Join us as Material Planner - Foods RM

ABOUT UNILEVER 
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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 effective communicator, have high problem-solving skills, have great time management skills & high attention to detail then this role is just for you! You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet.

Because here, we don’t just hire for jobs. We invite you to be part of something bigger.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Materials Planning:

• Ensure materials/FGI requirements are reflected in SAP. 
• Establish material requirements for Production Plans with the use of MRP Planned Orders/Purchase Requisitions & Purchase Orders. 
• Run & maintain IPM model. 
• Monitor Stock levels and ensure material availability for current production requirements. 
• Establish and maintain appropriate safety stock levels. 
• Highlight material constraints that could impact production plans for the upcoming 3 months at least.
• Communicate with suppliers/Sourcing units on material requirement forecasts on an ongoing basis. 
• Identify materials with continuous bottlenecks situations & plan to mitigate them or debottleneck them. 
• Anticipate constraints in materials availability On Time In Full. 
• Plan materials with near expiries or expired to replenish them. 
• Plan new innovations or projects materials orders with alignment of Supply Planners & Innovation Planner respecting the innovation/projects network & alignments.
• Plan [To be delisted/To be obsolete] materials rundowns/depletion based on alignment of project network.
• Cross check with suppliers on materials development of projects/innovations.

Purchasing:

• 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 take action 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 
• 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. 
• Liaise with Suppliers on rejected materials or short shipped consignments.

Co-ordinate on Sourcing issues:

• Co-ordinate with Planners / Sourcing new raw and packaging materials. 
• Provide data to establish Supplier Performance rating. 

SAP:

• Ensure MRP (planning) and call-off procedures are followed. 
• Update MRP Master Data. 
• Obtain information on MOQ, shipping and clearance lead-times and update planning information in SAP.

Reports:

• Provide necessary information and maintain necessary records to enable proper control of inventory and prices 
• Reports such as: Working Capital reports, Critical Material Report, Purchase Order Report, SLOBS List Report, Critical Materials Report (CMR), Neary Expiry Materials Report (Raw Materials Planning mainly).

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Engineering / Supply chain educational background.
• 1-3 years of experience in related field.
• At least 1 Year experience of procuring local and imported materials and dealing with overseas suppliers.
• Knowledge of the principles of Material Requirements Planning (MRP II). 
• High analytical and communication skills.
• High problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of analytical tools (Excel, Power BI,…) / familiarity with SAP is a big plus.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Inventory management experience.
• FMCG / Foods / Beverages experience is preferable
• Fluency in English language.
• Time management skills
• Team player

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Working conditions:

• Hybrid – HPC Factory, Industrial Zone, 6th of October City – Egypt.
• Start date: May / June

Unilever 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.