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Job description / Role
Every day, around the world, people reach for Unilever products. Our brands are trusted everywhere and, by listening to the people who buy them, we've grown into one of the world's most successful consumer goods companies. In fact, 150 million times a day, someone somewhere chooses a Unilever product.
Look in your fridge, or on the bathroom shelf, and you're bound to see one of our well-known brands. We create, market and distribute the products that people choose to feed their families and keep themselves and their homes clean and fresh.
Our Corporate Strategy aims to double the size of our business without increasing our impact on the environment by 2020. As a result, in the months and years to come, we envisage many opportunities for our staff to progress and gain vital experience. It's never been such an exciting time to join the Unilever team.
We are currently looking for a Material Planner for our DPC Factory in Dubai. This role will be based in the Lipton Factory and requires candidates with specific Supply/Material Planning knowledge and preferably FMCG industry experience.
Department: Supply Chain
Job Position: Material Planner
Reports to: Asst. Supply Planning Manager
Location: Dubai (UAE)
Main purpose of the role:
- Ensure material supply (raw and packing materials) to meet the planned requirements in the short term horizon.
- Maintaining packing materials inventory to agreed policies.
- Establish and execute the material call off schedules to support production plans.
- Monitors supplier delivery performance (VMI, Call-off, and/or Order based).
- Adheres to the Supplier order policy i.e. lead times and MOQ as defined in the Service Level Agreements.
Main Accountabilities:
Material Management:
- Run Daily MRP on the agreed production plan
- Do daily call offs, follow up with the deliveries
- Responsible for keeping the material stocks at target stock level
- Quarterly updates on target stock levels through stock modelling
- Chair monthly S&OP meetings with suppliers to address operational issues and drive improvements in the process
- Ensure supplier's compliance with Unilever standards and drive improvements via MMS
- Run up/down of packaging materials in times of innovations/promotions to ensure limited business waste and on time availability of new materials
- Maintain lines of communication with suppliers and/or Supply Management on the performance of the suppliers.
- Execute savings projects in coordination with Supply Management team
- Projects
- Ensure OTIF implementation of SNC (Supply Network Collaboration)
Key Competencies:
- Passion for Growth
- Team Commitment
- Objective Analytical Power
- Influencing Others
- Developing yourself
- Being responsible and accountable
Requirements
Essential Requirements
- 1-5 Years Supply Planning/Material Planning/Import Planning required.
- Bachelors in Industrial Engineering, Engineering or Business Admin. Supply chain (APICS etc) qualification advantage
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience on ERP (S&D, MM, MPS, APO modules)
Preferred Requirements
- FMCG background is preferred
- SAP experience is preferred
- Factory Experience is a plus
Contacts:
Internal:
- Logistics, planning functions
- Supply Management Team
- R&D
- Finance department
- I.T
External:
- Packaging suppliers
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.