Forecast Automation Lead

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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. If you are passionate about designing the future of planning, enhancing your expertise in rolling out leading edge and harmonized demand & supply planning processes and tools; then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

This role reports to the Demand Planning Manager Home Care. The role is the key orchestrator of Cerebro roll out and improvement agenda, which is the E2E no touch planning tool, specific to Turkey.

Key responsibilities of the role are:

• Improve SC performance by defining and rolling out leading edge and harmonized demand & supply planning processes and tools, to deliver business targets- service, inventory, business waste and forecast accuracy.
• Design features for “No touch Planning” project- autonomous end to end supply chain functions from Demand to Supply (automated sales forecasting, inventory optimization, autonomous fulfillment & replenishment, waste reduction)
• Support Planners for automated Sales Forecasting (assisted by ML algorithms for high forecast accuracy and high acceptance rate), and Automated Supply Planning, (line & capacity optimization)
• Identify, roll-out and implement cross-category best practices to improve adoption and output quality.
• Investigate further input parameters that could enhance tool’s performance and contribution to both operational effectiveness and no touch planning adoption.
• Act as a bridge between tech teams and planning teams, both externally and internally.
• Identify Planning process and system innovation opportunities – including future development of appropriate KPIs. This also includes collaborating with the Global Planning organization to develop the portfolio.
• Support developing training and integration plans for advanced Planning processes, as well as building of fundamentally new Capabilities.

Experiences & Qualifications

• University degree preferably in Engineering
• Min 3 years local planning experience
• Internal and external stakeholder management, and operational experience is preferred.
• Strong understanding of supply chain planning concepts.
• Excellent project management skills, with ability to lead cross-functional teams effectively.
• Holding people accountable, developing self and others, breakthrough thinking
• Affinity towards innovation & new technologies

Skills

• Planning Mastery, Operational Excellence
• Stakeholder management
• Data driven decision making & Digital thinking
• Problem solving & Being a driver of change
• Business acumen
• Strong analytical skills
• Developing and implementing Supply Chain Innovation and technology 
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in Turkish & English

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.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicates from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

En tant qu'employeur responsable et inclusif, Unilever est attentif à la diversité et à la mixité de ses équipes. Nos recruteurs sont engagés et veillent à l'application de processus de recrutement non-discriminants.

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