Senior S&OP Manager, APAC

Gates Corporation

Date: Jun 5, 2026

Location: 01, SG, 609935

Company: Gates Corporation

Own and drive a disciplined, region-wide Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, ensuring alignment across demand, supply, inventory, and capacity planning.
Identify, prioritize, and lead continuous improvement initiatives across forecasting accuracy, production scheduling, inventory optimization, and supplier supply planning.
Lead the exceptions management process, proactively identifying risks, gaps, and constraints, and enabling timely, fact-based trade-off decisions with key stakeholders.
Structure, facilitate, and lead regional S&OP governance and review meetings, ensuring strong process discipline, accountability, and compliance.
Establish, monitor and track key operational performance indicators (KPIs) including inventory health, service levels, forecast accuracy, and supply reliability.
Drive actions to identify, reduce, and eliminate excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory, improving working capital efficiency.
Champion and model Gates’ core values, continuous improvement mindset, and operational excellence culture across the region.

Requires a comprehensive understanding of internal and industry standards and principles

Lead S&OP Team

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or related discipline, with a minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in operations, engineering, or supply chain leadership, including direct ownership of S&OP.
Master’s degree preferred.
Experience in automotive or complex manufacturing systems is highly desirable.
Strong hands-on experience in Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement, and operational excellence methodologies.
Demonstrated project and program management expertise, including cross-functional coordination, communication, execution, governance, and post-implementation review.
Deep knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, statistical analysis, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
Strong analytical and systems-thinking capabilities, with the ability to translate data into actionable business decisions.
Highly results-oriented, with a track record of driving measurable business improvements and scalable process solutions.
Proven ability to influence, coach, and align stakeholders across multiple organizational levels, functions, and geographies.
Excellent executive-level communication, presentation, and facilitation skills, both verbal and written.
Strong change leadership skills with the ability to drive adoption of new processes, systems, and behaviors.