Business & Strategic Planning Executive (Yishun)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Department: Business & Strategic Planning Department

Reports to: Assistant Manager, Business & Strategic Planning Department

Functional relationship:

• All divisions in MES

• All OSA

• Sales Planning & Operation Division, especially Global sales planning

• Strategic/Sales planning organizations

POSITION PROFILE:

This position is responsible for driving MES RMC policy PDCA circulation, thus, we monitor and take care if all functions & organizations under MES RMC work/manage well healthy toward RMC goal. Additionally, the trainee will support business strategic planning activity, budget and sales analysis, quarterly policy review, and regional coordination activities across ASEAN & India region. The role requires skills in proactive manner for example: issue formulating skill, strategy development skill, communication skills, execution skill, and collaboration with MES RMC, other RMC, and headquarters stakeholders to support company-wide initiatives and sales and marketing function.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Policy, strategy alignment and coordination of projects by collaborating with Japan headquarters and regional affiliates.

• To promote smooth collaboration among cross-functional teams and support execution of corporate initiatives.

• To assist in collecting, organizing, and analyzing business data, then, create business insight for management decision-making.

• To prepare progress reports and management presentation materials related to strategic initiatives and policy execution.

• To support planning and operation of quarterly policy review meetings and execution management events.

• To initiate countermeasures with Japan headquarters or other group companies to solve problems in own division.

• To coordinate communication and information sharing among ASEAN & India regional entities, Japan headquarters, and other group companies.

• To conduct analysis of actual business results versus budget targets, including sales and opportunity analysis.

Ability/Competency required:

• Bachelor’s degree or master's degree in Business Administration, Strategic Management, Economics, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

• At least 3 years of relevant working experience in manufacturing industry.

• Strong analytical thinking and problem framing skills with the ability to understand business issues from multiple perspectives.

• Global mindset and cross-cultural understanding developed through international and professional experience.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with stakeholders across regions and functions.

• Ability to coordinate and support strategic planning and policy deployment activities in a multicultural environment.

• Strong presentation, reporting, and facilitation skills for management discussions and regional meetings.

• Proactive attitude with high learning agility and willingness to contribute new ideas and perspectives.

• Ability to work independently while maintaining strong teamwork and stakeholder engagement.