Supply Planning Manager Job in Ethiopia by Unilever - 2015

Main Purpose of the Job

The incumbent has overall responsibility for managing Supply planning, Logistics, government relations, 3PL management, clearance, and Export Customer service.  The incumbent handles variety of jobs in Supply Chain to ensure delivery of high CCFOT at optimal costs. The main objective of the job is to ensure availability of finished goods, in addition to securing export requirements

Key Responsibilities
Customer service

• Ensure smooth running of end-to-end processes to achieve high levels of Customer Service at optimal costs.

• Drive implementation, support the following key corporate initiatives-
• CCFOT (Customer Case Fill On Time)
• ICCFOT (Inter Company Case Fill on Time)
• Sales and Operations planning business process
• CEPs (Cost Effectiveness Programs) to achieve Supply Chain savings in deliver area
• SIA (Strategy In-to Action)
• Win with Customers
• Through direct report, ensure effective running of Order to Cash cycle.
• To establish and sustain collaborative/ productive relationship with Unilever Customers.
• Establish Customer Service Agreements with export customers.
• Customer/ market visits as per agreed plan
• Gain and use understanding of customer specific knowledge to effectively manage customer relationships
• Responsible for ICCFOT improvements and continuous reduction of losses for FG import products.
Logistics, clearance and 3PL Management:

• Keep abreast with latest developments in the logistics area at local/ regional/ global level. Understand trends and apply to effectively manage capacities, costs and service.
• Effectively manage 3PL relationships, through formal performance reviews against KPIs including service levels, costs, efficiencies and loss reductions from CCFOT analysis.
• Secure the area of managing  all materials through import of raw and pack materials
• Manage all clearing agents and clearing processes 
• Manage the sale of Materials to other sites due emergencies and SLOBS.
• Manage all government relations in regards to the site operations in the country of operations.

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
• 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

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
• Optimize the forecast and order process between the factory and the suppliers (E4US)

Financial Management

• Review customer claims and settlements.
• Review supplier claims and settlements
• Timely payments to suppliers. Review outstanding payments, ageing. Resolve disputes.
• Ensure appropriate stock provisions are made in books for slobs. Ensure timely initiation of disposals to minimize losses.

General Reporting:-
• Weekly Critical Material report, Monthly Innovation update report
• Monthly Innovation risk report, Monthly Working capital forecast
• Weekly Actual shipments vs planned shipment, Site/opco specific reports

People Development:
• Define Job Skill Profiles. Map Personal Skill Profiles through direct reports for individual employees.
• Develop a Customer focussed team. Prepare development plans, targets for self, direct reports. Carryout regular performance reviews (2/ year formal), provide feedback.

 

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