Logistics Shift Leader - Unilever Leadership Internship Program

Scope: BUL

Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Terms & Conditions: Internship on shift basis (mainly A shift) and 6 days per week.

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

Job purpose

Key purpose of this role is to manage Raw & Packaging Materials as well as Finish Goods across the factory through proactive communication. Dealing directly with supply chain partners inside and outside the factory (Supply planning, Production, 3PL, Finance, Safety, Quality, and Customer Service) to nurture all kinds of agility and responsiveness where cost optimization is a main

objective.

Leading BUL Factory Logistics RPM & Finish Goods operations. Monitoring all warehousing, transportations, logistics distribution cost, governance, and supporting logistics excellence agenda. In addition, accountable to deliver logistics safety, quality, labor optimization, business waste reduction, customer service, continuous improvement projects and sustainability improvements.

What will your main responsibilities be

• Ensure materials availability on time and in full for production lines within the required conditions.

• Ensure distribution of products on time and in full within the required conditions. 

• Manage internal logistics warehouse management system (WMS) and all SAP transactions.

• Determine and optimize the warehouse and transport capacity with 3PL’s, do performance management for all 3PLs.

• Ensure all operations in Warehouse and Distribution are within the agreed SHEQ and food safety guidelines of Unilever.

• Conduct periodic stock count and reconcile physical, 3PL and UL system stocks to ensure stock accuracy.

• Building the weekly manpower schedule for the contractors based on volume/number of shifts.

• Monitor RPM daily call off & pull-out.

• Monitor and organize FIFO applications in the warehouse operations, avoid business waste and follow shelf-life requirements of the markets. 

• Monitor Booking of direct shipment fleet and export container.

• Support Regional Logistics Excellence team on supply chain savings projects.

• Manage the effective processing of supplier invoices and payments to 3PLs, customer claims.

• Responsible for custom clearance in operations where it is not managed by 3PL.

• manpower schedules in weekly basis and updating 3rd party employee’s attendance trackers based on weekly plan.

• Reporting all concerns and breakdown of MHE used in BOF for finished goods operations.

What you need to succeed

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, supply chain or any relevant degree.

• 0-1 year of experience.

• Fluent in English

• Good analytical skills, willingness to learn and strong aptitude for communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively within a cross-functional team.

• Strong business acumen.

Skills

• Team Commitment

• Excellent communication skills

• Proficiency in MS Office applications

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.

  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.

  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

A Unilever é uma organização comprometida com equidade, inclusão e diversidade para impulsionar nossos resultados de negócios e criar um futuro melhor, a cada dia, para nossos diversos funcionários, consumidores globais, parceiros e comunidades. Acreditamos que uma força de trabalho diversificada nos permite igualar nossas ambições de crescimento e impulsionar a inclusão em todo o negócio. Na Unilever estamos interessados em cada indivíduo trazendo seu "Eu como um todo" para o trabalho e isso inclui você! Assim, se você precisar de algum suporte ou requisitos de acesso, nós o encorajamos a nos aconselhar no momento de sua inscrição para que possamos apoiá-lo através de sua jornada de recrutamento.