Planning Specialist - Foods

Function: Business Operations / ​Integrated Planning​ 
Reports to: ​Demand Fulfillment Manager – FOODS
Scope: ​Türkiye​ 
Location: ​Umraniye​ 
Terms & Conditions: ​Full Time​ 
 
ABOUT UNILEVER 
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JOB PURPOSE 
Find your purpose at Unilever. You will sit in the middle of S&OP, where you will work closely with our customer development, marketing, and sourcing unit teams to build an integrated volume and sales plan, you will coordinate the delivery of the results and make shifts on the forecast based on consumption or business need changes, and hence will manage all downstream supply chain operations. If you are an expert in communication, willing to guide related stakeholders to grow our business together and ready to be owner of short/mid/long-term forecasting by your analytical thinking aspects, then this role is just for you. 

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE 
​​This role works for FOODS BU where you are managing the demand planning operation for related FOODS brands. 
​Main responsibilities of the role are: 
​• Generation of volume and value forecasting through executing the demand planning components of the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process. 
​• To understand past and future assumptions, risks, and opportunities, and clean the sales data and build base forecast while keeping track of sales and marketing activity logs 
​• To understand and apply statistical models, depending on historical patterns and horizons using exception-based planning 
​•  To lead the development and facilitates the deployment of new capabilities in Demand Planning such as improvements on S&OP processes and digitalization of the forecasting and E2E S&OP. 
​• To manage inventory while ensuring maximum service. Minimizing business waste risk by actively managing over and residual inventory. Ensure guardrail processes and governance to manage inventory and business waste. 
​​• To provide insights on SC Demand Planning performance to the Planning Manager.​ 
 
WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED 
 Experiences & Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in operations / Logistics / Business / Engineering or equivalent experience 
• Operational experience in a planning environment is preferred 
• Strong stakeholder management experience is preferred. 
• Challenging the status quo and pushing the limits within SC and business operation of the FOODS category. 

 
Skills 

• ​​Collaboration catalyst.
• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience is Planning
• ​Solution generation expertise and out of the box thinking. 
• ​Strong leadership skills for proactive management and communication of business opportunities and risks 
• ​Business acumen with planning experience 
• ​Digital thinking 
• ​Agile decision making 
• ​Excellent Turkish and English communication skills, both written and verbal​ 

 
Leadership 

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way. 
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better. 

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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.