Agriculture is all about balance. The balance that is crucial to everyone's existence - also applies to our Agricultural Solutions division. We connect innovative thinking with practical action to find the right balance for success - for farmers, agriculture, and future generations. With seeds and traits, crop protection and digital solutions, we help farmers produce food more efficiently, protect the land and meet the needs of society. To further develop and grow this ambition we are looking for a Global Business Expert Procure-2-Pay for Supply Chain. You will be part of the Global Supply Chain Process Excellence team with members located in Europe, Asia, North America and South America.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Implementing new organizational and / or technical concepts for Procure-to-Pay processes, with a strong focus on standardization, simplification, and automation. Ensuring end-to-end integration and alignment with relevant stakeholders, including Global Process Owners. Facilitating and contributing to change and test management activities.
• Driving innovation and automation initiatives using technologies e.g., RPA and AI. Continuously identifying high-value automation opportunities, assessing business impact, and partnering with IT to design and implement scalable solutions.
• Tracking and ensuring adherence to business rules and processes, including monitoring via KPIs, process mapping tools, and reports with focus on end-to-end inbound and procurement performance.
• Leading regional, sub-regional, and local procure-to-pay key-user communities, to enforce continuous communication and best practice exchange.
• Leading projects or project workstreams with cross-organizational or cross-functional aspects, such as S/4HANA implementation, digital process transformation, or supply chain integration of acquired businesses, with focus on operational purchase order management, supplier integration, and inbound supply processes. Ensuring integration between procure-to-pay and supply chain processes (e.g. inbound logistics, inventory, finance), managing dependencies and interfaces.
• Executing key-user and end-user support in procure-to-pay and inbound execution, including issue resolution in day-to-day business, training, monitoring activities, and data maintenance, while continuously identifying opportunities to reduce manual effort through automation.

Job Requirements:

• Have a Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, IT, or a related field.

• Have 8+ years of progressive experience in Supply Chain, Procurement or IT, with a strong focus on Procure-to-Pay processes.

• Have deep knowledge of Supply Chain and Procurement processes (source-to-contract, procure-to-pay), inbound logistics and supplier interaction. Understand cross-process integration, especially between procurement, logistics, and finance.

• Have experience using analysis and monitoring tools such as SAP transactions, BW applications, and data lake queries to identify automation and improvement opportunities.
• Have detailed knowledge of Microsoft standard applications, SAP ERP, and related tools for procure-to-pay purposes, as well as the capability to use tools such as Signavio for process mapping, design, mining, and optimization.
• Have strong knowledge of state-of-the-art automation technologies, including RPA, AI-enabled solutions, workflow tools, and process mining, and are eager to stay current with emerging trends and practical business applications.
• Are fluent in English language (verbal and written) and have excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to interact effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Have experience contributing to projects or leading workstreams, by combining process excellence with digital and automation-driven improvements.
• Ability to travel up to 15% (domestically and internationally)

About BASF in Malaysia

BASF has been present in Malaysia since 1989, and operates a manufacturing plant in Pasir Gudang, Johor. BASF’s Regional Service Hub in Kuala Lumpur provides functional support services to BASF companies in 20 markets across Asia Pacific. BASF also provides infrastructure and utilities support services to its joint ventures BASF PETRONAS Chemicals and Toray BASF Resins at an integrated Verbund site situated in the Gebeng Industrial Zone, Pahang. BASF posted sales to customers in Malaysia of approximately €340 million in 2024 and had 2,579 employees as of the end of the year. Further information is available on www.basf.com/my