Website: Website https://www.unilever-ewa.com

Purchase to Pay Accountant

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:
The role holder will be responsible for ensuring that the company policy on Supplier management is complied with at all times. She/she is also responsible to ensuring that all stakeholders are well managed and supported within set time turn around times.
JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for all accounts payable processes for Unilever Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya third party accounts.
Ensuring all key performance metrics are achieved monthly including payment on time (POT) 95%, Purchase Order compliance (POC) 98% and first pass yield (FPY) 80% within East Africa as per the Global Unilever policy.
Management of Key accounts especially revenue authorities and third-party vendors and customers.
Reconciling vendor statements, and maintaining liaison with suppliers to ensure payments are made promptly and accounts stay current.
Provide data for working capital forecasting requirements for third party debtors and creditors.
Preparing and processing electronic transfers and payments through use of SAP, DCIW, Coupa and Online banking apps such as Citi Direct.
Review and posting of overheads costs such as Tanzania Revenue Authority, International travel costs (AMEX) and reclassification for month end reporting to the correct general ledger and cost centers.
Partnering with Brand Marketing Investment (BMI) Accountant to review Key BMI suppliers and internal orders to resolve payment issues.
Initiating tax urgent requests (URA,TRA,KRA) and one-time vendor manual payments on share point tool while guiding all users within the business to raise urgent, advance and one-time vendor payments.
Conducting business support centre (BSC) trainings aimed at resolving all payment issues and DCIW+ invoice management tool workflow for all users within the business at specified locations helping to reduce outstanding workflow.
Providing information and offering support to different audit requirements which have included KPMG external audit, PWC and Unilever internal audit, internal financial controls assessment and Unilever global corporate audit for PTP function.
Ensuring third party net position is within tolerance risk levels and working capital requirements by offsetting both customer and vendor balances and sharing with the local finance leadership team.
Flagging and advising on resolution of third party customers long outstanding debts to ensure appropriate provisions.
Regularly communicate with shared service teams IBM and operating centers (OC) to ensure PTP service level agreements (SLAs) are met month on month.
Ensuring that all new employees vendor accounts are created in SAP by sharing the people soft forms and vendor creation templates with the employee, MDM team and obtaining all necessary approvals

Relevant Qualification:

University Graduate in Finance or a business-related field
Professional qualifications CPA/ACCA
Must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a P2P role within FMCG.
Experience working with MRP and/or ERP systems (SAP)

Key Skills and Competencies:

Strong attention to detail (accounting and reporting accuracy and identification of errors)
Must be able to structure & Integrate Information to support decisions.
Must have strong forecasting skills using viable data.
Ability to determine and apply correct accounting treatments
Able to Identify & Mitigate Operational, Financial and Business Risks

Women and People living with a disability are encouraged to apply.
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.

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October 28, 2024
Decision Support F&R + BMI Reliever

Main Job Purpose

Provide regular decision support within the Food & Refreshments (F&R), Country Category Business Team (CCBT) focused on: marketing, sales, gross margin, mix, Trade / customer investment, pricing, promotions, Brands & Marketing Investments (BMI) budget investments, Investment decisions, Business Cases & innovations, understanding key drivers of actual and forecast business performance
Manage BMI budgets for CCBT’s and drive investment decisions for the business in ensuring effective investment & returns

Job Summary

Country Category Business Team (CCBT) Decision Support

Act as the lead Finance expert on Growth Margin (GM) & Mix and use tools to resolve challenges, help drive improved business performance and ensure in-market competitiveness
Drive understanding of actual & forecast F&R category performance to CCBT’s with clear understanding of key drivers impacting Profit & Loss (P&L) performance & guide the CCBT on key drivers to improve/maintain sustainable performance of the category
Prepare business case for innovations & drive decision making within the CCBT’s on impact to the category/business
Lead Net Revenue Management within the F&R CCBT
Drive Gross Margin Improvements & Work closely with CCBT Finance lead and other stakeholders in CCBT’s on Planning, forecasting and risks management around GM delivery.
Work with CMI to bring insights from Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM) and analytical tools to account teams around how to drive better return on trade investment
Own and drive the Gross Margin improvements including working with the F&R CCBT Finance Business Partners on planning, forecasting, and risk management around overall Gross Margin delivery
Prepare analysis on Consumer Price Changes (CPC) by category, including developing a standard tool/template for CPC analytics, model various CPC scenarios as required to pro-actively identify areas where price changes should be explored
Support decisions around Customer Development (CD) promotions and work with CD Operations around accruals
Prepare regular pricing reporting to the CD and Marketing functions to develop insights via these reports that will drive better pricing decisions
Support the Finance Excellence Team to deploy and maintain ‘quick analytic’ tools to enable CD & Marketing to evaluate the feasibility and return on single promotional activities and full promotional plans on their own (smaller investments) or with support (larger investments)
Build & maintain process documentation (e.g. which explains how to implement a list price increase with customers and includes relevant case study examples)
Provide end to end guidance to CCBT’s on all matters related to finance

