Here are 10 positions provided by Wang & Li Asia Resources.
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Position 1
Title: Business Planning & Analysis Manager, Asia
Location: Shanghai
Company Scenario
Our client is a well-known American company and the world's leading imaging products and service provider.
Key Responsibilities:
In essence, the main orientation of this Business Planning & Analysis Manager, Asiarole is tomanage the financial planning and forecasting processes; to provide local management with in-depth analysis of business results versus targets leading to the identification of opportunities and threats and recommendations for appropriate actions to address them; to counsel management on related financial issues that affect business short term and strategic decisions. The main responsibilities may include:
Ø Analyze business unit management P&L
Ø Timely delivery of management information to local and regional management and business units to support business decision making
Ø Analyze customer/product segment profitability metrics, sales/revenue trend analysis
Ø Responsible for budgeting and forecasting process and provide guidance to business sales lines in the region
Ø Consolidate the region sales funnel and analyze the pipeline to deliver a better sales forecasting
Ø Participate in consultation of finance system development and recommend process improvement initiatives
Ø Work closely with local and global finance teams on gathering information and responding to management queries.
Top 3 Requirements:
The ideal candidate should have:
Ø Bachelor degree, major in finance or business;
Ø Financial analysis experience in a multinational company, and at least 2 years experience financial planning for commercial team in a business unit;
Ø Excellent communication and coordination skills, especially as a key linkage between regional and global teams.
Special Requirements:
Ø Mature status, very strong influence skills at high level management.
Ø Familiar with manufacturing business environment.
Ø Fluency in both English and Chinese with excellent cross-cultural communication skills with sensitivity to (Western/ Chinese) culture diversity
Position 2
Title: AP Commodity Manager
Location: Shanghai
Company Scenario
It is an industrial leading company and offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets.
Key responsibilities:
The position is responsible to develop and execute sourcing strategies for professional service (including IT, Marcom, Travel, HR, Finance service etc.) and lab supply for technical center, in alignment with business and global sourcing strategies for the company's Performance Coating business in AP. In particular, the main responsibilities of this position are to:
1. Responsible for vendor identification, evaluation, qualification, negotiation, and execution of commodity sourcing agreements,
2. Align with the global commodity strategy and regional leadership to develop and execute sourcing strategies and manage supplier performance in support of business needs.
3. Work with capital project team leader to manage capital sourcing activities to implement best practice in the region.
4. Lead and implement regional key strategic negotiations and manage relationships with strategic suppliers.
5. Work as OM&S sourcing lead to be accountable for sourcing process and procedures.
6. Understands the business’s challenges, issues, and future needs to create competitive strategies and plans
7. Accurately analyzes total cost of product/service to meet business’s short- and long-term financial success
8. Ensure competitive pricing service versus industry trends and market place dynamics.
9. Identifies and drives continuous improvement in the buy and in the contractual relationship with the suppliers.
10. Work collaboratively with other sourcing colleagues to develop and share best practices and procurement process improvements.
Top requirements:
1. Bachelor degree, with Mechanical or Electrical/Instrumental Engineering background. MBA desired but not required
2. 5-8 Years or above commodity sourcing experience on capital project or operations (MROs), experience in chemical industry preferred. .
3. Exhibits high business ethics and principle based behavior.
4. Sufficient experience on commodity sourcing knowledge, technologies and methodologies with proven track record of deliver savings to business.
5. Six Sigma training or Green Belt certified is preferred.
6. Proven leadership skills and strategic planning capability
7. Solid interpersonal/facilitation/influencing skills
8. Strong analytical and negotiation skills
9. Ability to work effectively in a cross functional and cross business environment.
10. Ability to communicate across all levels, energetic, enthusiastic, with a positive attitude
11. Good command of English both in writing and speaking.
Position 3
Title: Marketing Manager, Biorefineries - China
Location: Shanghai
Company Scenario
Our client is one of the world’s leading food chemical company.
Key Responsibilities:
In essence,the main orientation of this role is to look after marketing initiatives for Biorefineries, such as market strategy, pricing strategy, product introduction, etc. In particular, the main responsibilities of this position are to:
Ø As a member of the China management team (sales, marketing and applications): Drive industry strategy; Devise pricing strategy; Direct promotional and advertising efforts
Ø Product manager for Grain Processing products in China
l Analyze competitive product offerings and develop product positioning
l Identify and quantify unmet customer needs and initiate opportunity assessments and projects to maximize our market opportunities
l Develop and introduce products to meet the specific needs of Chinese customers in the carbohydrate processing, biochemical and ethanol segments
Ø As part of the global marketing team, work with sales and applications to support customer initiatives, prioritize efforts, commercialize products and evaluate competitive intelligence
Ø Working with Regional Sales set the Profit Objective and Strategic Plan for China Grain Processing
Top 3 Requirements:
The ideal candidate should have:
Ø Bachelor degree in Engineering or Science, 3-5 years B2B marketing experience, preferably in food/refineries industry;
Ø Rich experience in marketing strategy, product management, product localization;
Ø Excellent team and communications skills.
