Associate Director, Business Planning

About the Job

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Business Management
Strategic Planning & Translation
-    Translate COO strategic priorities into structured, actionable plans by defining direction, key milestones, timelines, and expected outcomes.
Project Feasibility & Resource Assessment
-    Evaluate project feasibility by assessing resource availability, team capacity, and organizational readiness.
Decision Support to COO to ensure projects align with business strategy and priorities
-    Partner closely with the COO to provide insights, structure proposals, and support informed strategic decision-making, including defining success criteria. Ensure alignment with timelines, priorities, and quality standards.
 
PMO / Project Governance by collaborating with Project Management Team
Governance Framework & Standards, establish project management methodologies, standards, and frameworks
-    Define and standardize project structures, goals, roles, resource allocation, cost control, and ways of working across projects. 
PMO System & Continuous Improvement
-    Develop and implement standard tools, templates, and governance processes to continuously enhance planning and execution frameworks.
Monitor project portfolio progress at an overall level
-    Identify and escalate critical risks or issues.
Project Prioritization & Portfolio Management
-    Maintain a holistic view of all COO initiatives, recommend prioritization based on business needs and constraints, and support resource allocation.
Reporting & Performance Insights
-    Provide consolidated reporting on progress, risks, and resource gaps and highlight key issues and recommend corrective actions.
Leadership & Stakeholder Management
-    Act as a key partner to COO.
-    Drive strategic initiatives and cross-functional alignment on goals, expectations, and deliverables to meet the deadline.
-    Support COO communication and drive key decision among multiple stakeholders.
-    Organize regular review meetings with COO and leadership team
-    Develop PMO team capability.

Requirements

-    Bachelor’s Degree or above in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or related disciplines.
-    Minimum 10-15 years of relevant experience, including Strategic planning / business planning / consulting, Project, program, or portfolio management (PMO environment).
-    Deep understanding of end-to-end supply chain and business planning cycle, from product planning, demand forecasting, and sourcing, through to production, distribution, and final sell-out.
-    Proven ability to integrate business strategy with supply chain planning and execution, ensuring effective alignment across planning, operations, and commercial teams.
-    Proven experience in leading cross-functional or enterprise-wide initiatives.
-    Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders, including executive leadership (e.g. COO level).
-    Strong experience in driving cross-functional alignment and collaboration.
-    Demonstrated leadership capability in managing teams, leading change, and driving results.
-    Strategic thinking with strong execution mindset.
-    Ability to operate effectively in complex, fast-paced, and ambiguous environments.
-    High level of ownership, accountability, and resilience.
-    Excellent in written and spoken English and Chinese (include Mandarin).