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With more than 165 years of ingredient innovation, we partner with leading food and beverage brands to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products enjoyed by millions of people every day. Combining expertise in sweetening, mouthfeel and fortification, we help customers win on taste, nutrition and performance while making a positive impact on society and the planet. With approximately 5,000 colleagues across 75 locations in 38 countries, we're united by a shared commitment to innovation, collaboration and growth. Read on to learn how this opportunity can contribute to our purpose while helping shape the future of food.\nWhat You’ll Be Doing\nLead data analysis projects, providing in-depth insights and recommendations into sales performance, pipeline management, customer trends and market opportunities to maximise revenue generation.\nDevelop and maintain advanced sales forecasting models to predict future sales performance, supporting strategic planning.\nDesign and implement process improvement initiatives that streamline Sales Operations activities and enhance the overall efficiency of the sales cycle within the team.\nMentor and guide junior team members, providing training and support on best practices in data analysis, reporting and tool utilisation.\nManage the integration and optimisation of CRM systems and other sales tools, ensuring they are functional and assisting with resolving technical issues.\nSupport the annual sales planning process, offering data insights to inform target-setting, resource planning and performance monitoring for the team.\nSalesforce & Commercial Tools Leadership\nAct as the China Salesforce lead, driving adoption, governance, and compliance\nManaging, maintaining, and training on SFDC\nDevelop dashboards and reports to provide actionable business insights \nPartner with AP/Global Salesforce team to manage system enhancements, user support, and ongoing initiatives \nCustomer Segmentation and RTM\nPartner with China commercial teams to execute customer segmentation and develop a framework for and support regular business review deck and data.\nDistribution RTM Support\nProcess Optimisation\nDrive and implement process standardization and best practices.\nLocation\nThis role is assigned to be based in Xuhui District, Shanghai\nWhat You’ll have\nBachelor’s degree in a relevant field\nIdeally 8+ years of sales operation role in the food & beverage industry, good business acumen & hands-on operation experience\nAbility to influence in a matrix organization\nComprehensive knowledge of Sales Operations best practices and analytics, with full knowledge of methodologies, processes, practices, and atypical issues within sales.\nLargely able to operate independently, though may seek guidance on atypical or complex Sales Operations issues. Able to coach juniors on technical and operational matters in a specialism.\nAccountable for own targets and reviewing work of juniors.\nFrequently conducts detailed analysis and investigation to identify customized solutions for customers, determine best options, or suggest improvements to existing methods.\nThis role involves initiating communication with cross-functional teams to address and resolve shared issues, collaborate on processes or transactions, and interpret or clarify technical information to enhance understanding.\nWhat We Can Offer \nBase salary with Annual Incentive Plan\nComprehensive medical coverage\nExposure to working for a multi-national organization.\nOpportunity to partner with various functional leaders globally.\nLinkedIn Learning\nMembership in Employee Resource Groups (Professional Women’s Network, LGBTQ+, Black Employee Network, Veterans’, Mental Health)\nMental health and well-being support via Mental Health First Aiders & Employee Assistance Program\nLocal volunteering opportunities (where applicable)\nTate & Lyle is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of an inclusive workforce.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4502,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Singapore","iso":"SG","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T13:05:37Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":22,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.484,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":42,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:7","stale_co","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-21T05:46:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/tateandlyle-commercial-ops-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/tateandlyle-commercial-ops-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-21T12:40:17Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":17912,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1817011},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1817011"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ftateandlyle-commercial-ops-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ftateandlyle-commercial-ops-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ftateandlyle-commercial-ops-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/tateandlyle-commercial-ops-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ftateandlyle-commercial-ops-manager"}]}