Head Regional P&S CoE, Digital and Transformation, APAC

Role Purpose

• Overall accountability across P&S CoE, Digital and Transformation and inclusive leadership of P&S IT  with focus on business outcomes aligned to APAC business strategic priorities and Global Supply narrative
• Leadership of step change in shaping of P&S strategy through inspiring breakthrough thinking in Global Supply strategic areas necessary to be ready and fit for future and changing demands on the business  

Accountabilities

• Establishes, leads and develops a professional and highly performing regional P&S CoE, Digital and Transformation team, with inclusive leadershiop of P&S IT, with focus on business outcomes aligned to APAC strategic priorities.
• Contributes to shaping of P&S strategy with breakthrough thinking
• Delivering regional strategic priorities and projects through leadership and ownership of APAC P&S portfolio aligned to targeted business outcomes and longer term strategy
• Leads and owns the development of sizing and shape of change capabilities as they evolve for future needs of P&S
• Develops and sustains capabilities and resources, covering regional business process consultants and regional transformation and change experts, regional digital and data and analytics experts and IT
• Champion a global business process management approach with a consistently applied set of methods, tools and techniques
• Ensures regional needs are represented in P&S and enterprise portfolio, appropriately prioritized and deployable resources provided
• Deploys change, digital and IT expertise to deliver the regional portfolio through design, implementation, embed and sustain (spanning business process management, project/programme management and transformation & change)
• Provides front line business support models to ensure sustainable operations 
• Providing transformation support across regional P&S to deliver effective and sustainable business transformation
• Establish and maintain business process documentation aligned to current operations
• Implements regional P&S Development activities as planned (Knowledge Management, P&S Education, P&S Graduate Program, Capability Development, 3PM academy)
• Champions operational excellence
• Effectively manages key interfaces (eg to Global CP P&S CoE, Global IT, APAC Digital, Country teams, Global Seeds CoE, etc.)
• Represents P&S CoE, Digital and Transformation in Regional P&S LT and is a member of the Global P&S CoE LT

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

• Bachelor degree required, with Master degree in Supply Chain, IT, Digital and / or Business Administration or other equivalent qualification preferred
• Advanced level of digital and IT proficiency
• Advanced level of proficiency in portfolio management
• Good understanding about project and program management
• Advanced level of understanding about business process management
• Good understanding about change management
• Know-how about operational excellence Workshop facilitation, catalyst skills

Critical experience

• Minimum 8-10 years of post-graduate experience in supply operations or Digital/ IT ideally in agro-business or closely related industry
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in leading teams with demonstrable track record of motivational and achievement oriented leadership
• Experience in managing a significant portfolio of change
• Management of senior stakeholders, confident in constructively challenging expectations when required
• Experience of managing high profile / value projects and programs

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.