Brands & Marketing Investment (BMI)

BMI lead within the FET CCBT Decision support team
Drive Annual BMI budgeting process with CCBT leads
Manage BMI budgets through out the year to ensure control of spend & effective returns of the investment
Manage the Internal Orders’ (IOs) for BMI spend
Manage dynamic management of BMI budgets as per S&OP volume/TO/business priority changes
Consolidate, review and submit Brands and Marketing Investments (BMI) Forecast for all brands across the three EA countries to Sales & Operations (S&OPs) Forecasting.
Analyse BMI spend on a monthly basis and providing a scorecard of variance from forecast with the necessary commentaries.
Prepare & share out a monthly tracker to help partners have a snapshot of their overall budgets (Full Year Budget, Year to Date spend & Year to Go balance) for each of their brand.
Track monthly spend of BMI weekly against the monthly forecast and share out the tracker to monitor spending.
Ensure effective BMI control processes are in place
Continuous budget control and monitoring spend relating to BMI and engaging the respective brand or category manager.
Ensure Month End Closure (MEC) activities relating to BMI are carried out accurately and on time and aligning with Reporting Accountant.
Review any write-backs that relate to BMI and obtain the necessary approvals.
Reconcile all Balance Sheet General Ledger Accounts relating to BMI.
Ensure new joiners in Brand Building (BB) team are trained on BMI essentials.
Enforce governance process around BMI Accounting to ensure integrity of data posted including communicating any Standard Chart of Authorities (SCOA)+ changes.
Ensure data accuracy and integrity in the posting and reconciliation on BMI in SAP system.
Monitor BMI Purchase Orders Ariba – SAP interfacing status and advising on corrective action.
Liaising with Indirect Procurement team to resolve issues relating to BMI Purchase Orders & Goods/Service Received Note
Ensure that Non-Working Media targets are achieved by reviewing postings and undertaking both preventative and corrective measures.
Liaising with CCM Manager, Marketing to ensure Agency fees (Mindshare) Purchase Orders are raised correctly and on time.

Key Skills And Competencies

Strong analytical skills, Excel modelling skills and attention to detail
Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
Strong engagement, presentation and communication skills to large and complex set of stakeholders
Ability to work fluidly with data and across systems
Ability to present complex information in a simplified manner

Relevant Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting / Finance or other related field
Qualified accountant or equivalent (or studying towards a professional accounting qualification)
Relevant experience in understanding the P&L (e.g. gross margin variance analysis and pricing) and holding others accountable (particularly peers and senior leadership)

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.

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October 28, 2024
Assistant R&D Manager_Beauty & Personal Care_East Africa

Main Job Purpose

The Research & Development Assistant Manager – Beauty & Personal Care East Africa will be participating in various innovation, renovation, Supply Chain support, savings & resilience projects. The role encompasses the ‘hybrid philosophy’ encompassing all relevant technical disciplines and makes no separate distinction between formulation, processing, or packaging. The role holder will support projects with relevant expertise, Research & Development data extraction, analysis and where appropriate data visualisation. The role holder will also support the roll-out of new or amended ways-of-working in data, specification management, and Research & Development processes across East Africa.

