Planning Assistant

Other
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
January 11, 2024
Full Time
Application deadline closed.

Job Description

About Unilever

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

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. The main objective of this role is to manage end-to-end material requirement planning process by ensuring continuous supply of all raw and packing materials to avoid any out-of-stock situation. In addition, the incumbent is also responsible for inventory and business waste management for the assigned category.

What Will Your Main Responsibilities Be

  • Support on material requirement planning of raw and packaging materials.
  • Ensure availability of all RMPMs across category at the right quantity and time as per stock holding policy.
  • Ensure RMPM forecast, and purchase order is shared on time to suppliers.
  • Drive on time material delivery for innovation and participate on project team meetings.
  • On time Purchase Order Creation, tracking and closing.
  • Maintain effective lines of communications with suppliers to ensure performance is at optimal level.
  • Support on production planning and scheduling across categories.
  • Tracking of production plan Vs actual to drive performance.
  • On time sharing and closure of production orders to meet demand forecast.
  • Maintain optimal safety stock of finished goods to meet market demand.
  • Manage Working capital and inventory targets to agreed management levels.
  • Closely monitor high risk materials and ensure mitigation plan is in place
  • Monitor stock optimization to meet agreed stock levels.
  • Identify obsolete material risk ahead of time and initiate necessary action to avoid business waste.

What You Need To Succeed

Experiences & Qualifications

Essential

  • University degree.
  • 1-2 Years in Supply Chain operations.
  • Experience in FMCG Supply Chain (Planning, Customer Service, Logistics).
  • Experience on SAP ERP, APO.
  • Experience in managing suppliers and 3PLs.
  • Proficient in MS office application (excel, word, power point, outlook).
  • Exposure to purchase to payment cycle.

Skills

  • Stakeholder Management
  • Business Acumen
  • Change Management
  • Problem solving
  • Negotiation
  • Business partnering
  • Effective communication

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.

Additional Information

Office-based role

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.