Factory Coordinator, Supply Chain, ekaterra, Pietermaritzburg (Short-term) at Unilever

Your Role

The Factory coordinator will manage the overall Factory transition through various tasks such as  owning the on-time delivery and deployment of business processes, new system implementations and change management within the factory by working closely with local factory teams, global workstream leads, regional Blossom team leads and the system integrator to ensure all end state processes and systems are fit for purpose in the factory are on track.

 Your Key Tasks:

• Overall responsibility and key point of contact for the coordination of Blossom Planning and execution activities for the factory
• Manage progress of the project, escalating for support and resolving issues and risks with team members and stakeholders
• Lead Project Blossom communications for Factory ensuring understanding, engagement and sharing of critical information with all levels of factory organization
• Work collaboratively with the Factory leadership team on change management.  Understand employee morale and engagement over the course of the project and use communication and morale boosting tactics to ensure healthy morale is maintained and employees are being effectively guided through the change.  Blossom should not be seen as a project that is happening to the employees, rather Project Blossom is the exciting opportunity of collectively starting up a new company that we are all a part of.
• Support Business as Usual activities as needed to allow end state owners space to engage in Blossom design and implementation
• Lead specific changes including but not limited to: S4HANA implementation, Warehouse management system installation and commissioning, Flex Blending process change, IT migration, and all Blossom standard changes impacting Planning/Scheduling, Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and Logistics

 Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree (Business, Operations, Supply Chain)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Supply Chain (Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, Engineering or Logistics)
• Knowledge of factory operations and planning (SAP APO and SAP ECC) systems
• Communication: Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex requirements and expectations in a simple way
• Organization: Strong organizational skills with a demonstrable track record in successful project management and project delivery
• Ability to perform in an environment of ambiguity and influence decisions
• Analytical thinking, creative problem-solving ability
• Time consciousness, diligence, flexibility, and interest to accept more responsibility, able to take initiative and give proper decisions timely