Job Summary

The role holder will operate locally at the interface of Research & Development with Supply Chain, and Research & Development with Marketing where their work is important for the Business growth ambition; to improve efficiency; and reduce complexity. Key tasks of the role holder will therefore be:

Support the Beauty & Personal Care program for East Africa ensuring on time in full delivery.
Actively support Beauty & Personal Care Country Category Business Teams in East Africa.
Be an engaged project member for local initiatives across Beauty & Personal Care East Africa including 20/10 innovation projects, Supply Chain capacity building through third party or on-shoring projects, local supplier development (Raw Material, Packaging Material & 3rd Party Packers), resilience initiatives, and 5S savings opportunities.
Support technical data for claims, compliance and activation.
Support as necessary market insights & as appropriate monitor specific developments/ activities of competitors, Key Opinion Formers, etc.
Interrogation of Research & Development data systems. Evaluation and visualisation of data analysis results.
Support data enhancements for the effective operation of Product Lifecycle Management.
Support strategic business programmes requiring Research & Development input, e.g., Digital 2.0, Connected 4 Growth Supply & Material Experts Teams operations, Project Flash.
Participate in the wider Research & Development organisation and actively engage as part of the extended Research & Development community at line manager’s discretion.
Comply with all business polices especially Safety Health Environment/Quality Assurance policies, and Code of Business Principles.

Relevant Qualification

Relevant science-based education. Degree in B.SC ideally Chemistry or Chem Engineering or its equivalent
Experience working in a Beauty and Personal Care category is preferred but not essential.
Curiosity in the latest innovation and technology is essential

Key Skills And Competencies

Knowledge of project management skills and product development experience
Understanding of process control, Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP), Hazard Analysis Critical Control (HACCP) and safety management system.
Knowledge of data management, ideally specifications.
Good analytical skills.
Team player with good communication skills.
Influencing & problem-solving skills. Ability to work under pressure.
Skilled in analysing risks and stakeholder management

Women and People living with a disability are encouraged to apply.

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.

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October 28, 2024
Country Security Specialist

MAIN JOB PURPOSE
Ensure that security threats to personnel, assets, and business operations/activities within Unilever Kenya Limited operating environment are properly evaluated; mitigated in a timely and cost-effective manner. In addition, provide leadership and oversight on effective execution of security management systems and solutions.
JOB SUMMARY

Directly manage operational activities and performance standards on 3rd party security contractors and indirectly compliance of the security at 3P Logistics and management sites.
Responsible for coordination of immediate incident response, escalation and immediate reporting on the Unilever Security Incident Reporting Network tool (SIREN)
Lead on Travel Security management across Business through traveller support in Security Coordination Centre/ Control Room in Travel security and incident management programmes.
Implement, evaluate and monitor risks within Business Security Initiatives and liaise with Regional Security Manager for technical advice on projects and emerging threats.
Support Regional Security Manager’s office in driving Group Security and Africa Cluster Security Initiative.
Drive continuous improvement of the personnel accountability systems during incident management.
Ensure safety and security of employees whilst on Company premises and during travel within Kenya
Ensuring implementation of Group security policy, standards and procedures and periodically revise procedure in line with dynamic security threat environment.
Support various investigations on detected and reported breaches of security and security incidents
In conjunction with the Regional Security Manager, implement proactive security awareness programs or processes and to protect life, corporate assets and to ensure business continuity.
Ensure security induction and briefing of all new joiners’, International staff/ visitors on in country security issues on arrival of Factory Sites and Office on the security situation in the country.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum of 5years experience within security operation management, forces /Coperate background is an added advantage
At least 3 years’ experience in management of Security command centre operations
Be a university graduate, post graduate qualification is an added advantage
Ability to provide a security command and control for incident response to business contingency plans
Sound understanding of principles in the protection of company information, including computer based and information security measure required.
Fluent Computer Literate
No Criminal Record
Proven ability to deploy and manage modern security technology systems solutions
Excellent interpersonal skills and integrity above reproach
Proven leadership and people management skills
Sound investigations and report writing skills
Capable in winning and commanding large number in-house /3P guard personnel.

