Unilever Ethiopia
Vacancy Announcement

Position: Manufacturing Manager (Third Party Manufacturing)

JOB SUMMARY
• Support the development of and execution of the cross category 3PM strategy for East Africa.
• Lead and project manage capability trials and technology build at 3 PM’s related to innovation, outsourcing, and savings initiatives including project planning, in partnership with appropriate functional stakeholders (technology, R&D, local)
• Enable information management and cost-opportunity decision making for E2E SC analysis. Partner with procurement to perform make/buy analysis, develop 3PM supplier segmentation model aligned with business needs, maintain trusted supplier list, and build/maintain relationships with strategic 3PM partners
• Monitor and improve 3PM performance management including cost, quality, safety and service. Specifically partner with finance and procurement to ensure proper cost controls in place around stock management and purchase price variance
• Drive improvement opportunities via partnership with 3PM’s on manufacturing losses, cost-technology-product-material benefits, drive gross margin improvement program for all categories related to 3PM sourcing opportunities
• Act as non-commercial relationship lead with 3PM’s, interface between 3PM and functional UL support
• Business partner functional stakeholders (BD, R&D, etc) for Home care, Personal care and Foods and Refreshments as related to 3PM sourcing activity in East Africa
• Work with Trio team on buy/deploy innovation opportunities in East Africa
• Manage long term capacity as related to 3PM’s, feed into overall SC LTCP for the category

How to Apply:
• Applicants who fulfill the above criteria can apply through the below link before the deadline.
• https://unilever.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=200001Y3&tz=GMT%2B03%3A00&tzname=Asia%2FBaghdad
• Application Deadline: April 13, 2020
KEY REQUIREMENTS
• A Technical Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years’ experience in Supply Chain, Technology, Engineering, Research &Development processing or Manufacturing role
• Proven experience in technology evaluation and delivering to business needs
• Excellent understanding of an integrated supply chain network.
• Excellent understanding of financial drivers, including make or buy analysis and decision making
• Strong Customer Service orientation
• In-depth project management skills
• In depth understanding of SAP and cost centre links