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Business Planning Manager, South Asia

Country : Singapore Singapore

Town : SINGAPORE

Category : Logistics

Contract type : Permanent

Availability : Full time

Job description

We are looking for a Business Planning Manager to take on a business partnership role working closely with functions and countries the South Asia zone to support and drive business objectives.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Regional role supporting 10 markets. Direct market review scope of some markets along with functional responsibility.
  • Support zone budget construction, consolidation and review processes.
  • Meet monthly reporting and budget timelines. Ensure reporting is accurate, consistent with Group/local requirements.
  • Explanation of financial variances against budget and prior periods. Monitor financial performance and other key indicators, highlighting trends and unexpected variances.
  • Work closely with markets to deliver timely and accurate reporting with variance commentary.
  • Analysis of sales performance including weekly report - highlight trends, risks, and opportunities.
  • Monitor and track competitor performance (sales trends, network changes, key events, etc.)
  • Review investment requests prepared by the team, ensure alignment with Group requirements.
  • Support rollout of Group changes in reporting and policy changes.
  • Partner with functions to improve performance by evaluating processes to drive efficiencies or improvements.
  • Ad-hoc reporting and analysis.

Profile

Key Qualifications

Prior experience in retail environment preferred.
Commercial and business partnership mindset.
Hands-on, independent and resourceful. Analytical and detail oriented.
Sound technical and financial knowledge and exposure in accounting standards (IFRS).
Advanced Excel/PowerPoint skills. Knowledge in SAP/BW/Power BI is a plus.
Strong written and verbal communication ability.
Highly agile and adaptable. Able to deal with ambiguity and stress and work within tight deadlines.
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