Assistant 3P Capabilities Manager at Unilever

Business Context and Main Purpose of the Job

The Assistant 3rd Party Capabilities Manager, as a member of the SC 3PM team for Africa, is responsible for combining supply chain, technology, manufacturing, and product knowledge with financial acumen to develop a 3rd Party manufacturing strategy for Africa.  The strategy developed will move Africa beyond using 3PM’s for tactical purposes, and leveraging 3PM’s to create competitive advantage.

Main Accountabilities

• Development of the cross-category 3rd Party Manufacturing strategy:

1. Interface with key PG/CCBT/MCO stakeholders in defining business needs / strategy
2. The strategy will proactively identify opportunities to improve gross margin, identify capacity required to achieve service levels goals, and unlock innovation capability and speed through buy/deploy models

• Business partner functional stakeholders (CD, PG, R&D, etc) for cross category needs as related to 3PM sourcing activity.
• Support PG teams to conduct Portfolio Segmentation Analysis in order to identify opportunities to drive Overall improved Business Value.
• Partner Product Groups & R&D teams in order to identify Next Generation Capability Road Map.
• Partner with Product Group & Import teams to identify & evaluate Localisation Opportunities
• Develop Advanced 3rd Party Manufacturing playbooks and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) to be rolled out to 3rd Party Operational teams via training platforms. Ensure these playbooks and SOP’s are maintained with changing environments and cascaded accordingly.
• Single point of contact for Africa as expert for 3PM business. Define and develop the end-to-end processes and Governance framework for 3rd Party Manufacturing. Custodian to ensure governance is followed through with regular audits and checks.
• Develop and Maintain a 3rd Party Manufacturing Landscape Mapping to support resilience, agility and reactive/responsive requirement.
• Lead license to sell governance and sign off for outsourcing projects where we are selling our assets to 3PM. Project lead key strategic projects across Africa.
• Develop and manage digital platforms for reporting, supplier base and product catalogues
• 3rd Party External benchmarking and specialist skills deployment in Africa
• Africa 3rd Party Manufacturing P&L development to track financial progress and identify hotspots requiring action from 3rd Party operational teams, Product Groups and/or CCBT’s.
• Develop & Drive Africa 3rd Party Manufacturing savings program. Ensure the saving programs are landed in each cluster and rigor in development and execution of such.
• Land TRIO team / Flash concept across Africa

Direct Reports

• No direct reports. However the role requires strong interpersonal and influencing skills. Will perform a ‘project lead function’ leading multi-disciplinary teams.

Key interfaces

• Primarily regional and local, with some global interface required. 
• Significant interface with functional team including procurement, R&D, technology, PG/Local SC, SHEQ and marketing

Key Skills

Relevant Experience

• Excellent understanding of an integrated supply chain network.
• Excellent understanding of financial drivers, including make or buy analysis and decision making
• Strong Customer Service orientation
• Strong interpersonal skills and team commitment
• Excellent team-working and networking skills
• Excellent communication skills across all levels of the organisation
• Ability to work well with a team of diverse staff
• Ability to work with peers and demonstrate lateral influence
• Excellent team building skills
• Excellent understanding of technical areas
• Good at managing customer expectations
• Managing and delivering service through strategic partners
• Good knowledge of Unilever’s business and processes

Essential:

• 3+years experience in SC, Technology, Engineering, R&D processing or Manufacturing role
• Wider Unilever functional experience with at least 2 roles in a wider function (eg.Source, Make, Plan, Deliver or Finance)
• Proven experience in technology evaluation and delivering to business needs
• Experience in Excel
• In depth understanding of SAP and cost centre links
• In-depth commercial knowledge

Desirable:

• Good project management skills
• Previous experience is SC studies and\ or business modelling.

Professional Skills:

• A relevant degree in commerce, engineering or supply chain field.
• A Financial Degree (CIMA) will be an advantage
• Experience in FMCG supply chain
• Demonstrated commercial acumen
• Cross functional business process knowledge

Experience Required:

• More than 3+years experience in SC, Technology, Engineering, R&D processing or Manufacturing role
• Experience as a business analyst or business consulting advantage
• Demonstrated track record of working on complex problem solving, tight deadlines with quick turnaround times.