
Commercial Operations Specialist, APAC
- Pulau Pinang
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Execute core commercial operations processes on behalf of country/area commercial teams
- Ensure adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and quality standards for all assigned tasks
- Support the development and maintenance of process documentation, templates, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Collaborate with country and area commercial teams to provide timely, accurate, and efficient support
- Commercial Analytics & Reporting
- Generate and maintain regular commercial reports, dashboards, and business intelligence tools to support data-driven decision-making
- Perform data validation and accuracy checks to ensure high-quality reporting and analytics
- Identify trends, insights, and improvement opportunities within commercial data and processes
- Identify and recommend process automation, standardization, and efficiency improvements to enhance commercial operations
- Support the adoption of digital tools, AI-driven analytics, and automation solutions to improve service delivery
- Collaborate with process SMEs and global teams to harmonize workflows and best practices across APAC
- Work closely with the country commercial teams, Global Business Services (GBS), IT, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure smooth operations and alignment
- Support monthly reviews with commercial leaders to track process performance, identify bottlenecks, and discuss enhancement opportunities
- Act as a key point of contact for country teams, ensuring clear communication and responsive support
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a related field
- At least 5 years of experience in Commercial Operations, Sales Operations, Supply Chain Operations, or similar functions
- Track record of identifying improvement opportunities and implementation of the solutions with the team, challenging status quo for operational excellence, by aligning with stakeholders under complexity
- Proven skills of stakeholder management in matrix organization, together with communication skills to influence and collaborate with others in a well-grounded manner
- Proven ability to work with a 'sense of urgency' to meet critical deadlines
- Strong project management skills including change management, prioritization and time management
- Ability to work across different cultures
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding environment and multi-task with flexible and agile mindset
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Additional APAC languages is desirable (Mandarin, Japanese, other)