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Planning Specialist

Unilever

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3 years - 5 years

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2020-04-02

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2020-04-13

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Unilever Ethiopia
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Position: Planning Specialist - Hair Category

Job Summary
Demand Planning
• Manage the demand planning process for the relevant category for 0 -
3 months, in weekly buckets with SKU detail; by product family by month for 4-24 months and focusing on eliminating bias and improving forecast accuracy.
• Provides input into company wide demand planning processes & continuous improvement initiatives in this area.
• Attend CAP (customer activity plan) meetings for each national account and customer groups in Local Chain and GT.
• Coordinate integration of activity plans coming from CD,COM and BB on top of baseline to produce unconstrained demand
• Responsible for the creation of baseline forecast
• Highlight risk and opportunities in sales volume based on statistical analyses, activity evaluations and CD feedback.
• Develop and refine the forecasting process, models and tools leading to improved accuracy.
• Responsible for generating and improving the demand forecasts for the business by using a range of methods, including base forecasting.
• Complexity Management – regularly review SKU portfolio with extended teams (customer, finance and supply chain) and make appropriate recommendations
• Coordinate with local Brand Building and Customer Marketing teams on innovation and promotion plans & forecast, respectively
• Manage and report all the KPI’s selected for category team scorecards (Bias, inaccuracy, volume-NPS channel based, OOS levels, etc)

Supply Planning
• Ensure effective running of Requisition to payments (R-2-P) cycle.
• Establish and sustain collaborative/ productive relationship with Unilever & 3P Suppliers
• Responsible for Distribution Requirement planning for FG.
• Responsible for running stock modelling for RM,PM, and FG
• Responsible for the rough cut capacity plan and ensure that adequate investments are done to secure the required customer service level. This is in accordance to RCDSR
• Plan production according to the market requirements and maintain a live and valid master production schedule
• Optimize the production plan by implementation of the production run strategy to ensure high level of customer service
• Lead innovations across the site
• Construct project networks and lead teams from local and regional teams to ensure perfect implementation of innovations
• Ensure that site contingency plan is live and maintained
• Manage Working capital targets of site to agreed management levels

Materials Planning
• Run of the MRP(material requirement planning) of packaging, raw for the site
• Maintain Master Data integrity in the system
• Run up/ run down of all materials in times of innovations/promotions to ensure limited business waste and on time availability of new materials
• Maintain lines of communications with suppliers and supply management on the performance of suppliers
• Implement the supply management strategy on suppliers (new suppliers, delisting of suppliers)
• Optimize the forecast and order process between the factory and the suppliers (E4US)

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=200001ZQ&tz=GMT%2B03%3A00&tzname=Asia%2FBaghdad
• Application Deadline: April 13, 2020
Job Requirements
• 3-5 Years in Supply Chain Operations
• Planning experience; supply & demand planning
• Exposure to Order to Cash, Procure to Pay cycle
• Budgeting & Planning
• Cross Functional Business Understanding
• FMCG experience

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