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Global Supply Chain Management Director

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frenckengroup logoFrenckengroup · Penang, Malaysia
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Who are we? Frencken Group Limited (FGL) is a Global Integrated Technology Solutions Company focusing on the Aerospace, Analytical, Automotive, Healthcare, Industrial, Industrial Automation, Life sciences and Semiconductor segments. Offering global integrated design, prototyping, NPI, manufacturing and supply chain solutions. Frencken's success is attributed to its technology, operations excellence and employees, and the quality of its leadership. 1. Global Operating Model & Organizational Leadership - Design and lead a globally integrated operational and program procurement lead organization supporting all regions. - Establish a harmonized global operating model, governance framework, KPIs, and performance management cadence. - Drive organizational capability uplift, succession planning, and leadership development across regions. - Embed a culture of accountability, execution excellence, and customer-centric supply assurance. 2. Assurance of Supply & Customer Delivery Excellence - Own material availability performance across sites, ensuring resilient supply continuity in dynamic market conditions. - Strengthen proactive risk identification, escalation governance, and mitigation strategies. - Partner with Sales, Program Management, and Operations to ensure procurement readiness for NPI, ramps, and strategic customer programs. - Elevate procurement's role as a strategic enabler of customer delivery performance (On Time Delivery, Margin Expansion, Working Capital turns and related KPIs). 3. Inventory & Working Capital Transformation - Drive structural improvement in inventory turns and working capital efficiency without compromising supply resilience. - Implement globally aligned inventory governance, safety stock optimization, and demand-supply synchronization. - Reduce excess and obsolete exposure through disciplined planning, supplier collaboration, and execution rigor. - Partner with Finance to ensure procurement actions translate into measurable financial impact. 4. Supplier Operational Performance & Execution Discipline - Institutionalize a global supplier operational performance management framework. - Drive measurable improvements in delivery reliability, lead time adherence, responsiveness, and operational stability. - Ensure operational execution consistently aligns with global category strategies, negotiated frameworks, and long-term agreements. - Lead structured executive-level supplier engagements where operational performance impacts strategic accounts. 5. Strategic Collaboration with Global Category Management - Act as the execution counterpart to Global Category Management, ensuring sourcing strategies translate into sustainable operational outcomes. - Provide real-time operational market intelligence and supplier performance feedback to inform category strategies. - Strengthen integration between sourcing, contracting, and operational procurement to eliminate disconnects and value leakage. 6. Performance, Governance & Transformation - Establish a global KPI framework linking supply assurance, supplier performance, inventory efficiency, and customer delivery. - Drive data transparency and performance reviews at executive level. - Continuously evolve procurement execution capabilities to meet the Group's growth and complexity trajectory. - Champion cross-regional collaboration and standardization to eliminate regional silos. Careers at Frencken Frencken believes that people are one of our greatest assets, and that's why we believe in finding the right people and investing in them. The day you decide to join us, you become our partner on a journey filled with creativity and breakthrough innovation. Explore your career with us today.


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