Senior Expert Manager

Main Objective of the Position :

Supply Chain Senior Expert Manager position to lead 20 senior and experienced professionals. The team functions are distributed as transportation / import / export functional experts, business experts, supply chain consultants, data analytics & performance specialists. Scope of this function is for Americas with focus in US, Mexico and Brasil. This manager will report to the Supply Chain Services Americas head. Responsible for guide his team to provide efficiencies in operations, implement digital solutions, process optimization and bringing savings to BASF. Coach and enable team members to manage customer relationship successfully while ensuring a high level of customer focus. Guarantee knowledge management across supply chain services Americas team.

Main Tasks :

• Lead a multidisciplinary team composed by functional experts, business experts, supply chain consultants, excellence & performance specialists.
• Encourage the team to challenge current processes to implement solutions aiming to provide efficiencies in operations, execution times reduction and reducing costs.
• Increase entrepreneurial thinking within the organization by proposing actions, adding value to the service recipients.
• Promote and lead cross functional discussions to drive excellence in services.
• Be the example in encouraging the “out of the box” thinking to foster innovation.
• Coach and enable team members to manage customer relationship successfully while ensuring a high level of customer focus.
• Guarantee knowledge management for the Supply Chain Services Americas team.
• Harmonize processes, adding value to GB and BUs, bringing savings to the company.
• Draw, develop, and implement continuous improvement and digital solution based on benchmarking with other HUBs.
• Build effective working relationships across functions and businesses, participating in regional supply chain communities.

Minimum Education and Qualification Requirements for the Position :

BASF considers Law N° 19.691 and Decree N° 73 / 019 in all its hiring processes. Every qualified candidate who meets the requirements established in the job description will be considered in this hiring process with no distinction.

Moreover, BASF is an equal-opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, age, civil and social status, national origin, disability, sex, gender identity or expressions, or any other candidate or employee´s characteristic or group that is not related to their aptitude and suitability for the position. Our management is committed to following this policy concerning hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruiting, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.