Factories Supply & Innovations Planner

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Job Title: Factories Supply & Innovations Planner

Location: Port Sunlight Factory (Site based)

JOB PURPOSE

The Factories Supply & Innovation Planner would be required to lead assigned supply planning activities, delivering a high level of customer service, whilst balancinginventory and optimising costs across the end-to-end supply chain network.

An additional requirement of the Home Care (HC)Factories Supply & Innovation Planner would be to represent SU planning on all HCInnovations and toprovide planning support to the Transformation project teams to ensure project deliverables are aligned with our future operational requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Accountabilities

• Dispatch Planning

Timely and accurate despatch of packed stock and bulk product to UK and various worldwide customers.

• Scheduling

Short-term detailed line scheduling and creation of weekly production plan.

Creation of a medium-term master production schedule for a group of packing lines.

• Innovation Planning

Responsible for planning the flow of new products and materials into the sourcing units, and the phasing out of de-listed products and materials. Management of new projects/innovations including minimising obsolescence and write-offs.

• Material Planning

Responsible for calling-off raw and packaging materials in line with production plans and managing material flows into the factory while managing stock levels.

• Customer Service and Inventory Management

Reporting and forecasting of supply chain data and project / WCM support.

• Stakeholder Management

Communicating and to key stakeholders when making important decisions. Escalating and requesting support when needed.

Identity

1. Working across three distinctHC factories including a global Capsules factory as well as a Sulphonation plant.

2. Close collaboration with the ‘hole in the wall’ bottle supply operation for HC packaging materials.

3. Reviewing logistics needs for dispatching finished goods via trailers and containers and optimising live loading and offsite export consolidation.

4. Very high level of Innovation and Transformation projects being implemented across the PSL HC network in addition to capacity expansion activities to align with the volume growth on the current portfolio.

Deliverables

• Customer Service in line with Dispatch Rate target
• Finished Good stock levels in line with service and inventory targets
• Raw and packaging material stock levels in line with service and inventory targets
• Output Reliability targets
• Volume Conformance at >95%
• Plans aligned to operational run strategy andDBNR
• Improve costs in line with targets, delivering both savings, and improved resilience
• OTIF delivery of HCInnovations to the factories.

ALL ABOUT YOU

Skills & Capabilities

• Aptitude for Problem Solving
• Strong Analytical Skills
• High standard of Communications
• Ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity
• Good business and financial awareness
• Proactively seeks feedback on own performance
• Ability to understand, produce, and interpret large amounts of data
• Demonstrated ability to use ERP planning systems
• Understanding of FMCG manufacturing environment and markets
• Computer literacy and strong excel skills
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload
• Experience of working in other Supply Chain business functions (e.g. procurement, operations, project engineering etc.)

Behaviours

• Unilever and PSL Standards of Leadership practice and behaviours
• Strong results delivery
• Open to feedback from others
• Questions the status quo
• Stimulates thinking 
• Approachable
• Supports and challenges others
• Observes, notices what is happening in their environment
• Connects others to bigger Unilever/PSL picture
• Strong team player
• Strong customer orientation
• Proactive and flexible attitude.

NOTES

About Unilever

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’.

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We want to push boundaries, and have the flexibility needed to keep adapting in an ever-changing, more dynamic world. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

As part of your hiring journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments, to improve your recruitment experience.

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