Pipeline – Supply Chain Internship

Job Description

Our Future Leaders Programme will ignite the leader in you. This unique programme is designed to develop Unilever’s Future Leaders (UFL) by providing challenging and purposeful opportunities that accelerate their readiness to take on business leadership roles.

Company Profile

Every day, around the world, people reach for Unilever products. Our brands are trusted everywhere and, by listening to the people who buy them, we have grown into one of the world’s most successful consumer goods companies. In fact, 150 million times a day, someone somewhere chooses a Unilever product.

Look in your fridge, or on the bathroom shelf, and you are bound to see one of our well-known brands. We create, market and distribute the products that people choose to feed their families and keep themselves and their homes clean and fresh.

Our Corporate Strategy aims to double the size of our business while reducing our environmental impact by 2023. As a result, in the months and years to come, we envisage many opportunities for our staff to progress and gain vital experience. It’s never been such an exciting time to join the Unilever team.

Job Title

Supply Planning Internship – BUL

Reporting Channel

Supply Planning Asst. Mgr.

Department

Planning

Profession

Supply Chain

Location:

Jeddah – Bin Zagr Unilever Factory (BUL)

Main Job Purpose

The incumbent handles wide variety of jobs in Supply Chain so as to serve customers, both internal and external at a level of quality above expectations and to ensure that services and relations with direct customers are at the highest level of quality and efficiency.

To ensure finished goods supply to meet the planned requirements.

• Ensure OTIF delivery of the imported finished goods and innovation products.
• Manage inventory levels.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage supply planning operations to ensure the flawless supply through implementation and execution of weekly supply planning cycle.
• Assess supply risks and develop contingency plans to ensure consistent availability.
• Ensure maximum service while maintaining stocks and cash targets.
• Support the business by launching new innovations on-time in-full.
• Set control points with sourcing units to ensure supply at the right time and the right quantity.
• Generate bi-yearly stock model to maintain the most accurate target stock levels.
• Maintain APO masterdata to ensure the correct signal is flowing to the sourcing units.
• Working closely with the sourcing units to increase flexibility and agility.
• Driving overstock and residuals reduction projects with the business.

Essential

Professional Skills:

• Industrial Engineering or similar University degree, Supply chain (APICS etc) qualification advantage
• Experience in SC area in FMCG business.
• Business English
• Experience on ERP (ECC, S&D, APO modules)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Preferred

• Communication
• Analysis/Problem Assessment
• Taking Initiatives
• Customer Focus
• Considerable experience of Acting Independently.
• Leadership & Negotiating
• Good working knowledge of Supply Chain Processes

Essential

Experience Required:

• 1-2 Years in Supply Chain operations
• Working Experience in Supply planning, Imported finished goods
• Budgeting & Planning

Preferred

• FMCG experience
• Conversant with Excel
• SAP APO, SNC Experience

Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion 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 and the talent they can bring. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.