Supply Planner - UFS

Unilever is currently hiring for Supply Planner UFS!

Function: Supply Chain

Reports to: Category Planning Manager

Work Level: WL1

Location: Lahore, Foods Factory

Terms & Conditions: Full-Time

Job Purpose

Manage Master Production Schedule & Material Requirement Planning for UFS Category to achieve the required Service Levels, with optimum level of stocks and business waste.

What Will Your Main Responsibilities Be

Material Requirement Planning & Inventory Management:

• Responsible for ensuring raw materials and packaging material availability as per norms
• Managing inventory as per A, B, C classes
• Responsible for updating week on week material requirement planning (MRP) excel based as well as loading MPS in SAP to run system MRP
• Responsible for creation of PR for import materials as per lead time
• Responsible for PO creation for local raw materials and follow up with local supplier
• Week on Week circulation of early warning indicator to Procurement
• Responsible for following up with suppliers on ETAs of materials
  
  

Master Production Schedule

• Responsible for master production schedule ensuring covers as per Norms
• Responsible for highlighting capacity constraints
• Week on week update of master production schedule based on openings and Demand plan revisions
• Responsible to ensure daily plan compliance and mitigation of any issues pertaining to RM/PM during the production week
• Maxing out production efficiency through run strategy & line optimization
  
  

Provision And Blocked Stocks

• Responsible for provisions for UFS category
• Minimization of business waste. Highlighting MOQ issues, expiries based on demand drop etc to business and finance
• Responsible to ensure system hygiene. Blocked stocks removal and coordination with relevant stake holders
  
  

Production Planning

• Responsible to share week on week production plan to foods factory and alignment with operations stake holders
• Responsible to ensure daily plan compliance and mitigation of any issues pertaining to RM/PM during the production week
• Coordinating with logistics, warehousing, local suppliers, quality and R&D for material issues/movement/release
  
  

What Will You Need To Succeed

Education & Work Experience

• Bachelors/Masters Degree in Business or Engineering
• 2+ years of experience in Supply Chain or Manufacturing.
• Proven track record of analytical thinking, stakeholder management and team management.
  
  

Skills

• Inventory Management
• Production Scheduling
• Material Resource Planning
• Capacity Planning
• Software tools (SAP, Excel)
• Conflict Resolution
• Communication Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Ability to work together with cross functional teams
  
  

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.
• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
• CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
• PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.
  
  

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicates from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment journey. Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner, Somal Khan at [email protected]

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.