Additional IC factory locations: (Vermont, Covington, Sikeston)
Background & Purpose Of The Job
The CM (Collaborative Manufacturing) Operations team is a team that will work closely with all assigned CM’s, Procurement, Quality and Planning with the intent to drive high-level performance. This includes managing CM capacity, improving schedule attainment and output reliability, capturing losses, and developing improvement plans to narrow gaps. CMs are crucial partners for delivery of unique products, and in supporting resilience and supply in complement to the Unilever factory network. The CM operations team will also understand CM technology and capabilities to develop a robust strategy for CM utilization as part of the broader Supply Chain.
Who You Are & What You’ll Do
Develop a thorough understanding of the Ice Cream CM network, including technology, capacity, run rates, quality performance, and attainment history
Understand and improve the ways of working between Planning, Procurement and CMs
Understand IC businesses metrics and priorities in collaboration with planning teams
Working with the CM Ops Associate Director, build relationships with CM leaders and teams, holding them accountable on execution
Establish weekly reporting, loss identification and cadence of meetings with CMs
Monitor and manage operational performance of multiple CMs in collaboration with cross functional teams
Monitor quality performance in partnership with internal quality colleagues
Perform CM site visits focused on quality, performance, and risk identification
Develop strategies to maximize weekly IC attainment
Support delivery of IC service and inventory targets
Participate in and drive continuous improvement ways of working projects
Identify and drive value delivery projects
Work with senior leaders in Unilever and CMs, leading supply review sessions, holding CMs accountable and leading projects
What You'll Need To Succeed
University degree – any discipline
A minimum of 5 years experience in an operations-based environment
Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Customer Service or Sales Planning or other relevant functional business experience in planning, finance or supply chain with a proven track record of strategic analysis, lateral thinking, business process improvement and virtual team leadership
Alliance and relationship management with CMs or suppliers and internal customers to deliver value into the business
Self-starter and self directed, working in an agile environment, being the face of the company to external partners
Demonstrated ability to monitor what is happening both internally and externally and take decisive action to create new growth opportunities for tomorrow, staying ahead of the game, maximizing growth opportunities for the business
Action orientation to implement, monitor, and follow-up of operational performance, improvements projects through measurable KPIs
Demonstrated ability to work co-operatively with other teams to achieve shared goals, ability to hold teams and peers accountable for delivering results
Skilled in project management
Basic appreciation of all supply chain general / cross-functional professional skills and curious to learn more
Preferably experienced in using SAP and possessing strong Excel skills
Travel within North America
What We Can Offer You
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Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Distribution and Supply Chain
Industries
Food and Beverage Services, Food and Beverage Manufacturing, and Manufacturing
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