Unilever is currently hiring forSourcing and Innovation Planner

Function: Supply Chain

Reports to: Strategic & Innovation  Planning Manager

Scope: Chile

Location: Chile- Oficina Vitacura

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.

Reporting to the Strategic & Innovation Manager, the Innovation and Sourcing Planning role is suitable for a skilled and ambitious Supply Chain professional, with previous expertise in other Supply Chain cells. As the WL1 custodian of the category’s innovation process, the role requires good communication skills, financial acumen and strong category Supply Chain knowledge. This role is responsible for landing all Innovations for the Category, and in exceptional cases renovations where a lead is required. The role is also responsible for Sourcing Strategies for the applicable category, looking after any lane changes, new SU identification and resilience for their portfolio.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

INNOVATION PLANNING:

• Supply Chain lead for Innovation until Target Launch date, working with Marketing and R&D leads in the Innovation trio team.
• Works with innovation project teams to develop and update networks for projects.
• Represents E2E SC and Capabilities Organisation in project network meetings
• Ensures Supply Chain input, after consultation with CM, MCO Planning, SU Processing and Logistics teams, is factored into networks until Target Launch Date and that SC tasks are executed on time.
• Leads make or buy study and engages Transformation Engineer/SU  to lock capacity and sourcing strategy to land innovations.
• Engages SU team to verify innovation capability and, where capability does not exist, ensures Capex requirements have been shared by SU Process for use in the Business case support process.
• Ensures each project has a completed Innovation Assumption Document (IAD) and, liaises with the Demand Planner, to interrogate the robustness of the volume assumptions.
• Provides SC input on projects business cases: Capex, Conversion costs, Landed costs (for imports), write-off estimates and interrogates Business Case assumptions
• Responsible for the sign-off on SC Golden Rules by the local SC MCO ahead of gate-keeping meetings and sign off by SC stakeholders where any deviations.
• Schedules RMPM lead times into network as per input from Inventory Specialist and E2E Planner, to ensure orders are placed by factory scheduler/Supply planner on time.
• Co-ordinate RMPM and FG transitioning with Inventory Specialist, E2E Planners, who are responsible for local transition management planning.
• Ensures timely initiation and completion of master data workstream in the adhoc systems.

SOURCING:

• Complete Sourcing Studies upon request. Comparisons of the landed costs of multiple sourcing sites for a particular MSO customer. This includes a consideration of formulation and capital outlay, should it be necessary. Once complete, sign off the recommendations with the relevant MSO. Execution by relevant MSO.
• Ensures Sourcing Planner, MSO and SU have signed off on ICSA; and ICQA has been signed off by regional Quality team and SU/3P with follow-up Risk Assessment scheduled.
• Drives the Finished goods resilience agenda for the category across MSO. Determines resilience opportunities for A and B skus. Execution of resilience workstreams by MSO.
• Coordinates the ongoing resilience workstreams required for business continuity

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• 2-5 Years in Supply Chain operations or Business Analyst role
• Technical background advantageous

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Strong written and verbal English mastery
• Business case development
• Scenario planning
• Strong planning skills, or a strong attitude to planning (foresight, accuracy, attention to detail)
• Finance and business acumen
• Project management
• Team coordination / leadership
• Advanced Microsoft & Digital skills, (Excel, Powerpoint, Microsoft Project, Copilot mastery)

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.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Hybrid position. 2-3 days per week in-office attendance.

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