Shalen Aik

• Drove commercial growth of Wilmar’s Singapore B2B and foodservice segment, expanding key accounts and acquiring new customers across multi-category portfolio including sugar, rice, edible oils, grains, flour and dairy products etc.

• Oversaw vegetable oils, soft oils, and specialty fats portfolios for Singapore and long-haul markets across North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), the Americas (Savannah, Guatemala, Chile, Brazil, Peru), Turkey, Israel, and Ukraine. • Handled a portfolio covering margarine, coconut oil, cocoa butter equivalents (CBE), cocoa butter substitutes (CBS), cocoa butter replacers (CBR), and filling fats, supporting global chocolate and confectionery manufacturers. • Highly competent in using Power BI for sales reporting and analytics.

• Supported regional B2B phosphate additive sales across APAC, managing distributor-led business covering Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, China, and Vietnam. • Leveraged Salesforce analytics to support pipeline tracking, performance reporting, and account insights.

• Awarded Rising Elite Award for closing 12+ client cases within the first 3 months, exceeding early sales targets through proactive prospecting and client engagement.

•Co-author for publication of research paper titled “Calcium triggered self-assembly of alginate-graft POEGMA via RAFT for the encapsulation of lipophillic actives” and “The effective treatment of multi-drug resistant tumors with self-assembling alginate copolymers”. •Performed polymer synthesis, purification, polymer encapsulation and analysis using methods including Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP), Reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization (RAFT), 1H NMR, GPC, static light scattering (SLS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS).

• Co-author for publication of research paper titled “Selective and sensitive sensors based on molecularly imprinted poly(vinylidene fluoride) for determination of pesticides and chemical threat agent simulants”. • Achieved grade A for Final Year Project titled "Development of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Sensors for On-Site Rapid Analysis of Pesticides".