Associate Strategic Integrated Planning Manager - B&W

Background & Purpose of the Job

The Associate Strategic Integrated Planning Manager – B&W plays a pivotal and highly strategic role within the B&W NA Integrated Planning organization. Reporting directly to the Head of Integrated Planning for Beauty & Wellbeing North America, this role acts as a strategic chief-of-staff, driving cross-functional priorities, shaping the Integrated Planning agenda, and amplifying the voice and impact of Integrated Planning across the business.

This role will:

• Support delivery of our full Integrated Planning agenda across people, service, inventory, and waste.
• Engage widely across factories, contract manufacturers, Supply & Demand Planning, Materials, Customer Excellence, Finance, Logistics, Innovation Planning, Strategic Planning, and Procurement.
• Lead planning, governance, and execution of Integrated Planning strategy, roadmap development, and monthly operational drumbeats.
• Craft and deliver high-impact storytelling on behalf of Integrated Planning and the Head of IP, including executive-ready narratives, leadership updates, and CO/BW Town Hall messaging.
• Support and/or own major initiatives including Zero-Based Inventory (ZBI), Segmentation, Network Transformation, PLM governance, AI & digital adoption, SLEAs & scorecards, service recovery playbooks, and simplification efforts.

The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, moves with pace, connects dots across the business, and brings an energizing combination of curiosity, influence, and strategic problem-solving. They will be trusted to represent Integrated Planning leadership at times independently and must be comfortable operating in a dynamic, grey-space environment.

Who You Are

• You’re a strategic orchestrator: You act as the connective tissue of Integrated Planning, aligning cross-functional teams, shaping priorities, and turning complex inputs into a unified direction.
• You’re a storyteller: You build compelling, executive-ready narratives that simplify complexity and help senior leaders make decisions quickly and confidently.
• You’re a dot-connector & integrator: You naturally connect planning, supply, materials, and commercial insights into a cohesive story, making you a critical partner across the end-to-end value chain.
• You thrive in ambiguity: Dynamic priorities, limited structure, and evolving business challenges energize you – not slow you down.
• You influence without authority: You bring people together, secure alignment across functions, and drive action without formal ownership.
• You lead with pace & proactiveness: You operate with urgency, anticipate needs, and stay steps ahead of the business.
• You challenge the status quo: You’re always looking for ways to simplify, improve, and elevate our ways of working.

What You’ll Do

Strategic Leadership & Governance

• Lead agendas, planning, and coordination for Integrated Planning Leadership Team connects.
• Own the Integrated Planning governance rhythm, including monthly performance drumbeats, strategic reviews, and forward-looking roadmaps.
• Drive alignment and structure around Integrated Planning strategic priorities, including service, inventory, waste, people, and digital transformation.
• Storytelling & Executive Communication
• Develop executive-ready decks, narratives, and visual storytelling for senior forums, BU Leadership, Customer Operations Town Halls, and cross-functional leadership.
• Own key message development for strategic updates, transformation programs, and performance storytelling.
• Cross-Functional Engagement
• Partner across all major nodes of the B&W E2E ecosystem, including Factories, CMs, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Materials Planning, Customer Excellence, Finance, Logistics, Innovation Planning, Strategic Planning, and Procurement.
• Serve as a connective hub to ensure alignment and clear messaging across all stakeholders.
• Program Leadership & Support

Own:

• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) governance
• Digital & AI tools adoption (Aera, Copilot, Dashboards, etc)
• SLEA scorecards & performance storytelling

Support:

• Zero-Based Inventory (ZBI)
• Segmentation (Star / Lean / Agile / Nurture) in collaboration w/ TOP Customers
• Network Transformation
• Service Recovery Playbooks
• Simplification programs

Operational Visibility & Performance Insights

• Support deep dives on service, inventory, waste, and operational performance metrics.
• Work with data owners to build insights and narratives behind IP KPIs.
• Elevate issues, risks, and opportunities with clear recommendations.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in operations / supply chain or equivalent experience required (MBA preferred but not required).
• 3-5 years’ experience in Supply Chain, ideally with visibility into planning functions.
• Proficiency with MS Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, SAP, Rapid Response.
• Demonstrated ability to simplify complexity and communicate effectively to diverse audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management, influence without authority, and cross-functional alignment skills.
• High comfort with ambiguity and priority switching.
• Strong business acumen and ability to “connect the dots” across planning, operations, and commercial teams.
• Proven ability to build relationships, drive agendas, and deliver outcomes in fast-moving environments.

------------------------------------

At Unilever, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive/succeed. All applicants will receive fair and respectful consideration, and we actively support the growth and development of every employee.

Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities.

For more information on your federal rights, please seeKnow Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.

If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at NA.Accommodations@unilever.com. Please note: This email is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses. The Protected Veterans or Individuals with Disabilities AAP narratives are available for inspection by any employee or applicant for employment Monday through Friday during normal business hours at establishment.