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Job Title: Factories Supply & Innovations Planner
Location: Port Sunlight Factory (Site based)
JOB PURPOSE
The Factories Supply & Innovation Planner would be required to lead assigned supply planning activities, delivering a high level of customer service, whilst balancing inventory and optimising costs across the end-to-end supply chain network.
An additional requirement of the Home Care (HC) Factories Supply & Innovation Planner would be to represent SU planning on all HC Innovations and to provide planning support to the Transformation project teams to ensure project deliverables are aligned with our future operational requirements.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Accountabilities
1. Dispatch Planning: Timely and accurate despatch of packed stock and bulk product to UK and various worldwide customers.
2. Scheduling: Short-term detailed line scheduling and creation of weekly production plan. Creation of a medium-term master production schedule for a group of packing lines.
3. Innovation Planning: Responsible for planning the flow of new products and materials into the sourcing units, and the phasing out of de-listed products and materials. Management of new projects/innovations including minimising obsolescence and write-offs.
4. Material Planning: Responsible for calling-off raw and packaging materials in line with production plans and managing material flows into the factory while managing stock levels.
5. Customer Service and Inventory Management: Reporting and forecasting of supply chain data and project / WCM support.
6. Stakeholder Management: Communicating and to key stakeholders when making important decisions. Escalating and requesting support when needed.
Deliverables
1. Customer Service in line with Dispatch Rate target
2. Finished Good stock levels in line with service and inventory targets
3. Raw and packaging material stock levels in line with service and inventory targets
4. Output Reliability targets
5. Volume Conformance at >95%
6. Plans aligned to operational run strategy and DBNR
7. Improve costs in line with targets, delivering both savings, and improved resilience
8. OTIF delivery of HC Innovations to the factories.
ALL ABOUT YOU
Skills & Capabilities
1. Aptitude for Problem Solving
2. Strong Analytical Skills
3. High standard of Communications
4. Ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity
5. Good business and financial awareness
6. Proactively seeks feedback on own performance
7. Ability to understand, produce, and interpret large amounts of data
8. Demonstrated ability to use ERP planning systems
9. Understanding of FMCG manufacturing environment and markets
10. Computer literacy and strong excel skills
11. Ability to manage and prioritise workload
12. Experience of working in other Supply Chain business functions (e.g. procurement, operations, project engineering etc.)
Behaviours
1. Unilever and PSL Standards of Leadership practice and behaviours
2. Strong results delivery
3. Open to feedback from others
4. Questions the status quo
5. Stimulates thinking
6. Approachable
7. Supports and challenges others
8. Observes, notices what is happening in their environment
9. Connects others to bigger Unilever/PSL picture
10. Strong team player
11. Strong customer orientation
12. Proactive and flexible attitude.
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