Supply Chain Planning Intern at Unilever

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:  

• Tertiary degree with Supply Chain and/ or Business Management is preferred. An Engineering degree will also be considered.

Purpose of the Role

• The Execution Planner (RMPM) is the Planning representative at Unilever’s factories from RMPM perspective. 
• The role Material Scheduling: receives the Production Schedule - and schedules and executes the daily call offs of Raw and Packaging Materials from suppliers.

Key Responsibilities
Material Scheduling

• Schedule the delivery of materials with Suppliers, monitor delivery logistics (Call off)
• Liaise with local Suppliers to ensure material availability to meet schedules and define and execute corrective actions when necessary
• Manage and resolve week 0 to 1 material availability crises with suppliers
• Execute SLOB management actions proposed by the Inventory Optimisation Specialist
• Maintain delivery due list with inbound warehouse personnel
• Ensure the tracking document is populated with integrity of materials by ensuring prompt write offs of obsolete stocks (following global policy)
• Recommend changes on POs to L2 team (MRP Coordinator)

Liaison with other parties:

• Escalate to Procurement planned material availability issues
• Liaise with inbound stores on overdue deliveries and follow up with suppliers
• Liaise with inbound stores and Suppliers for most desirable delivery days
• Liaise with Suppliers of rejected materials and ensure that all materials are returned to the suppliers
• Ensure that all GRN on materials on week 0 to 1 are capture timelessly, and if not escalate to the Market & Site Collaboration Planner
• Advise Suppliers of all changes in stock holding policy to ensure that stock is appropriately managed

Transition Management:

• Manage RMPM material write offs at product launches, re-launches, SKU rationalisation, 5S projects, working closely with the MRP Coordinator to ensure that all plans are optimised and run-out schedules are accurately maintained
• Ensure material availability for RMPM on week 0 to 1 – production trials, ramp up and ramp down
• Provide input into MOC for RMPM

Working Capital Management

• Work closely with the Procurement team and suppliers to ensure appropriate stock levels for bulks are maintained both on-site and at the suppliers to ensure material availability 
• Execute actions proposed by the Inventory Specialist and End to End Planners on  Slow and Obsolete (SLOB) raw and packaging materials and ensure that provisions are raised timeously

Data Maintenance

• Provide feedback to Parameter Optimisation Specialist to ensure run strategy is workable
• Provide and validate input data to the Inventory Specialist for generation of the Inventory Planning Model and agree output prior to implementation
• Provide and validate other planning master data required by the L2 Hub
• Ensure proper maintenance of relevant data in the system as defined by the Master Data templates
• Perform regular scheduling data health checks

Reporting

• Ensure the plant shortage report is issued weekly