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Job Title: Planning Team Leader Location: Burton Factory JOB PURPOSE On-time in-full execution...
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Job Title: Planning Team Leader
Location: Burton Factory
JOB PURPOSE
- On-time in-full execution and delivery of the SU supply plan, working with procurement, logistics and customer teams.
- Working closely with the category planning team and supply chain partners to deliver a plan that achieves agreed customer service levels, inventory and obsoletes targets whilst supporting Nutrition network KPIs of minimising conversion cost and waste.
- Proactive and early identification of supply risks leads resolution with supply chain partners and ensures clear communication with the central planning team.
- Member of the Nutrition Planning leadership Team.
- Member of SU Leadership Team.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage the OTIF execution and delivery of the short and medium term FG supply plan at their site. Working with supply chain colleagues to achieve KPIs and targets.
- Generate and maintain an optimised short term line schedule that takes into account preferred sequences, known downtime and any constraints.
- Clearly communicate the line schedule to key contacts - Site Operations Team, Finished Goods Planner, R&PM Inbound Flow Planner, ensuring priorities are visible and that relevant feedback is incorporated.
- Proactively identify potential supply issues for finished goods and materials, work closely with the Production and Category Planning team to propose ways to resolve at optimal cost. Lead comms with the production team, ensuring impact and resolution are clear.
- Manage material inventories and call-offs of R&PMs with local suppliers within set inventory targets. Work closely with Hub to complete Inbound Flow Planner elements of R&PM role. Work with Procurement Operations to resolve any actual or potential supply issues.
- Manage phase in / phase out of R&P materials to ensure limited business waste and on time availability of new materials.
- Manage inbound logistics requirements. Execute outbound logistics plan, updating to reflect any short-term changes to production output. Manage stocks and requirements from 3rd party warehouses.
- Lead and support project delivery e.g. BD product innovation, R&D product change or site based manufacturing improvement initiative.
- Proactive identification of continuous improvement opportunities for site based and extended supply chain planning set-up.
- Maintaining master data set-up and integrity for relevant supply chain systems and fields. E.g. SAP APO & S1P
- Champion new ways of working. Including: Identifying and implementing best practise, aligning ways of working.
- With P&I and Project teams, develop ideas on portfolio optimization; harmonization opportunities or complexity cuts.
ALL ABOUT YOU
Professional Skills:
ESSENTIAL
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience
PREFERRED
- Supply chain qualification (APICS)
- Customer Service qualification (ICS)
Experience Required:
ESSENTIAL
- Planning and Customer Service experience
PREFERRED
- FMCG experience
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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 embrace diversity in our workforce. 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. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here
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