About this role
Senior Specialist, Fulfillment Operations, SG&MY
Reporting to the Manager, Fulfillment Operations, SG&MY, the Senior Specialist owns defined fulfillment processes, workstreams, and market-level operational deliverables while serving as a subject-matter expert in operational excellence. Beyond daily coordination, the role independently drives KPI improvement, process governance, 3PL performance, complex issue resolution, cross-functional projects, transformation readiness, and sustainable capability building.
Your Responsibility will include (but not limited to):
Operational Ownership & SME Leadership
- Own operational performance and KPI delivery for assigned markets, processes or functional workstreams.
- Independently analyze complex operational issues, identify root causes, assess risks and drive corrective and preventive actions.
- Act as an escalation point and Fulfillment SME for assigned processes, ensuring consistent execution and governance.
- Translate business requirements into operating processes, control points, SOPs and system requirements.
3PL & Stakeholder Management
- Manage operational performance with 3PL/LSP partners through KPI reviews, governance routines, action tracking and escalation management.
- Build effective partnerships across Brand, Planning, Customer Service, Finance, Quality, IT and regional teams.
- Drive cross-functional alignment and resolution of issues with material service, cost, inventory or customer impact.
Data Analytics, Continuous Improvement & Project Delivery
- Analyze operational, inventory, quality, service and cost data to identify trends, risks and improvement opportunities.
- Lead continuous improvement cases using structured problem-solving, root-cause analysis, PDCA/Lean principles and measurable action plans.
- Lead or manage cross-functional operational projects, ensuring clear scope, ownership, milestones, risks and outcomes.
- Improve customer experience by reducing recurring logistics defects and strengthening preventive process controls.
Process Governance & Capability Building
- Own and standardize SOPs, process maps, work instructions, checklists and operating controls for assigned areas.
- Support audits, compliance reviews and corrective-action closure.
- Build market and 3PL capability through training, train-the-trainer support, knowledge transfer and process coaching.
Transformation & Business Readiness
- Lead assigned fulfillment workstreams for business transitions, WMS/SAP/S/4 deployments, new DC setup or other transformation initiatives.
- Define process and interface requirements, support testing and user readiness, and drive go-live preparation and stabilization.
- For new-market/DC readiness, support operating model definition, inventory transition, 3PL governance, capacity/resource readiness and launch execution.
What we will be looking for in you:
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, Business Administration or a related discipline.
- Strong experience in fulfillment, warehouse operations, inventory/process control, operational excellence or related supply-chain functions.
- Strong analytical, root-cause analysis, process mapping, KPI management and project-management capability.
- Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and 3PL partners without relying on formal authority.
- Strong WMS/SAP/ERP knowledge; Lean, Six Sigma, PMP or equivalent CI/project certification is preferred.
- Able to manage ambiguity and multiple workstreams and make sound independent operational/tactical decisions.
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