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JOB PURPOSE

• Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. 
• The role covers Production Scheduling for week 0 to 1 horizon: receives the Production Plan for the week - Master Product Schedule (MPS) - and creates a daily production schedule to meet the end of week production outputs. The Execution Planner ensures that changes to factory capacities and other operational parameters are fed back to the L2 Hub to ensure that executable Plans are created. Plays a key role in building the Planning relationship with the factories to drive plan adoption.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Production Scheduling

• Schedule the factory resources optimally in line with the Master Production Schedule (MPS) provided by the L2 Planning Hub for week 0 to 1 horizon:
• Review previous week’s performance against schedule and agree production orders to be carried over
• Align with factories to confirm inputs to line scheduling (eg. factory calendar, labour)
• Create the production schedules in line with the MPS
• Ensure that materials are available before presenting the production schedules to the factory for sign off
• Ensure that production schedules are in line with warehouse capacity constraints
• Align with the factory operations teams, challenge and adjust schedules as necessary and publish
• Feed back to the L2 Planning Hub when adjustments are needed to improve the MPS in future
• Incorporate in week adjustments as necessary - Innovations, Breakdowns, Unplanned Maintenance
• Monitor and drive conformance of Operations to the production schedule
• Act as point of contact between the factory and the L2 Hub i.e. communicate factory information needed by the L2 Hub to create an executable MPS
• Monitor and manage volume of product left from change overs and rework activities
• Propose adjustments to the MPS to E2E Planner to resolve constraints
• Manage unexpected plan shutdowns or extraordinary events and communicate at the earliest opportunity to the L2 Hub
• Convert Planned Orders to Process Orders
• Flag any risks to delivering local and export volume to the Market Collaboration Planner
• Work with the operations team to generate run sequences per line to minimise downtime and maximise output
• Review previous week’s performance and root cause, adjust plans after checking carry overs.

Planning Hub for week 0 to 1 horizon:

• Review previous week’s performance against schedule and agree production orders to be carried over
• Align with factories to confirm inputs to line scheduling (eg. factory calendar, labour)
• Create the production schedules in line with the MPS
• Ensure that materials are available before presenting the production schedules to the factory for sign off
• Ensure that production schedules are in line with warehouse capacity constraints
• Align with the factory operations teams, challenge and adjust schedules as necessary and publish
• Feed back to the L2 Planning Hub when adjustments are needed to improve the MPS in future
• Incorporate in week adjustments as necessary - Innovations, Breakdowns, Unplanned Maintenance
• Monitor and drive conformance of Operations to the production schedule
• Act as point of contact between the factory and the L2 Hub i.e. communicate factory information needed by the L2
• Hub to create an executable MPS
• Monitor and manage volume of product left from change overs and rework activities
• Propose adjustments to the MPS to E2E Planner to resolve constraints
• Manage unexpected plan shutdowns or extraordinary events and communicate at the earliest opportunity to the

L2 Hub

• Convert Planned Orders to Process Orders
• Flag any risks to delivering export specific volume to the Market Collaboration Planner
• Flag any risks to delivering local and export (shared SKU) volume to the Market Collaboration Planner
• Flag any short-term risks to the FG Execution Planner weekly before weekly Ops meeting
• Work with the operations team to generate run sequences per line to minimise downtime and maximise output
• Review previous week’s performance and root cause, adjust plans after checking carry overs.

Output Reliability (OR):

• Review previous week’s factory performance against plan (Latest Plan OR) and input into the weekly OR loss tree with sourcing unit input and consensus (owned by Ops).
• Report on losses and plans to improve in weekly Ops meetings and S&OP Supply meeting, when require

Transition Management:

• Execute material write offs at product launches, re-launches, SKU rationalisation, VIP projects, and ensure that all plans are optimised and run-out schedules are accurately maintained
• Incorporate transition activities into the daily schedule e.g. schedule production trials
• Provide input into MOC for FG

Working Capital Management

• Execute working capital reduction plan at site for Finished Goods through run strategy, EBQ optimization etc.
• Flag Any reduction opportunities with the Market Collaboration Planner.
• Execute actions proposed by the Inventory Specialist and End to End Planners on Slow and Obsolete (SLOB) finished goods and ensure that provisions are raised timeously

Data Maintenance

• Provide feedback to to L2 team and Market Collaborations Planner  to ensure run strategy is workable
• Provide and validate input data to the Market Collaborations Planner 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

• Work closely with supply planning team in updating customer service reports and providing information on recovery.
• Capture OR Losses with sourcing unit stakeholders on a weekly basis (Latest Plan OR) and communicate to stakeholders.
• Provide data for CCFOT loss analysis to the E2E Planner (losses pertaining to OR).
• Support S&OP Supply Meeting preparation (and attendance), when required.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Relevant Tertiary Education (Degree: Supply Chain or Finance)
• Experience in the general supply chain and planning
• Further studies in supply chain, including APICS/SAPICS qualification, would be beneficial
• Planning and functional business process knowledge
• Business partnering experience
• Understand S&OP process & cadence
• Experience working and interacting with all levels in a business.
• FMCG experience will be advantageous
• Experience working with SAP (in factory) will be beneficial

Skills

• Future fit planning skills (Curiosity and Agility; Impact through technology)
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence stakeholders to achieve results
• Strong change, service and agile mindset
• Strong accountability and responsibility
• Strong Business Acumen

Contacts

• Factory management and operational teams
• L1 Planning Team
• Procurement Teams
• L2 Planning Hub

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JOB PURPOSE

• The Unilever YES Programme is meant to provide participants with a meaningful work experience, skills development opportunities, and exposure to a professional environment as stepping stone into the world of work.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Participants will take on support responsibilities across different business functions. These responsibilities play a crucial role in ensuring the effective operation of the function and offer accelerated and practical work experience.

The different business functions are:

• Customer Development (CD): This function works with customers—such as major supermarkets—to ensure that outlets deliver optimal results for both Unilever and the customer. It focuses on building strong relationships and driving sales through effective collaboration and execution at the customer level.
• Cullinary: Help prepare product samples for customer demos and logistics of demo events, trade shows, customer meetings. You will get to support chefs with content creation for webinars and "how to" videos
• Marketing: Responsible for building brands, driving consumer engagement, and developing strategies to grow market share and brand equity.
• Supply Chain: Manages the end-to-end process of sourcing, manufacturing, and delivering products to customers.
• Human Resources (HR): Handles talent management, employee engagement, and organizational development.
• Finance: Oversees financial planning, analysis, reporting, and compliance.
• IT (Information Technology): Supports business operations with technology solutions and digital transformation.
• Mechanical Engineering:  Work on engineering projects, and gain exposure to industry-leading manufacturing processes.
• Safety Health and Environment (SHE): Supports the site SHE Coordinator to implement systems to reduce Occupational Health and Safety risk by the creation and maintenance of an effective SHE management system.
• Communications: Manages internal and external communications, including corporate affairs and public relations.
• Learning & Rewards: Focuses on employee development, training, and compensation strategies.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• South African citizen, aged 18 – 34 years
• Currently unemployed and not studying full-time
• Completed Matric certificate (Grade 12)
• Relevant tertiary qualifications advantageous
• Should not have more than 2 years’ work experience
• Commitment to the 12-month programme
• Must not have completed a YES Programme previously
• Willingness to learn and grow in a professional environment
• A strong academic record
• Strong computer literacy
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good time management
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment
• A positive attitude