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Logistics & Digital Transformation Lead - North Africa & Middle East
Company profile
At Unilever you are more than your job title, you are part of the world's most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us
We produce world-leading brands including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann's and Omo, alongside trusted local names and innovative-forward thinking brands like Ben & Jerry's, The Dollar Shave Club and Surf.
Be part of the most successful purpose-led business in the world. Have the opportunity to see the true impact that you're having in the work you do - every small thing counts.
Job Scope:
- To drive the initiatives of centralized coordination, tracking & monitoring of all day to day activities related to transportation, for enhancing customer experience and achieving best in-class operational efficiency.
- Act as a key link between factory/depot staff in North Africa & Middle East countries & transport planning team to coordinate and execute day-to-day operations in the most optimum and efficient manner.
- Provide key inputs to planning team based on real time data on truck utilization, lead time tracking, truck turnaround time, direct dispatch efficiencies, modes of transportation & transporter KPI compliance report to achieve excellence in execution.
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
Improving Operational Efficiencies: Monitor, track & coordinate for the various logistics related activities for day to day operational efficiency & analysis.
- Key point of contact for all transport related issues for North Africa & Middle East business units.
- Ensure shipment planning on time in full, tendering loads to transporters.
- Responsibility of managing the Logistics Digital transformation projects.
- Focal point between Logistics, Digital supply chain team and IT.
- Responsible on North Africa & Middle East financials and its KPIs.
- Map down the current Logistics Process and identify areas which could be automated or digitized.
- Accountability on Transportation cost, ensure accurate provisions are created in system.
- Track deliveries and ensures service levels at distribution centers/factories.
- Track carrier reliability, conducts operational meetings with carriers.
- Coordinates with Customer Service teams to manage any issues at customer receiving.
- Monitor transport-related service losses & feedback to the planning lead for analyzing and plugging these loss gaps.
- Monitor dedicated fleet & direct deliveries from factory.
- Monitor and ensure compliance of right truck type for the right load/route for primary and secondary transportation.
- Ensure efficiencies and strict compliance for direct dispatch, loading/unloading operations etc.
- Monitor and execute lead time reduction by coordinating with transporter/ factory and warehouse teams in NAME countries
- Lead transport execution specialists based out of all the business units in NAME.
Requirements
Key Competencies & Skills:
Essential:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- 4-8 years of work experience in Supply Chain/Digitalization/Logistics
- Fluent English, preferably in Arabic and French
- Proficiency in MS Office applications, Power BI
- Understanding of W&T management practices, distribution network & channels
- Strong communication skills
Preferred:
- SAP or any ERP system knowledge is preferable
- Strong working knowledge of supply chain processes.
About the Company
Unilever is one of the leading FMCG company with 400 brands spanning 14 categories of home, personal care and foods products, no other company touches so many people's lives in so many different ways.
Our brand portfolio has made us leaders in every field in which we work. It ranges from much-loved world favourites including Lipton, Knorr, Dove and Omo, to trusted local brands such as Blue Band and Suave.
From comforting soups to warm a winter's day, to sensuous soaps that make you feel fabulous, our products help people get more out of life.
We're constantly enhancing our brands to deliver more intense, rewarding product experiences. We invest €1 billion every year in cutting edge research and development, and have five laboratories around the world that explore new thinking and techniques to help develop our products.