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.

What Will Be Your Responsibilities
• Ensure availability of all imported Materials / FGs
• Ensure availability of Local 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.
• Maintain system parameters (SAP) & related integrated systems (PLM & GMMD) activities those input main system (SAP)"
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 coming 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 on 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)

What You Need To Succeed
Key Skills and Experiences
• Engineering / Supply chai educational background
• 0 to 3 years of experience in similar / related role
• High degree of analytical skills
• Knowledge of principles of Material Requirements Planning (MRP II)
• At least 1 Year experience of procuring local and imported materials and dealing with overseas suppliers
• Communication skills
• Familiar with SAP – advantage
• FMCG experience is preferable

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.

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.