Demand Fulfilment Manager - Foods & UFS Pakistan

Unilever is currently hiring for DFM Foods & UFS Pakistan!

Work Level:  WL2

Reports to: Integrated Planning Lead Foods PTAB

Scope: Local - Pakistan

Location: Karachi - Pakistan

Terms & Conditions: Full Time

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JOB PURPOSE

This role is responsible to oversee and manage planning to meet service levels by balancing the resources and collaborating with the wider business. You will be responsible for navigating across short-, medium- and long-term needs, responding very quickly to internal and external stimulus to deliver across all the horizons. You should also be able to demonstrate a mastery of navigating trade-offs to bring their voice to the Business Units representing end to end planning.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Representative in BU with end-to-end demand, supply planning and customer services view for both Foods Retail and UFS businesses
• Escalations with sourcing units (on production order fulfilment) and logistics (shipment plan and transport capacity planning)
• Manage a team of Demand Planner, Supply Planners and CSMs with a portfolio of  80+ SKUs, 350+ Raw and Packaging Materials ensuring successful demand-supply reconciliation
• Successful delivery of planning KPIs including Service, CCFOT, Forecast Accuracy and Inventory DOH reduction
• Lead forecast reviews in Consensus meetings (including pre-forecast, forecast, risks & opportunities, gap closing), ensuring volume forecast is aligned with financial forecasting
• Monitor and action waste prevention – Finished Goods, Packing and Raw
• Define inventory and distribution policy guidelines and targets
• Spearheading implementation of continuous improvement programs initiated by L2 or L3 org
• Responsible of portfolio management and segmentation
• Lead the digitalization agenda including improvement of smart touch forecast adoption, implementation of AERA etc.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• 5+ Years in Supply Chain operations
• Customer Service, Planning experience
• Exposure to Order to Cash, Requisition to Payment Cycle
• Budgeting & Planning
• People Management
• Supply chain qualification and degree is an advantage

Skills

• Stakeholder management
• Planning Mastery
• Demand Planning
• Innovation Execution
• Kinaxis
• Data Driven Decision Making
• Sales and Operations Planning
• Business Acumen
• Business Partnering
• Scenario and Exception based Planning

Leadership

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
  • TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

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.