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October 28, 2024
Legal Intern Senior Legal Counsel

JOB DESCRIPTION
The role will provide legal support, research , drafting and advisory services to the legal team and the business when required through proactive identification, communication and mitigation of legal risks within the business.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Identifies legal risks and helps the business navigate them, providing legally compliant creative solutions which deliver competitive advantage to the business objectives taking into account compliance, reputation, cost, risk and other consequences.
Advises communications, industrial relations, tax and finance on statutory obligations under the relevant legal Acts and associated legislation and regulations relating to matters such as governance frameworks, share dealing and associated disclosures, directorships, annual accounts, company incorporations, acquisitions, disposals, restructurings.
Development and maintenance of relationships with relevant external contacts (e.g. external lawyers, registrars, regulators, external bodies etc).
Contracts and other legal documents –Review and draft legal contracts and other legal documents generally
Manage records of contracts & other legal documents deposited with Legal department for safekeeping.
Litigation Support – provide support to Unilever representation at court sessions and follow up of external advocates to deliver value for legal fees paid.
Facilitate appropriate legal documentation and witnesses for the litigation process responsible for litigation update reports
Legal review – Facilitate the availability of laws and regulations relevant to company operations research and review laws and regulations regulating the company advisor on all changes to laws and regulations
Services Management/ Rates & Rents – Insurance and licensing manage the company’s lease portfolio alert the relevant functions on expiry of leases and facilitate renewal and termination of leases facilitate payment of rent and rates.
Process Artwork approval
Management of employee staff Loan schemes
Provided support on Company Secretarial responsibilities for the operating entity.
Facilitate notarisation of documents and Affidavits in Court.
Provide other ad hoc legal services as may be required from time to time

KEY SKILLS

A graduate of Law (LL.B)
Undergoing pupillage training with a view to admission to the Bar (Dip KSL)
Certified Public Secretary (CPS) will be an added advantage

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Excellent communication skills (oral & written)
Excellent analytical skills & attentive to details
Outstanding team & Technological skills
Appetite for learning

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October 28, 2024
Unilever Future Leaders Programme (UFLP) – Sales and Marketing Unilever Future Leaders Programme (UFLP) – Supply Chain

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.
How would you position a new product in a competitive market? How would you persuade retailers to take it on, to put up new displays, to take the risk of buying lots of stock for something new and unfamiliar? What will you do? How exactly do you make some of Unilever’s most popular brands even more popular? How do you take products that in some cases have a 100-year heritage behind them and bring them bang up to date? What will you do?
We are behind some of the world’s most recognizable brands but resting on our laurels isn’t going to keep us competitive.
You will learn your craft hands-on over the course of various placements – and you’ll also receive some of the best marketing and sales training around.
Who is it for? Any work in this area demands a lot of motivation and an ability to tackle tough situations. After all, you’ll be on the front lines, working as an ambassador for our products, making sure people forget the competition and think of Unilever first. You will need self-motivation, passion to win and the ability to build strong relationships.
Key Responsibilities

Building relationships with the “customer”
Developing promotions
Negotiating and developing understanding of shoppers
Challenge your understanding of both our business and our consumers
Closely engaging with consumers to develop a deep understanding of their preference and needs
Lead assignments that build business and brand equity.
Engaging with consumers, through our brands, to communicate and engage consumers in our sustainability mission.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum of a bachelor’s degree (Upper Second-Class Honors) and a strong academic track record
One-year corporate experience
Flexibility and adaptability
Good communication and interpersonal skills
High levels of motivation, enthusiasm and personal initiative and drive
Strong analytical skills
Passion for pace and competitiveness of the retail market

Please make sure you check your “Junk mail” or “Spam mail” for feedback relating to your application.
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.

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October 28, 2024
Assistant Procurement Manager Packaging and BPC Raw Materials

Job Description
This role ensures the implementation of the Packaging cross category and Beauty and personal care raw materials procurement strategy. This is done through ensuring progressive and excellent relationships with our suppliers to ensure service and help in win-win negotiations to deliver value to the business.
Key Accountabilities:

