BG Planning Assistant Manager – Unilever International

JOB TITLE: BG Planning Assistant Manager – Unilever International 

DEPARTMENT: Unilever International

LOCATION: Singapore

MAIN JOB PURPOSE

Unilever International has been tasked to manage white space opportunities within Unilever with an alternate ‘Go-to-market’ model. These are small niche opportunities which the operating companies find difficult to manage due to lack of focus and sourcing complexities. The sourcing and distribution network is quite complex with 16,000+ SKUs sourced from 200+ factories including 3 PMs and supplied to 1000+ customers in 150+ countries.

This role would be responsible for managing Global Planning for the Personal Care BG. The BG is currently a 600 Mn€ business with an ambition to grow to 800 Mn€ business in the next 4 years. The role scope would encompass the following responsibilities. Therefore, to unlock the growth starting from Long Term Capacity Planning, creating resilience of the supply network and driving savings to deliver profitable growth.

• BG Supply Chain Lead for the Category.

• Running S&OP for the Category

• Sourcing Strategy & Sourcing network optimization

• Capacity Planning

• Network Management for Savings and Resilience Projects.

• Performance Management 

• Lead Digitalization for the Category

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

BG Supply Chain Lead: 

• First point of contact for the BG, with focus on Innovation, Portfolio or any Supply Chain related query.

• Realize the growth ambition of the BG and deliver the bottom-line result

• Driving and execution of the Supply Chain strategy and performance in close collaboration with all stakeholders

• Support BG with Program/Funnel reviews, as well as Gatekeeping preparation

• Regular review with Category and Clusters on Supply Plan

• Category Service review with BG

Running S&OP for Category

• Liase with Demand planning team to periodically review the demand plan for total category.

• Analyze forecast accuracy and bias and identify and implement process enhancements to improve these KPI’s.

• Coordinate monthly S&OP process to drive key decisions.

• Partner with BU teams for short term forecasting checks.

• Effective communication with all relevant stakeholders to achieve consensus on all demand plans.

Capacity Planning 

• Interlock 0-24 months capacity (medium term) with the sourcing units and cluster product group supply chain basis forecast received from the S&OP cycle.

• Interlock 2-5 yrs capacity (long term) with the Global Supply Chain team. 

• Identify UI driven CapEx requirements basis discussions with Global Supply Chain team and feedback the same to UI business and finance team for appropriate evaluation and underwriting. 

Sourcing Strategy & Sourcing network optimization

• Sign off the UI sourcing strategy with the global supply chain team. 

• Work with UI finance and Global Supply Chain teams to identify opportunities for sourcing network optimization basis predefined selection criteria (service, cost, etc) 

• Drive supply chain cost reduction through sourcing network optimization. 

Savings & Resilience

• Partner on cross functional teams to deliver Savings and Resilience projects and support the project owner in delivery.

• Lead Savings program with cross functional team.

• Represent Supply Chain and act as business partner within cross-functional teams.

• Ensure effective communication with project team & stakeholders in Marketing, Research & Development (R&D), Planning, Procurement, Quality Assurance, Factories.

• Coordinate different Supply Chain functions to ensure that all Supply Chain aspects are delivered during different project phases and gates (scoping/sourcing/capabilities/capacity/capex).

• Support Supply Chain Risk Assessments for all projects at each project stage.

• Provide Supply Chain input on overall innovation business case & support transfer price delivery from contract to market ready.

• Ensure post launch reviews take place to capture learnings and help the business continually improve how innovations are launched.

Performance Management: 

• Define and measure performance metrics for measuring effectiveness of the supply planning function. 

  • Service Level by SU 

  • Supply Plan Compliance 

  • Supply Loss Tree 

  • % of Capacity Interlocked vs. Forecast 

  • DOH (Days on Hand) – Blinkit Model

  • Slow Moving Non Moving as % of total Stocks 

  • FG write off 

  • Supply Chain Cost improvement through Sourcing Network Optimization 

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

ESSENTIAL 

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or supply chain. 

PREFERRED 

Candidates with APICS certification.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL 

• 4 to 5 yrs experience in Supply Chain out of which at least 2 yrs in supply planning 

• Strong analytical skills 

• Strong Interpersonal skills 

• Strong Digital Mindset and Skill set

PREFERRED

• FMCG experience 

• Storytelling and Influencing without Authority Skills

The roles of duties are not exhaustive and may change according to business requirements.

TO APPLY

Please apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements. Should you not meet our immediate requirements, your profile will be registered in our talent pool system, and we will match your profile to suitable future vacancies.

You will be able to access your status update through the candidate tracking link.

In line with Singapore Government regulations, we are committed to giving priority to local Singaporean candidates during our hiring process. Applications from foreign candidates will be considered if suitable local talent is not available

Thank you for your interest and application.

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