BACKGROUND:
Unilever produces high quality and affordable home care, personal care and food brands that are sold in over 190 countries worldwide. We have a long-standing history of building up businesses and working with emerging consumers in different countries. Unilever opened its office & Factory in Ethiopia in the year 2014 to engage in manufacturing consumer products.
Purpose of the role
1. Network ownership and development (Innovation, Sourcing establishment or Routing Changes)
· Develop the network for Innovation and/or the sourcing setup or change.
· Supply planner should confirm order and production lead time to feed into service level agreements in sourcing confirmation by SKU
2. Capacity
· Inputs into Long Term Capacity and via the demand supply reconciliation process for Africa cluster using demand input from the brand team (24months +)
· Understands via the demand supply reconciliation and CPT’s the areas where additional capacity is required/there is excess capacity and supports these by strategically importing/exporting as required
· Supports the Strategic Project Planner in the need for incremental 3P capacity, UL capacity (including challenging OEE assumptions), import capacity & actions to appropriate organization.
· Use input from key stakeholders to build strong capabilities in long-term capacity planning and reporting
· Identifies the need for incremental 3P capacity, UL capacity (including challenging OEE assumptions), import capacity & actions to appropriate organization. Will ensure capacity investment is procured as required and approved (12months +).
· Identifying and securing sufficient, suitable and efficient supply options either local, import or third party for Africa Innovation projects.
· Conducts industrial strategy reviews to identify potential debottlenecking opportunities as well as investment requirements linked to ongoing capacity requirements.
3. Smart Savings:
Smart sourcing - Sourcing Network Optimization
· Execute (and input into) sourcing strategy as determined by the Category SC team. Owner of sourcing strategies for the product group.
· Drives mid to long term (12-24 months) planning process improvements and optimization of SC cost.
· Develop capacity and constraint models for supply networks and use optimization and simulation techniques to improve existing network performance in addition to recommending and driving design changes.
· Execute sourcing strategy as determined by the Category SC team as well as proposes changes to existing sourcing routes that will drive business value and GM improvements.
4. Resilience
5. Service
· Support short-term crises around regional sourcing, stock positions and volume allocation.
· Logistics, Supply Chain (APICS etc) qualification an advantage
· Experience in FMCG Supply Chain (Procurement, Planning, Customer Service, Logistics)
· Commercial/Financial acumen
· Cross functional business process knowledge
· Strong Influencing and stakeholder management skills
other required skills
· 5-10 Years in Supply Chain operations or Business Analyst role
· Strong written and verbal communication
· The ability to conduct cost/benefit analysis
· Business case development
· Modelling techniques and methods
· Leadership
· Strong planning skills, or a strong attitude to planning (foresight, accuracy, attention to detail)
· Foundation awareness of finance and business acumen