Operations Director

We are seeking an experienced Operations Director to lead our operations in South Korea.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the reliable, efficient, and cost-effective supply of finished goods and advertising materials in South Korea.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing demand and supply planning, inventory, customer service, logistics partner management, and operational budgeting
• Implementing Red Bull standards and continuously improving transparency, flexibility, service, and cost performance
• Leading relationships with third-party logistics, warehousing, and distribution partners
• Supporting procurement strategies, tenders, supplier negotiations, and contract implementation
• Coaching, developing, and engaging direct reports and Operations stakeholders

Requirements:

• Proven experience in an operations or supply chain role with responsibility for logistics, warehousing, distribution, planning, and customer service
• Experience in a high-volume international FMCG environment
• Demonstrated ability to deliver service, cost, inventory, and operational performance against KPIs and SLAs
• Strong relationship and partner-management skills across internal stakeholders, customers, suppliers, and 3PL providers
• People leadership, coaching, and team-development capability
• Strong commercial, numerical, and analytical skills, including advanced Microsoft Excel capability
• Experience with S&OP, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, tenders, and supplier negotiations
• Project management and continuous-improvement experience, with a practical and proactive problem-solving approach
• Clear written and verbal communication, resilience under pressure, and ability to prioritise in a fast-paced global organisation
• Working knowledge of ERP systems; SAP SD and MM experience is an advantage
• AI tools usage experience is desirable (copilot, claude, gemini, chatgpt, etc.)
• Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Business, or a related discipline
• Korean and English, both written and spoken