understanding of relevant technologies and products

-Strong business acumen and problem-solving skills

-Willingness to work overtime, including weekends, and ability to travel internationally

• Minimum of 15 years experience in handling of Family Offices matters
• Strong understanding with family office needs
• Achieve revenue targets through the sale of Fund products and securities.
• Lead initiatives to grow and maintaining the distribution of products for family offices
• Identify and originate opportunities for growth of business activity in line with the organizational strategies.
• Manage and enhance business relationships with qualifying clients.
• Establish a mechanism for identifying target clients including screening and selection process
• Contribute to determining and designing of new products based on client preferences and feedback.
• Generate leads for complimentary business activity and hand-over to appropriate staff for closure.
• Ensure that all local, regulatory and legal/compliance related procedures and standards are met for all products and related operations.
• Onboard clients in accordance with all Compliance/KYC requirements.

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Business Development Director - LOGISTICS


Sydney Western Suburbs


Our client is a leading international Logistics organisation looking to expand its successful presence in the Asia Pacific region. Well established facilities and resources throughout Europe, Asia, America and Canada, and a comprehensive range of products and services, will provide you with immense opportunity to build on the companys existing Australian client base.     Reporting to the Regional Managing Director based in Japan you will have ownership and accountability for this Australian logistics business.   The Role

Growth : Exceptionally successful local operations, together with an internationally proven and unique strategic approach, will assist you in achieving the companys growth plans.
Strategy : You will enjoy responsibility for the focus, design







... Click here to view more detail / apply for Business Development Director ? LOGISTICS

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

· To support profitable and sustainable market share growth for the adidas brand across the SEA cluster of countries (Thailand, The Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore) by developing and implementing strategic business concepts cross functionally (in partnership with brand /channels /finance / other enabling functions)

· To improve processes and systems to drive organizational effectiveness and efficiency, thereby addressing organizational operating model challenges that inhibit cross functional collaboration

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Business Planning across the SEA with GM and leadership team. Drive the development, evolution and implementation of SEA Strategic Business Plan across brand, channels and other enabling functions

Address and solve cross-functional challenges and projects with high impact to business

Business Development and Modeling

· Strategic planning and project management with a focus on market clustering, market-entry strategy, business-set-up and financial modeling

· Evaluation, recommendation and project management for modification of existing and the set-up of new commercial models and plans

Project and Process Management

· Drive, guide and support SEA SLT (Senior Leadership Team) stakeholders in the planning and execution of strategic work-streams and initiatives

· Communicate project risks, escalate decision points, and obtain required strategic direction from key organisational stakeholders

· Collaboratively influence, steer, coordinate and prioritize cross functional strategic priorities.

· Project Management for ongoing and new priorities

· Provide support on business critical special assignments/ priorities

· Standardization and simplification of business processes in line with global guardrails, reporting and internal controls requirements

· Manage cross-functional projects through:

· Creation of business cases to support requirements

· Definition of project management frameworks, deliverables and KPI’s

· Management of communication flow (e.g. support GM and leadership team in preparing regular executive updates)

· Delivering results and impact assessment

Change Management

· Assess the need and drive the change (in business processes and organizational evolution) to meet the needs of brands, markets, customers and consumers.

· Lead all change initiatives /projects and drive design and implementation of blue-prints

Operating Model Evolution

· Lead, drive and implement the SEA SLT head office operating model.

· Simplify and operationalize the SEA Senior Leadership Management Process and Calendar, support SEA GM with key executive presentations, management meetings and visits, and secure accountability by driving SLT decisions and actions/follow-ups.

· Monitoring and report business KPIs to key SLT stakeholders.

Business Intelligence

· Leverage internal data sources, analytical capabilities, and external market intelligence research

· Lead analytical approaches to turn sales, brand and consumer data into strategic insights for winning the consumer

· Identify new business opportunities to achieve profitable growth for adidas in collaboration with functional experts

Leadership & Communication

· Develop and constantly improve functional and inter-personal skills of the team

· Drive a high-performance culture and regular feedback practices across the team

· Embrace adidas Leadership Framework and be a role model displaying the six values

Key Relationships:

· GM and Senior Leadership team of adidas SEA

· EM BD function

· SEA DTC, E-Com, and Wholesale/Franchise, Brand teams

· Country Channel and Brand teams

· EM Commercial Leads and Business Development/PMO

· SEA and EM Support Functions including IT, Finance, Operations, HR

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

· Leadership: Proven ability to influence cross functionally and at a senior levels of the organization

· Strong strategic thinking capability with clear thought leadership approach

· Sound business acumen

· MS Office especially Excel and Powerpoint: Advanced

· High personal impact and effective communication skills that articulate a clear thought process

· Fluent in written and spoken English is a must

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

· Minimum 8 years in finance / commercial / project and change management related experience in a in a matrixed multi-channel sales organization or consulting organization

· University degree in business preferably with finance, marketing or sales.

· Industry: Preferably from apparel/footwear/fashion or FMCG industry

Job Scope / Responsibilities

· Generate annual revenue by signing multiple large deals with new brands across the Asia region

· Plan and execute robust business growth strategies to achieve multi-million revenue targets.

· Lead business development activities and develop new opportunities in existing and new clients.

· Engage and manage clients at appropriate levels, including C-suites across different functions.

· Negotiate commercial terms of engagement for new business and contract renewals.

· Work with the Client Services & Rewards team to ensure that project goals are met.

· Nurture relationships with existing clients to Retain and Expand existing accounts

· Support the Managing Director, APAC with strategic alliances and partnerships

Qualifications, Desired Skills & Experience

· Self-starter who can rapidly build new accounts using their robust network of executive buyers and influencers - relationship-selling approach.

· Strong knowledge of the APAC markets across multiple industry sectors.

· Experience of managing large RFPs/Tenders projects.

· Facility towards Smart Search insight gathering to quickly build intimacy with target clients.

· Natural aptitude towards human connection to collaborate and lead teams to a common goal.

· Ability to influence decision making and work across executive and operational levels.

· Minimum seven years of direct B2B sales experience calling on Fortune 1000 companies.

· Clear history of consultative and value selling for HR/Tech consulting services

· Large volume sales experience ($350k+ plus per sale).

· Experience with broad range of sales cycles (three to six to twelve and twenty four months).

· Ability to travel regularly to build relationships towards regional deals

· Ideally but not mandatory, take part in public speaking activities to develop BIW brand presence

· History of career stability with a maximum of three employers in the last ten years.

· Four-year college degree is required; advanced degree is a plus.

Contact: Please send your resume to:

Omar Hadoui - Managing Director - BI Worldwide APAC

Omar.hadoui@sg.biworldwide.com

• Building solid relationships with customers, vendors and distributors, as well as sales and marketing teams.
• Developing in-depth knowledge of company offerings to identify profitable business opportunities.
• Directing marketing efforts by presenting market research to marketing directors and suggesting strategies to expand market research.
• Assessing marketing and sales as well as supplier and vendor operations and recommending improvements as needed.
• Researching emerging trends and recommending new company offerings to satisfy customers’ needs.
• Developing and managing strategic partnerships to grow business.
• Presenting business or marketing opportunities to company executives and management.
• Selecting automation software and software platforms that best meet company needs.

Requirements:

• Proven business development, sales, or marketing experience.
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional leadership and management skills.
• Effective communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong business acumen.
• Detail-oriented and persuasive.