Delivery of NMI and cash objectives.
Working closely with the Global Procurement teams to support the business with accurate price forecasting, which includes market conditions, price trends and future market trends to enable proper budgeting and price forecasting.
Supplier relationship management and service development.
Handling professionally diverse customer supplier or operational issues when they arise.
Identifying metrics, tools and processes to optimize sourcing, supplier activities and efficiencies.
Initiating and driving complexity reduction projects (e.g., harmonization of specifications and suppliers).
Supporting development and implementation of Unilever procurement strategies/policies.
Supporting innovation projects through providing market intelligence, supplier capabilities and capacity.
Provide insights to support Procurement of the materials/services Portfolios such as what to buy, where to buy, how to buy, when to buy
Follow market conditions, prepare price trends, and formulate future markets trends for the business.
Work closely with suppliers to drive key initiatives such as responsible sourcing and supplier quality audits
Deliver the Operation Cash Flow and Working Capital plans for the specific materials/services and suppliers through payment terms extension and MOQ negotiations
Support in managing supply chain issues (e.g supply crisis management).
Measure and manage overall performance of suppliers.
Responsibilities:
Scope: Manage 30m € + spend among All Packaging & BPC Raw Materials, 1500+ Materials and 30+ Suppliers in Kenya & International.
Constant alignment to global cover policy & cross category projects (i.e., Forecasting, USQS, Responsible Sourcing Audit, Quality Audit, SUSO, COTIF etc.)
Leading negotiation & develop strong relationship with suppliers & learn their market abilities.
Support in building local Portfolio strategic plan for the different RM & PM Portfolio.
Following up & sharing markets and frequent report on price trends to the business for planning.
Constant Explore & analyze saving opportunity to generate savings & NMCI opportunities.
Analyzing supplier’s behavior, spend, and past performance on different aspects (i.e., Quality, reliability, capability & Capacity).
Build material resilience for all materials in the business, start with critical materials.
Verifying supplier compliance, Audit positions.
Learning the global market trends and align with global portfolio teams on the strategy and further requirements from supplier.
Developing cost models with suppliers to enable cover transparency.
Seeking for new development areas with supplier.
Assessing, identify and select the appropriate supplier base that would meet the needs of the business.
Setting skilled negotiation with supplier in order to gain saving & create impact on margins.
Building local business short & long-term strategy e.g localizing of materials.
Mapping both global and local supplier’s capabilities in different portfolios.
Follow up on Quality incidences with the help of Quality team & target to reduce the incidences against the previous year as well as developing supplier quality improvement roadmaps.
Generate contracts every year through iCAT and work closely with CLM on any adjustments. Having Contracts on time & In Full (COTIF) and getting them signed on time.
Follow up with Finance on closing pending payments & any recon required in order to close supplier’s payment issues.
Work to close any pending Audit requirements & building SOPs for your portfolios.
Be the key lead on Sustainability through pushing PCR initiatives.
Working with Key suppliers & getting updates on position on plastic management & collection.
Working on Forecasting through Anaplan system & BPC HANA system in order to attain NMCI plans.
Work closely with Global & Local team to understand Procurement Digital & e sourcing tools that help in day-to-day jobs.
Aligning with local R&D on projects that will help deliver savings and resilience.
Work with Local & Regional Engineering team on Mould health management and align with the category on moulds management strategy.
Help lead on Wellbeing activities within the team.
To ensure the satisfaction of Unilever’s internal customers with the services provided by the procurement organization.
To lead the rationalization of suppliers, materials and services that meet Unilever’s business requirements
Organize Supplier cycle meetings to review agreed KPIs that ensures excellent service
To support Unilever Sustainable Living Plan in the procurement of materials and services.
BPC CCBT procurement lead

Required:
ESSENTIAL

University degree & At least 4 years’ experience in Procurement, Supply Chain Management or Finance
Ability to work in a fast paced, high change environment
Analytical thinking & ability to solve problems and sustain results through a data driven process
Fluency in English is a must
Working with multi-interfaces skills
Efficient Time management – Multitasking
Able to work with a variety of IT systems and have a strong knowledge of Excel & Power point
Strong on execution, have analytical skills and be pro-active
Working independently and virtually
Able to build relationships with people across the business

PREFERRED

Experience in Procurement will be an added advantage

Contacts:
Internal:
Procurement:

Procurement team (Market and Portfolio)

Supply Chain:

Manufacturing
Engineering
Supply Chain Category Planning- Supply Chain Innovation Planning
MCO Demand Planning (depending on team/portfolio)
Import / Export

Others;
Finance Team

Procurement finance
SC finance
FET
Controllers
CCBT

External:

Suppliers/ Agents
Regulators e.g NEMA
Plastic recyclers

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careers.unilever.com

October 28, 2024
Assistant Production Manager

Purpose of Role
The Assistant Production Manager is responsible for management of shift, productivity improvement and ensure production targets & parameters are achieved.
Accountabilities

