About You
The Specialist (Senior Exec / Assistant Manager), Public Affairs is responsible to support the Head of Regional Public Affairs in the execution and implementation of strategies to build, maintain, and enhance CARSOME’s network with relevant Government stakeholders, identify potential areas of partnership between CARSOME and the Government and to coordinate the partnerships and remove bottlenecks to growth for CARSOME by engaging relevant regulatory stakeholders.
Your-Day-to-Day
- Be the bridge between key Government stakeholders and CARSOME. Also responsible for coordinating, executing, and implementing key partnerships/ projects with Government stakeholders.
- Build, maintain, and enhance CARSOME’s network/relationship with relevant Government stakeholders.
- Help to identify, arrange, and coordinate visits/ tours/ meetings/ engagements between CARSOME and key Government stakeholders such as Ministers, senior civil servants, heads of agencies, regulatory bodies, and etc.
- Identify potential areas of partnership between CARSOME and the Government and to manage/coordinate the partnerships This may include, but is not limited to, identifying, proposing, and coordinating the application and implementation of relevant Government partnerships.
- Follow up periodically and track the status of partnerships in progress.
- Remove bottlenecks to growth for CARSOME by engaging relevant regulatory stakeholders. For example, licensing issues, regulatory engagements, crisis management, and etc.
Your-Know-How
- Strong networking and project management background.
- Prior experience in Government (Ministries, Agencies, GLCs, GLICs, etc), Government-related consultancies, or Government related roles in the private sector (Public policy, Gov Relations, Public Affairs) would be appreciated.
- Specific Knowledge / Skills: Proficiency in English and the local language, networking, persuasion, presentation, communications, coordination, execution, and implementation.
- Solid understanding of how to network, communicate CARSOME'S position and interests, and coordinate the execution of partnerships
CARSOME Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CARSOME and has not been reviewed or approved by CARSOME.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Sales-facing roles can achieve high earnings via commissions and performance bonuses when targets are met. Allowances and commission frameworks in commercial roles can materially boost take-home.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical insurance is standard for full-time roles, with inpatient/outpatient and dental coverage commonly referenced. Some packages include medical check-up allowances and flexi options usable for wellness.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave offerings extend beyond basics, including parental, compassionate, marriage, and birthday leave. Additional flexibility such as hybrid or WFH is available in certain teams where role-appropriate.
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What We Do
CARSOME is Southeast Asia’s largest integrated automotive e-commerce platform. With operations across Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines, CARSOME aims to digitize the region’s used car industry by reshaping and elevating the car buying and selling experience. The company provides end-to-end solutions to consumers and used car dealers, from car inspection to ownership transfer to financing, promising a service that is trusted, convenient, and efficient. CARSOME currently transacts around 100,000 cars annually and has more than 1,700 employees across all its offices. CORE VALUES: • Customer First • Your Problem is My Problem • Yesterday's Best is Today's Baseline • Think Big, Start Small • Do More With Less • Stay Grounded • Be an Owner For more information, please visit www.carsome.com. CARSOME Sdn Bhd (1101954-M)
