Market Collaboration Planner

Who we are?

On any given day, 2.5 billion people globally use Unilever products to feel good, look good and get more out of life. Many of our brands are well-known, household staples and old-time favourites including Dove, Rexona, Lynx, Vaseline, OMO/Persil, Surf, TRESemmé, Continental, Ben & Jerry’s and Streets. 

We have a long tradition of being a progressive, responsible business. It goes back to the days of our founder William Lever, who launched the world’s first purposeful brand, Sunlight Soap more than 100 years ago, and it’s at the heart of how we run our company today. In 2022 Unilever Australia & New Zealand became a Certified B Corporation™ (B Corp), joining a growing network of organisations committed to galvanising a stronger, more inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy for all.  

A job at Unilever is a career made by you, with development opportunities, benefits and a working culture that embraces diversity and is pioneering flexibility. There’s no better time to join our team! 

Job Summary

This role demonstrates a mastery of handling complexity and navigating trade-offs to support the Business Unit (BU). A master of demand planning and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), this role translates insights and collaborates to ensure cross functional inputs to the creation of the forecast. They are a citizen data scientist that can use and interpret data to derive a central forecast that is unbiased accurate and aligned. Through Influence they are master orchestrators and storytellers using numbers as their language.

Role Responsibilities:

• Owns the overall volume forecast & Accountable for delivering an aligned, unbiased & accurate forecast.

• Story telling - Understand 100% and explain to Country Category Business Team (CCBT) the composition/assumptions of the volume forecast.

• Bring together stakeholders' groups to orchestrate trade of decisions to drive business performance.

• Partner with L2 in reviewing Forecast KPIs and closing gaps. Drives the improvement agenda.

• Innovation – Drive robust business case development. Track & Communicate BC evolution & performance to support inventory and Business waste optimization.

• Leads the Collaboration with Cross Functional teams to deliver the input-led volume forecast in S&OP.

• Collaborate to address product availability constraints, crisis management and gap management.

• Leads the Collaboration with Cross Functional teams to deliver the input-led volume forecast in S&OP.

• Drive Plan-by-exception as a rule within the S&OP utilizing full benefits of technology.

• Monitor adherence to forecast inputs and key metrics & drive the improvement agenda.

• Lead customer collaboration sessions weekly.

• Collaborate to address product availability constraints, crisis management and gap management.

• Support portfolio management and segmentation.

Key Accountabilities:

• Accountable for delivering an aligned, unbiased & accurate volume forecast

• Has ownership of the overall volume forecast.

• Story telling - Understand 100% and explain to BU the composition/assumptions of the volume forecast.

• Bring together stakeholders' groups to orchestrate trade of decisions to drive business performance.

• Partner with L2 in reviewing Forecast KPIs and closing gaps.

• Innovation – Drive robust business case development. Track & Communicate BC evolution & performance to support inventory and Business waste optimization.

Skills:

• Planning mastery

• Collaboration & Stakeholder management

• Influencing

• Effective communication and story telling

• S&OP and business environment understanding

• Exception based planning

Key Interactions:

• Collaborate with Customer and Channel Development (CCD), Customer Development (CD), Marketing and Finance to deliver the input-led forecast, including non-forecastable segments, innovations and local brand building for all horizons.

• Collaborate with CCD, CD, customer service and supply to address product availability constraints and crisis management.

• Collaborate with CCD, MOM, Finance and Supply for the delivery of robust business case assumptions and tracking.

• L2 Organization on forecast creation, tracking and improvement.

What awaits you at Unilever?

The core of Unilever’s culture is captured as Human, Purposeful, Accountable. You will be joining a dynamic, flexible, and inspiring work environment that truly cares about your wellbeing, values what you do and celebrates your success.

This is your opportunity to be part of a purpose-led business and a global community where you can progress your career both locally and internationally. You will also benefit from amazing discounts on external company products, attractive employee referral reward program amongst other benefits.

This is a great opportunity to work within an iconic and global organization. We have gained our reputation as one of the world's most admired employers by providing an environment where individuals can achieve their goals, both professionally and personally.

Make no mistake we expect a lot from our people as they do of us. So, if you can rise to the challenge, don't waste any time - apply now!

Unilever is an organization 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.

This means we encourage people with all backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pacific Peoples, and people with disabilities. Interested in learning more, check out our Reconciliation Action Plan and Workplace Adjustment Policy on the Unilever webpage.

At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! We encourage you to advise us at the time of your application if you require any reasonable adjustment so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.