To ensure good manufacturing practices during the shift and tastes tea regularly
Advises the manager in ensuring that the factory’s annual revenue budget & expenditure controls are in place
Ensures hygienic conditions of both the factory & workers are maintained.
Trains and coaches operators and artisans on tea processing
Handles any industrial relation issues in the factory/shift
Responsible for routine implementation of all company policies and procedures in the factory
Accountable for the custody of all the Company assets in the factory while on shift.
Implements WCM quality management pillar in the factory during the shift cover.
ISO 22000 Implementation on FSMS
Conducts HACCP study and take necessary food safety control measures
Monitor production key performance indicators of the factory; generate daily, weekly and monthly reports.
Verify and consolidate daily, weekly and monthly administrative returns.
Initiates and implement quality improvement plans and activities in the factory in liaison with the line manager.

Qualifications & Experience Required

Graduate or Diploma in Food Science, Production Technology, Agricultural, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or Bachelor of Science Chemistry.
4 Years’ experience.
Product, Process and Packaging Expertise
Manufacturing Performance Management
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Responsible Care
Human Factors – technical and human capabilities

Travel
As per job/site requirements, local travel likely.
Leadership Behavior
Should meet expectations on the Unilever Standards of Leadership behaviors relevant to the work level.
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.

Apply via :

careers.unilever.com

October 28, 2024
Assistant Manager Packaging and BPC Raw Materials

Main Job Purpose:
This role ensures the implementation of the Packaging cross category and Beauty and personal care raw materials procurement strategy. This is done through ensuring progressive and excellent relationships with our suppliers to ensure service and help in win-win negotiations to deliver value to the business.
Key Accountabilities:

Delivery of NMI and cash objectives.
Working closely with the Global Procurement teams to support the business with accurate price forecasting, which includes market conditions, price trends and future market trends to enable proper budgeting and price forecasting.
Supplier relationship management and service development.
Handling professionally diverse customer supplier or operational issues when they arise.
Identifying metrics, tools and processes to optimize sourcing, supplier activities and efficiencies.
Initiating and driving complexity reduction projects (e.g., harmonization of specifications and suppliers).
Supporting development and implementation of Unilever procurement strategies/policies.
Supporting innovation projects through providing market intelligence, supplier capabilities and capacity.
Provide insights to support Procurement of the materials/services Portfolios such as what to buy, where to buy, how to buy, when to buy
Follow market conditions, prepare price trends, and formulate future markets trends for the business.
Work closely with suppliers to drive key initiatives such as responsible sourcing and supplier quality audits
Deliver the Operation Cash Flow and Working Capital plans for the specific materials/services and suppliers through payment terms extension and MOQ negotiations
Support in managing supply chain issues (e.g supply crisis management).
Measure and manage overall performance of suppliers.

Responsibilities:

Scope: Manage 30m € + spend among All Packaging & BPC Raw Materials, 1500+ Materials and 30+ Suppliers in Kenya & International.
Constant alignment to global cover policy & cross category projects (i.e., Forecasting, USQS, Responsible Sourcing Audit, Quality Audit, SUSO, COTIF etc.)
Leading negotiation & develop strong relationship with suppliers & learn their market abilities.
Support in building local Portfolio strategic plan for the different RM & PM Portfolio.
Following up & sharing markets and frequent report on price trends to the business for planning.
Constant Explore & analyze saving opportunity to generate savings & NMCI opportunities.
Analyzing supplier’s behavior, spend, and past performance on different aspects (i.e., Quality, reliability, capability & Capacity).
Build material resilience for all materials in the business, start with critical materials.
Verifying supplier compliance, Audit positions.
Learning the global market trends and align with global portfolio teams on the strategy and further requirements from supplier.
Developing cost models with suppliers to enable cover transparency.
Seeking for new development areas with supplier.
Assessing, identify and select the appropriate supplier base that would meet the needs of the business.
Setting skilled negotiation with supplier in order to gain saving & create impact on margins.
Building local business short & long-term strategy e.g localizing of materials.
Mapping both global and local supplier’s capabilities in different portfolios.
Follow up on Quality incidences with the help of Quality team & target to reduce the incidences against the previous year as well as developing supplier quality improvement roadmaps.
Generate contracts every year through iCAT and work closely with CLM on any adjustments. Having Contracts on time & In Full (COTIF) and getting them signed on time.
Follow up with Finance on closing pending payments & any recon required in order to close supplier’s payment issues.
Work to close any pending Audit requirements & building SOPs for your portfolios.
Be the key lead on Sustainability through pushing PCR initiatives.
Working with Key suppliers & getting updates on position on plastic management & collection.
Working on Forecasting through Anaplan system & BPC HANA system in order to attain NMCI plans.
Work closely with Global & Local team to understand Procurement Digital & e sourcing tools that help in day-to-day jobs.
Aligning with local R&D on projects that will help deliver savings and resilience.
Work with Local & Regional Engineering team on Mould health management and align with the category on moulds management strategy.
Help lead on Wellbeing activities within the team.
To ensure the satisfaction of Unilever’s internal customers with the services provided by the procurement organization.
To lead the rationalization of suppliers, materials and services that meet Unilever’s business requirements
Organize Supplier cycle meetings to review agreed KPIs that ensures excellent service
To support Unilever Sustainable Living Plan in the procurement of materials and services.
BPC CCBT procurement lead