Special Requirements:
Ø Must be able to manage and influence across organizational boundaries;
Ø Fluency in both English and Chinese with excellent cross-cultural communication skills with sensitivity to (Western/ Chinese) culture diversity.
Position 4
Title: Marketing Consultant
Location: Shanghai
Company Scenario
Our client is one of the world’s leading food chemical company.
Key Responsibilities:
In essence,the main orientation of this role is tosupport established Regional Industry Teams with market research and the development of strategic initiatives. In particular, the main responsibilities of this position are to:
Ø Support the regional strategy building and execution
Ø Monitor industry statistics, gather and provide analysis to internal decision making, understand market drivers and anticipate trends, provide insights on customers and industries as well as deploy consumer drivers cascaded by the Global Marketing organization.
Ø Continuously work to identify opportunities to accelerate growth and measure performance and revenue pipeline for the responsible industries
Ø Monitor competitor market activity and support product launch cycle in collaboration with Strategic Marketing and Product Management
Ø Provide regional market intelligence and consumer insight to customers & industry team(s) through collaboration with Global Marketing Consumer Insight team
Top 3 Requirements:
The ideal candidate should have:
Ø Degree in Marketing or Business Management, MBA is a definite plus, previous experience of strategy management consulting is preferred;
Ø Strong knowledge of Marketing processes, experience in product launch, marketing roadmap development, etc;
Ø Smart, strong analytical skills & ability to translate findings to business relevance.
Special Requirements:
Ø Developing business acumen;
Ø Effective planning and organizational skills;
Ø Fluency in both English and Chinese with excellent cross-cultural communication skills with sensitivity to (Western/ Chinese) culture diversity.
Position 5
Title: Sr. Project Manager
Location: Shanghai/Beijing
Company Scenario
It is an industrial leading company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Full responsibility for PMO;
- Ensure an overall view of the project
- Implementation of requirements management (coordination and prioritization)
- Definition, development and further development of the project management methodology / tools / reporting structures
- Responsibility for the budget-steering
- Project reviews
- Consistency of project assignments within the program
- Skill management of project staff and project leader
- Knowledge Management for Projects
- Project communication; Interface to the project controlling
Qualifications:
- University degree
- 8 years’experience in Project Management (Different Areas)
- 5 years’experience in Product Line, Product Management or Brand Management
- Expert in Project Management Competencies and Skills
- Profound Management and Leadership Skills
- Good intercultural Sense and Sensibility
- Excellent Communication and Presentation Skills
- Excellent Problem solving and negotiation Skills
- Good Financial Controlling Knowledge and Understanding
- Proficient English, French would be an advantage
Position 6
Title: Assistant Marketing Director/Marketing Director
Location: Beijing
Company Scenario
Our client is the World’s Leading Events Organizer, which is one of the most important divisions of aFinancial Times and Stock Exchange(FTSE)-100 company.
Key Responsibilities:
In essence, the main orientation of this Assistant Marketing Director/ Marketing Director role is B2B Marketing to improve marketing activities by providing marketing strategic plans and marketing promotion. In particular, the main responsibilities of this position are to:
1.Understand the key marketing goals and financial goals of the assigned portfolio / exhibition, provide marketing Strategic plan and direction to improve the marketing functions and achieved the objectives.
2. Identify competence gaps of marketers, and provide guidance and on the job training to project managers and marcom executives; Supervise the planning and execution of marketing activities; Ensuring the sharing of best practices.
3. Exhibitor and visitor research: To put in a proper team structure that enable the customers’ insights research are being conducted; improved research tools and ensure high quality analysis is undertaken; advise appropriate actions taken by project managers in respect of the following event.
4 To compile, design and produce high quality promotional material; Work with E-Business Director to drive E-marketing excellence and ensure online marketing campaign is result-driven. Work closed with PR team and advise appropriate strategies.
Top 3 Requirements:
1.Above 8 years proven experience in multinational company, with at least 4 years in B2B marketing and management experience in Exhibition and related industries, good knowledge of e-marketing is preferred.
2.Creative, strategically thinking and an eye to identify business and marketing gaps; strong leadership and as a good team player to work with supporting marketing staff. Able to work under pressure.
3. Excellent oral and written communication in both English & Chinese with strong interpersonal skills.
Position 7
Title: Financial Manager
Location: Beijing
Company Scenario
Our client is the World’s Leading Events Organizer, which is one of the most important divisions of a FTSE-100 company.
Key Responsibilities:
In essence, the main orientation of this Finance Manager role is designed to lead and advance in finance management accounting activities. In particular, the main responsibilities of this position are to:
1. Manage monthly finance closing,including monthly actual figure provided by finance accounting team and prepare month end accrual based on latest forecast; Perform monthly financial reports in Synapse and prepare FC report or other reports for various business analysis; Lead and manage strategic plan, spring review, autumn review/budget and Rolling Forecast.
2. Manage exhibitions pricing proposal and set up related issue;Develop, implement, and enforce policies and procedures for finance related functions, which are line with the group company’s policies and are also in accordance with management requirements of China; Develop financial models and reporting templates to facilitate financial reporting and analysis.
