ABOUT THE MARKETING STORE ASIA 

The Marketing Store Worldwide (TMS), a HAVI Company, is a Global Customer Engagement Agency and Sourcing Company, with areas of expertise that include consumer promotions, toys and premiums, shopper marketing, digital platforms and innovation. TMS now ranks among the largest toy manufacturers in the world. 

Our core focus in Asia is delivering strategic and sustainable, global sourcing and supply chain solutions for McDonald’s Happy Meal. We are operationally based out of Hong Kong but our Asia teams are spread throughout Japan, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore and Lebanon. We collaborate closely with our colleagues based in the US and Europe.

We are committed to continually challenging the status quo, seeking new and progressive solutions for our clients and our people. We are proud to not only have won awards that recognize this commitment in our work but in 2021 our focus on doing this for our people was rewarded with a Best Companies to work for award!

ROLE OVERVIEW

Working in an international high volume premiums business, this position is responsible on the management and implementation of the TMS strategy for chemical and raw materials control. This role required an intensive engagement and alignment work with key stakeholders including the clients, TMS functions, vendors and raw materials supplier. This role will also provide expert chemical advice, guidance, support and control for TMS and the supplier chain.

Job Relationships:
Internal – Global Quality & Safety Teams, Product Development Engineers, Supply Chain Operations, tms Agencies.

External – Manufacturing Vendors, Factories, Subcontractors, Customers and Clients, Third Party Testing Laboratories, Raw Material Suppliers, Professional and Trade Bodies.

• Execute according the chemical and raw material management strategy in the tms supplier chain, and participate in the decision making.
• Providing expert advice to tms, vendors and raw material suppliers on all aspects of chemical and raw materials management, regulations, standards, best practice, protocols, and procedures.
• Take appropriate actions according to the decided priorities and goals for the tms chemical and raw materials strategy.
• Implement and daily monitor the agreed KPIs that reflect the progress of the control and management of chemicals and raw materials by tms, vendors, factories and raw material suppliers.
• Developing tms personnel allocated to work on chemical and raw materials.
• Works cross-functionally with the team to ensure that product is safe, legal, right quality, meets client’s requirements and on time.
• Establishes a strong working relationship with clients, core vendors and factories, providing them with the expert advice, direction, necessary controls, best practice expected by tms and clients.
• Conduct effective training to vendors, factories and raw material suppliers on clients expectations and requirements for chemical management.
• Liaises closely with the third party laboratories, giving the best advice, on all chemical and raw material related projects, standards and protocols.

• Minimum 5 years experience in the chemical and raw materials analysis, management and control for use in consumer products.
• Proven experience in programme management and influencing people.
• Proven experience in chemical and raw material control processes.
• Proven experience in QA/QC functions and controls in a high volume business.
• Experience in the manufacturing or control of consumer goods and their quality assurance.
• Experience in toy manufacturing is an advantage, but not essential.
• Ability to use metrics to analyse trends, potential impact etc.
• Proven ability to work within different cultures and effective working internationally.
• At least a degree or equivalent in a science based subject.
• Proven manufacturing management capability to optimize suppliers’ performance.
• Good communicator with excellent interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Excellent planning and process re-engineering ability.
• Analytical and logical thinker
• Good spoken and written English.
• Mandarin speaking would be an advantage, but not essential
• A high level of ethics and integrity
• Open to new ideas and change
• Team Player
• Able and willing to travel.

ABOUT THE MARKETING STORE AND HAVI 

The Marketing Store is a global customer engagement agency that brings people and brands closer together. Our community of creators, thinkers, inventors and doers deliver award winning work and products that reach over 110 million customers every single day. 

Our parent company, HAVI, is a global, privately held company that delivers expertise and experience across analytics, packaging, sourcing, supply chain and logistics. They offer data-based insights and services that combine a strategic, long-term view with an unmatched commitment to execution. 

WHO DO WE WORK WITH 

We are proud to work with a growing roster of brands, our most long-standing being McDonald’s. We partner with them globally to deliver promotional agency services as well as supply chain and sourcing solutions. For two consecutive years McDonald’s has awarded us with its prestigious Global Supplier of the Year award, in respect of our sourcing and supply chain solutions for the Global Happy Meal Product. This award had never been awarded to the same supplier successively and is something we are immensely proud of! 

Outside of McDonald’s we work with a number of other recognizable clients and partners across our global network. Including adidas, T-Mobile, BP, Disney (as part of McDonald’s Happy Meal), Nissan, Mitsubishi and o2.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION STATEMENT: 

At The Marketing Store and HAVI we encourage all our people to ‘Bring Your Own Voice’ (BYOV)! We prioritize building an accessible, equitable and inclusive culture that cultivates belonging. By investing in this culture alongside professional development, we aim to empower our people to produce their best work. 

We, like many others, are on a journey to become a deeply inclusive organization. Recognized as producing innovative, inclusive products and services and as a top place to grow. As such, we continue to learn and un-learn, inclusively amplify the voices of all people and restlessly evolve. 

If you want your ideas heard, to grow authentically and to contribute to an inclusive and forward-thinking culture - then bring us your voice!