Required:
ESSENTIAL

University degree & At least 4 years’ experience in Procurement, Supply Chain Management or Finance
Ability to work in a fast paced, high change environment
Analytical thinking & ability to solve problems and sustain results through a data driven process
Fluency in English is a must
Working with multi-interfaces skills
Efficient Time management – Multitasking
Able to work with a variety of IT systems and have a strong knowledge of Excel & Power point
Strong on execution, have analytical skills and be pro-active
Working independently and virtually
Able to build relationships with people across the business

PREFERRED

Experience in Procurement will be an added advantage

Contacts:
Internal:

Procurement:
Procurement team (Market and Portfolio)
Supply Chain:
Manufacturing
Engineering
Supply Chain Category Planning- Supply Chain Innovation Planning
MCO Demand Planning (depending on team/portfolio)
Import / Export
Others
Finance Team
Procurement finance
SC finance
FET
Controllers
CCBT

External:

Suppliers/ Agents
Regulators e.g NEMA
Plastic recyclers

Apply via :

careers.unilever.com

October 28, 2024
Factory Manager

Main Job Purpose

The Factory Manager is responsible for operating the Nairobi factory (consisting of 3 separate factories: Homecare, BPC and Foods) as per agreed standards. S/he leads manufacturing activities in the factory to achieve desired service levels on time. The Factory manager delivers site targets following the supply chain and category strategies including targets on service, costs, productivity, quality, innovation and OSHE.

Job Summary

Deploy and Deliver factory annual plan and financial results including targets on service, costs, productivity, quality, innovation and OSHE
Recommend long term site strategic plans to the respective Category and Supply Chain teams and contribute CCBT objectives.
Lead factory to develop and implement continuous improvement plans to deliver site targets – manufacturing performance management
Manage and deliver the factory financial results: annual budgets, Sourcing Unit Result, conversion costs and create programmes to deliver financial results
Engage and facilitate the implementation of innovations on site, for products, ways of working, service models and supply chain models
Propose, agree with Category Product group and Technology, and implement the necessary capital investments to meet the planned production requirements, safety, environmental and cost targets
Ensure that the technical standards of all manufacturing and non-manufacturing fixed assets are maintained. Enable the factory operation to achieve high level of Customer Service at optimal cost
Drive WCM activities and teams by leading the WCM Steering Committee to develop, update and deliver site roadmap.
Co-ordinate and direct the factory and associated co-packer operations to achieve the agreed production plans at the specified product quality with optimum labour, energy and materials utilization.
Own factory quality management in line with QA system and ISO 9000 procedures.
Own HR policy deployment and implementation on sites, including management of employee relations.
Comply and ensure the application of all Unilever Policies and governance requirements.
Lead on initiatives and projects aiming for sites integration and collaborative work along the extended supply chain.

Essential

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

8- 10 Years’ experience in Supply Chain (Make/Technology, SHE, Quality Assurance)
Planning, Research & Development are an added advantage)

Preferred

FMCG experience

Women and People living with a disability are encouraged to apply.

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October 28, 2024