Raw & Pack Planner

Job Title: Raw & Pack Planner

Location: Leeds Factory

Work-Level: 13

JOB PURPOSE

The SU Logistics Team co-ordinate the sourcing of materials, the manufacture of finished goods and the delivery to our customers, as well as holding responsibility for the material and finished goods inventory.

As part of the Supply process the purpose of this role is to cost-effectively ensure 100% availability of materials to the production lines to ensure Customer Service whilst balancing cost and inventory.

RESPONSIBILITIES

OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensures that all materials are available to meet agreed production plans whilst maintaining stocks within agreed company targets.
• Routinely prepares delivery schedule (call-offs), considering all material guidelines, supplier constraints and plan requirements.
• Examines material schedules, reviews orders and call-offs, and brings any issues to the attention of the Demand Planner/Scheduler.
• Manages the delivery schedule and negotiates short notice/urgent requirements with Suppliers, Warehouse and Security.
• Proactively negotiates, observe and maintains information flow between suppliers and Sourcing Unit personnel to maintain a responsive supply chain.
• Adherence to the weekly IVMI (Internal Vendor Managed Inventory) process, identify improvement areas.
• Work closely with suppliers and obsolete planner to ensure minimal obsolete.
• Responsible for clearing USCC DCIW Purchase order queries (invoicing and stock queries)
• Keeps suppliers regularly informed about delists and removing stock build targets to avoid obsolete materials after last productions.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Service – Ensure world class customer service from the Leeds SU.
• VR/OR – Ensure material availability to support volume out output reliability of the SU
• Cost – Minimize OLE impacts to site and minimize business waste
• Quality – Ensure product changes happen in a coordinated manner to avoid quality issues

KEY INTERFACES

• R&P Planners, Execution planners and centralized plan team
• Quality department and P&I team.

ALL ABOUT YOU

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Recent experience in R&P planning
• Advanced SAP knowledge
• Advanced MS Excel knowledge
• Analytical mindset
• Good team player

NOTES

About Unilever

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’.

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all. 

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We want to push boundaries, and have the flexibility needed to keep adapting in an ever-changing, more dynamic world. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

As part of your hiring journey, we are happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments, to improve your recruitment experience.

To find out more, including more information about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here.

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