3. Act as team leader to perform share service effectively and efficiently, arrange relevant training to different team staff to make sure they are eligible for the responsibilities; Closely work with business teams to understand business and perform ad-hoc analysis.
Top 3 Requirements:
1. Above 8 years proven experience in accounting and analytical, at least 2 years in managerial level with a multi-national company in finance planning related work, and big four accounting firm experience is highly preferred. Bachelor degree in finance, accounting or related field.
2. Outstanding communication and analytical skills. Able to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines.
3. Strong Excel knowledge, knowledge of system such asSun, Hyperion, Oracle and SAP.
Position 8
Title: CFO
Location: Shenyang
Company Scenario
Our client is the leading private operator for passenger transport in Europe.
Key Responsibilities
In essence, the main orientation of thisCFO is to work as a business partner to the General Manager, the main responsibilities of this position are to:
1. Oversee all finance, accounting, taxes, cash related matters for the JV company. Be responsible for the compliance with PRC GAAP and IFRS and tax compliance and tax planning. Prepare various accounting reports, including group required reports and ensure their accordance with IAS and IFRS.
2. Coordinate with internal and external auditing team/firm to ensure the auditing tasks are effectively and efficiently performed and with good quality. Be responsible forcompany’s internal control: measure and control business risks by understanding internal and external business risks and implementing appropriate controls; ensure all transactions follow local financial policy and company policy.
3. Costs control: ensure that the costs incurred are in accordance with the company’s rules. Cash management: ensure the safe cash collection at the subsidiaries’ levels; optimize the cash management of the company and its subsidiaries.
4. Purchase and procurement: ensure that all the procedures are set up and all the controls are in place.
Top Requirements
1. Above 12 years’ professional experience including minimum of 5 years management level, familiar with finance discipline/policies withstrong entrepreneurship, strong business sense.Great exposure to finance operation and management.
2. Proficient with both written and spoken English.
3. Proved communication, negotiation and management skills.
Position 9
Title: Marketing General Manager
Location: Shenzhen
Company Scenario
Our client is one of the leading Internet companies in China.
Key Responsibilities
In essence, the Marketing General Manager is responsible for Marketing Department of the Social Network Group . In particular, the key responsibilities of this role are as followed:
1. Contribute to overall business strategy formulation and execution, lead SNG marketing team to set up marketing objectives based on competitive market analysis and sales objectives, lead and implement the strategic marketing initiatives.
2. Gather and analyze market intelligence and trends with deep market insight, be responsible for the marketing budget, PR and corporate communications, optimize the resources exchanges with other strategic alliance partners.
3. Redefine and build up an efficient marketing team with optimized organization structure,provide leadership, drive and expertise to ensure successful execution of strategic marketing and brand building related programs.
Top 3 Requirements
1. Above 10 years marketing management experience in large enterprise of internet, traditional IT, FMCG and other industries with B2C business.
2. Strategic thinking and demonstrated creativity in getting things done. The ability to see the bigger picture and strong business sense is important for this position
3. Strong capability and leadership to build up and manage a large, efficient and productive team to drive group business in a competitive and quick-moving environment.
Special Requirements
1. Candidate should have strong communication skills and leadership.
2. Candidate should be passionate, creative, and willing to take challenges in a new industry.
3. Be familiar with and highly interested in internet industry and related business model.
Position 10
Title: (Senior) Manager, Payer and Provider Solutions
Location: Shenzhen
Company Scenario
Our client is a world’s leading provider of market intelligence and consulting services to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.
Key Responsibilities:
In essence, the main orientation of this (Senior) Manager of Payer and Provider Solutions is to drive and build up a new line of business in data and analytics services, targeting the health insurance industry in China. In particular, the key responsibilities of this role are:
1. Identify and understand clients’ business needs in order to develop and implement data analytics/assessment-based solutions to help them achieve greater efficiency, effectiveness, and responsiveness of their product pricing, costs and potential risk management;
2. Design and oversee the end-to-end process and quality of product solutions and then manage and monitor the delivery across the project team;
3. Identify new business opportunities in data analytics services/solutions from both existing and potential clients. Effectively build and manage client relationships with all project stakeholders in the commercial health insurance or governance insurance areas.
Top 3 Requirements:
The ideal candidate should have:
1. 5+ year of extensive working experience in China’s health and life insurance industry, such as commercial health insurance and government insurance agencies, etc., with first-hand and in-depth understanding of the current market landscape and industry trends;
2. Resourceful and solution-oriented, with a hunger to create new business solutions and strong project/time management skills. Analytical, quantitative, and strong logic sense;
3. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in Chinese and English (oral/reading/writing), with the ability to work effectively with both colleagues and clients from global offices, local SOEs, and Government entities;
Special Requirements:
1. Bachelor degree in accounting, mathematics, statistics, or actuarial science, economics and finance, etc., and preferably advanced degree in medicine and pharmaceutical;
2. Background and experiences in computer science/IT is a plus;
3. Willing to travel.
You who are interested in the positions please send your CV to cqiu@wang-li.com.
