Background & Purpose of the Job
The NA Ice Cream Category is $3 Billion in annual sales. This role is responsible for creating value for the NA Ice Cream business by looking at the SC with an end to end, future fit and long-term vision. As a program leader you will be at the heart of building business-transforming capabilities to make impactful decisions. You will be driving SC end to end strategy projects related to investment strategies, sourcing strategies, restructuring, capacity management and technology deployment to drive value for the category. You will act as the PMO for the SC transformation project and ensure business case delivery by closely partnering with Brand, Integrated Planning, Factories, CMs, Finance, Procurement and R&D. This role is responsible for ensuring project execution proceeds as planned, and in accordance with best practices.
Key Accountabilities:
Lead data analysis and definition of a project, map scenarios and assess finance, time and resources for successful implementation.
Support developing business cases to support category growth, savings delivery and service improvement.
Establish project plans defining key milestones, timings, resources, project owners, managing project risks and project meta-data.
Drive end to end strategy projects related to investment strategies, sourcing strategies, restructuring, capacity management and technology deployment
Ensuring business case delivery via an aligned project governance structure
Own relationships with senior stakeholders for program development and delivery; partner with key business stakeholders.
Who You Are & What You’ll Do
You’re a born leader: You have a strong sense of personal accountability, curiosity, and an analytical mind. You are cool under pressure. You identify potential risks and pitfalls while making gains and delivering results. You lead, motivate and influence particularly in complex and challenging environment.
You’re a strategy guru: You not only understand what the sourcing network needs to be today, but more importantly what needs to be done tomorrow. You can balance multiple tradeoffs and priorities within projects to arrive at the best solution.
You’re a storyteller: You can clearly explain to, present to, and strategically influence key stakeholders for new supply chain designs.
You love to win and have fun doing it: We make big choices on investments and capital that have impact for years down the road. You must be bold in the recommendations, always working with a win-win mind-set in the face of setbacks.
You’re a changemaker: You are comfortable challenging norms while working collaboratively with stakeholders. You are often the first tackle change and will need to bring others along the journey.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Operations / Supply Chain or equivalent experience
MBA degree preferred or equivalent experience
10+ years of relevant experience in Planning/Manufacturing/Engineering (experience in two preferred)
Project management experience
What We Can Offer You
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Pay: The pay range for this position is $138,900 to $208,300. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.
Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.
Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.
Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
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