About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Job Purpose and Impact</H2> </div><div><h3 style="margin:3.75pt 3.75pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">This role presents a unique opportunity to join one of the most consequential food companies in the world and lead one of the largest commercial businesses—Cocoa & Chocolate—within our Food segment across Asia Pacific. The role carries full responsibility for owning the P&L, setting strategic direction, and driving the next phase of growth through disciplined execution.</span></h3> <h3 style="margin:3.75pt 3.75pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">This is a critical business leadership role responsible for shaping the long-term direction of the business, delivering near-term performance, and building a high-performing organization across Food SEA & ANZ. The role requires a strong strategic leader who can define a clear, customer-back vision over a 2–5 year horizon and translate it into actionable priorities. You will align cross-functional teams around a shared strategy and drive disciplined execution to deliver strong financial results and build a robust growth pipeline. Equally important, you will strengthen organizational effectiveness by enhancing commercial and operating systems, fostering a high-performance culture, and developing talent to build sustainable capabilities for the future</span></h3> <h3 style="margin:3.75pt 3.75pt 1.0E-4pt 0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">In this role, you will partner closely with key stakeholders to achieve financial and growth objectives.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;font-weight:normal">You will coordinate global and APAC-level plans with key stakeholders and ensure a cohesive ecosystem across teams such as trading & risk management, product line management, manufacturing and supply chain, pricing, category, R&D, go-to-market, and finance—so that customers are well served and we deliver optimal returns on invested capital.</span></h3></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Accountabilities</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">1. Lead the Strategy</span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Lead long-term commercial strategy, translating market demand & supply dynamics into a focused portfolio and clear strategic priorities.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Set short-and long-term direction, identifying priority segments and building a capability roadmap that drives sustainable growth.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Translate market insights, customer needs and commodity dynamics into actionable business strategies.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">2. Run the Business and Deliver Financial Results</span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Own end-to-end P&L across commercial and trading activities, making informed trade-offs across volume, margin, pricing, working capital, and sourcing.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Translate strategy into clear commercial actions & ensure disciplined execution to deliver financial and growth objectives.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Operate with an integrated understanding of commercial operations, commodity markets and the food ingredients value chain.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Partner with cross-functional teams to drive aligned execution across regions and functions.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">3. <strong> </strong>Build the Organization</span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Build and lead a high-performing team, strengthening leadership, talent development, and succession. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Develop trusted senior customer relationships to drive demand and long-term growth. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Influence and align stakeholders across SEA-ANZ and APAC to deliver business objectives.</span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Qualifications</H2> </div><div><h3>Minimum Qualifications</h3> <ul> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Bachelor’s degree in business or related field.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Experience in </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">B2B ingredients or commodity-linked business.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">D</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">emonstrated ownership of end-to-end P&L, with the ability to set clear strategy and translate it into growth plans .</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Strong understanding of how sourcing, trading/risk management, and product line management connect, including perspectives on capacity utilization, portfolio decisions, pricing, and margin management.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Credible exposure to trading and risk management, with a solid understanding of underlying economic drivers .</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Proven ability to build trusted senior-level customer relationships .</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Strong people leadership experience with a track record of building high-performing teams and organizational capability .</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Ability to lead and influence across functions in a matrixed environment.</span></li> </ul> <h3>Preferred Qualifications</h3> <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Experience in cocoa & chocolate or specialty ingredients.</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Demonstrates strong growth mindset, stretches beyond comfort zone, and shows potential for broader leadership roles</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">.</span></li> </ul></div></div></div>