Latest Jobs from Unilever Ethiopia

Unilever EthiopiaVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Logistics Specialist Job Summary• Planning and managing logistics, warehouse, transportation and customer services• Directing, optimizing and coordinating full order cycle• Liaising and negotiating with suppliers, manufacturers, retailers and consumers• Strategically plan and manage logistics, warehouse, transportation and customer services• Direct, optimize and coordinate full order cycle• Ensure availability of all imported materials• Maintain stock levels of ordered materials as per the agreed stock norms• Help in achieving the supply chain objectives of reducing working capital and supplying the demand at the lowest cost• Raise Purchase orders and call offs to suppliers based on planned requirements.• Follow-up on supplier confirmation of Purchase Orders and shipments. • Monitor shipments of all imported materials and act when necessary to ensure timely arrival of material on site, thereby avoid disruption to production plans.• Co-ordinate with Internal Logistics to ensure availability of all imported materials at BUL• Establish requirements of specified packaging materials both local and imported based medium-term requirements. Place purchase orders and issue call offs according to Production Schedules.• Liase with Suppliers on rejected materials or short shipped consignments.• Liaise and negotiate with suppliers, manufacturers, retailers and consumers• Keep track of quality, quantity, stock levels, delivery times, transport costs and efficiency• Arrange warehouse, catalog goods, plan routes and process shipments• Resolve any arising problems or complaints• Supervise, coach and train warehouse workforce• Meet cost, productivity, accuracy and timeliness targets• Maintain metrics and analyze data to assess performance and implement improvements• Comply with laws, regulations and ISO requirements• Requirements• Record of successful distribution and logistics management

Unilever EthiopiaVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Planning Specialist - Hair Category Job SummaryDemand Planning• Manage the demand planning process for the relevant category for 0 - 3 months, in weekly buckets with SKU detail; by product family by month for 4-24 months and focusing on eliminating bias and improving forecast accuracy.• Provides input into company wide demand planning processes & continuous improvement initiatives in this area.• Attend CAP (customer activity plan) meetings for each national account and customer groups in Local Chain and GT.• Coordinate integration of activity plans coming from CD,COM and BB on top of baseline to produce unconstrained demand• Responsible for the creation of baseline forecast• Highlight risk and opportunities in sales volume based on statistical analyses, activity evaluations and CD feedback.• Develop and refine the forecasting process, models and tools leading to improved accuracy.• Responsible for generating and improving the demand forecasts for the business by using a range of methods, including base forecasting.• Complexity Management – regularly review SKU portfolio with extended teams (customer, finance and supply chain) and make appropriate recommendations• Coordinate with local Brand Building and Customer Marketing teams on innovation and promotion plans & forecast, respectively• Manage and report all the KPI’s selected for category team scorecards (Bias, inaccuracy, volume-NPS channel based, OOS levels, etc) 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• Responsible for the rough cut capacity plan and ensure that adequate investments are done to secure the required customer service level. This is in accordance to RCDSR• 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 level of customer service• Lead innovations across the site• Construct project networks and lead teams from local and regional teams to ensure perfect implementation of innovations• Ensure that site contingency plan is live and maintained• Manage Working capital targets of site to agreed management levels 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• Maintain lines of communications with suppliers and supply management on the performance of suppliers• Implement the supply management strategy on suppliers (new suppliers, delisting of suppliers)• Optimize the forecast and order process between the factory and the suppliers (E4US)

Unilever EthiopiaVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Production Manager Job Summary• The FLM is a management professional with a good technical understanding of manufacturing, general or chemical engineering or food technology. FLMs have proficient mechanical skills and display excellent personal qualities. • The FLM provides the governance function for a cluster of semi-autonomous teams, delivering management and leadership support for performance monitoring, overtime allocation, working patterns and dispute resolution. • The FLM retains responsibility for the Technical and Basic Operators within the semi-autonomous team, but is not involved in the day to day team management beyond the monitoring and performance management role. • Leading improvement projects for operational processes, FLMs have a strong understanding of the end to end manufacturing process. This includes the chemical and electro-mechanical processes and controls. • She/he is able to interpret technical diagnostics, identify key issues and process risks. FLMs possess the leadership skills to act with speed and rigor. • She/he understands the factory’s financial situation and use their training in WCM methodologies and IP processes to drive the semi-autonomous team’s work to counter losses and eradicate waste. • They lead project work to support factory initiatives. Skills for problem solving, coaching and innovating are central to the role.

Unilever EthiopiaVacancy AnnouncementPosition: HR Future Leaders OpportunityKey Responsibilities• Deliver and continuously improve people processes within the organization.• Ensure the right structure, culture, people and capabilities are in place to foster positive working relationships and meet business needs• Develop policies, processes, systems and tools that allow each business area to attract, select and develop talented individuals.• Whether in business partnering, services or in expertise teams as a HR professional in Unilever we get to work on making sure that all the enabling factors are right for people to be successful and drive business growthPlease note: Emails from Unilever are likely to be sent to the Spam Inbox

Unilever EthiopiaVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Imports SpecialistJob Summary• Ensure a smooth operation in the inbound logistics process (Customs documentation, port clearance and delivery of both Raw Material & Finished Goods to warehouse) to deliver high levels of Customer Service towards key stakeholders• Manage the relationship with Unilever, 3PLs, government agencies to ensure a collaborative atmosphere required to drive improvement processes related to service levels, cost efficiencies and loss reduction• Provide visibility of the imported shipments situation and highlight any Supply Risks to support the Business Planning process• Develop and manage contingency plans relating to 3PL services.• Manage all clearing and forwarding agents and clearing processes at ports of entry and ensure compliance with regulations as per the law.• Manage all government agencies relations regarding the Customs clearance operations at the ports of entry.• Ensure effective running of Procure to pay cycle and 3PL suppliers are paid on time as per their payment terms.• Ensure SOPs and SLAs are in place for inbound logistics to embed process standardization and alignment.

Unilever EthiopiaVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Manufacturing Manager (Third Party Manufacturing)JOB SUMMARY• Support the development of and execution of the cross category 3PM strategy for East Africa.• Lead and project manage capability trials and technology build at 3 PM’s related to innovation, outsourcing, and savings initiatives including project planning, in partnership with appropriate functional stakeholders (technology, R&D, local)• Enable information management and cost-opportunity decision making for E2E SC analysis. Partner with procurement to perform make/buy analysis, develop 3PM supplier segmentation model aligned with business needs, maintain trusted supplier list, and build/maintain relationships with strategic 3PM partners• Monitor and improve 3PM performance management including cost, quality, safety and service. Specifically partner with finance and procurement to ensure proper cost controls in place around stock management and purchase price variance• Drive improvement opportunities via partnership with 3PM’s on manufacturing losses, cost-technology-product-material benefits, drive gross margin improvement program for all categories related to 3PM sourcing opportunities• Act as non-commercial relationship lead with 3PM’s, interface between 3PM and functional UL support• Business partner functional stakeholders (BD, R&D, etc) for Home care, Personal care and Foods and Refreshments as related to 3PM sourcing activity in East Africa• Work with Trio team on buy/deploy innovation opportunities in East Africa• Manage long term capacity as related to 3PM’s, feed into overall SC LTCP for the category