Demand Fulfillment Manager Foods Arabia

Job Description

Unilever is currently hiring for Demand Fulfillment Manager Foods Arabia

Function: Customer Operations

Work Level:  WL2A

Reports to: Integrated Planning Lead Foods  PTAB

Scope: Arabia

Location:

UHD

Terms & Conditions: Full Time

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  If you are an energetic, passionate individual who is competent in developing and maintaining complex forecasting models that delivers business insights while creating key performance metrics for both demand plan and S&OP effectiveness and if you want to land end-to-end planning & identifying business needs, deploying and implementing plans to deliver service, cost, and cash targets to be aligned with our #1 supplier vision & compass then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

This role works for Unilever Food Solutions and Nutrition category, where you are managing the demand planning operation. As a Demand Planning Manager, you will be expected to stand at the heart of S&OP Process where you will work closely with our customer development, marketing and sourcing unit teams to build an integrated volume and sales plan where you will coordinate sustainable improvement and delivery of key KPIs supporting best business output, and hence will manage all downstream supply chain operations. You will be owner of the volume forecast for short, mid and long term periods. You will have the responsibility of managing short term demand-supply risks and manage them proactively within your business unit.

Main responsibilities of the role are:

Improve SC performance by defining and rolling out leading edge and harmonized demand planning processes and tools, to deliver business targets- service, inventory, business waste and forecast accuracy.

Build and maintain strong working relationships across cross-functional teams, Business Units and Business Groups. Be a strong business partner with all key stakeholders to maintain trust and add value to the business.

Generate sustainable solutions to overcome operational challenges and support business growth in collaboration with business teams.

Lead supply chain disruption, interventions / supply shortage preventions by ensuring respected safety stock

Support marketing and I&P teams through innovation and simplification agenda.

Manage inventory while ensuring maximum service level & availability. Minimizing business waste risk by actively managing over and residual inventory.

Endorse future fit planning processes via increasing variety of inputs for no touch planning, as well as improvement in adoption of no touch forecasting

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/operations or equivalent experience

Proven experience (typically 4+ years) in supply chain planning, operations, or related roles.

Local experience is crucial.

Strong understanding of supply chain planning concepts.

Excellent leadership and project management skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams effectively.

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to evolving business needs.

Holding people accountable, developing self and others, breakthrough thinking, optimizing Supply Chain integrated performance, strategic vision and influencing.

Skills

Collaboration catalyst

Stakeholder Management

Being a driver of change

Solution generation expertise and out of the box thinking.

Leadership skills for proactive management and communication of business opportunities and risks

Business acumen with planning experience

Digital thinking

Agile and data driven decision making

Excellent Turkish and English communication skills, both written and verbal

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 embraces diversity and encourages applicants 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.

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

Please apply via this portal as e-mail applications will not be processed. By applying to this role, you are confirming that you have informed your Line Manager and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to be applying for other positions.

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 PartnerUnilever 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.