MANUFACTURING HEAD

Job Description : MANUFACTURING HEAD SINGAPORE Global Rice Co-Manufacturing Lead What you'll do: Own commercial terms, contracts, and capacity allocation across all co-manufacturing partners within the food manufacturing value-add network, ensuring alignment with global supply chain priorities. Hold decision rights on partner onboarding, exit strategies, and network segmentation to optimise performance and support expansion into new categories or regions. Lead costing and contract negotiations from the cost & contract phase onward in partnership with Procurement, incorporating should-cost model input into commercial strategy. Chair quarterly business reviews against partner scorecards, holding accountability for ongoing supply and top-to-top engagement with external manufacturing partners. Drive continuous improvement initiatives and joint capacity planning with co-manufacturing partners to enhance operational efficiency and support global growth objectives. Feed co-manufacturing capacity into the global S&OP cycle by partnering with Planning & S&OP support as well as the Supply Planning Manager. Act as the accountable point of contact for Commercial & R&D teams as internal customers, delivering against product briefs and forecasts while supporting trials and qualification of new products. Escalate raw material or packaging substitution proposals to the Technical Process Engineer for sign-off on food safety compliance across co-manufacturing sites. Lead identification, contracting, and onboarding of new co-manufacturing partners in collaboration with Procurement and Technical Process Engineering teams. Support expansion of the co-manufacturing network into new categories or regions over time in line with the organisation’s global growth strategy. What you bring: Senior experience in supply chain management or manufacturing operations within FMCG or food manufacturing environments is highly preferred Demonstrated experience negotiating commercial contracts and managing supplier or partner performance within outsourced or co-manufacturing networks. Proven ability operating effectively in a matrixed organisation with dotted-line relationships across regions and functions. Experience chairing governance forums such as quarterly business reviews using scorecard data to drive decisions. Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business administration, engineering, food science or related discipline is required; further qualifications in procurement or commercial management are advantageous. Strong commercial acumen combined with effective negotiation skills that foster collaborative outcomes among diverse stakeholders. Ability to hold accountability across multiple concurrent relationships while maintaining dependable communication channels between internal teams (Procurement, Technical Process Engineering, Planning & S&OP support) and external partners. Comfortable escalating technical proposals for process validation or food safety compliance through appropriate channels.

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