Ice Cream Innovation Planner

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JOB PURPOSE

As an Innovation Planner on the Ice Cream US team, you will be instrumental in the category’s ability to launch key innovations to market on time and in full.  The Innovation Planner will act as the business partner in processes that are executed in close cooperation with Marketing, R&D, Sales, Finance, Category Management and other Supply Chain Functional teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the innovation project plans from START Decision/Kick-off, through to implementation. This is achieved through helping to scope the project, defining activities and timings required to ensure capability is in place, and then following up on these timings throughout the project
• Manage the overall project networks, via MS project, coordinate inputs from all functions and hold individuals accountable for the delivery of their activities to ensure the project remains on time
• Ensure that the Supply Chain has the necessary capacities and capabilities to produce the innovations for all assigned sourcing sites
• Manage communication with all key project stakeholders and with global and regional innovation planners
• Coordinate required inputs to the business case for the innovation projects in terms of capital expenditure and SCC drivers, working closely with the global Procurement, Finance, Planning and Engineering teams
• Prepare all gate documents and decision papers as inputs into the Unilever Innovation Project Management process for all assigned innovation projects
• Ensure delivered Quality for the innovations; maintaining Unilever safety standards
• Own and maintain the overall project networks for new variants and new hardware projects, as required to ensure “on time in full” delivery; by working closely with R&D, Marketing, Finance, Procurement, T&E, Quality and factories
• Co-lead risk assessments, and make sure action plans are embedded in the project timeline
• Support complexity reduction activities and sourcing analysis for the innovation projects, by working closely with Strategic Planning and Finance 

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• Excellent leadership, communication and problem-solving skills with high energy and curiosity to navigate a dynamic environment
• Bachelor’s degree (Business, Supply chain, R&D, Engineering preferred)
• 3 years’ experience in Supply Chain (Project Management, Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, Engineering or Logistics) or in R&D with experience on new product development, preferred
• Project management skills (working knowledge of MS Project, MS Office)
• Basic appreciation level of how manufacturing works

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:

• A unique mix of global scale & start-up spirit—€8.3bn powerhouse with an agile, entrepreneurial mindset. We’re building a new high growth Ice Cream company from the ground up. ​
• Career without limits—42 markets, international opportunities, and fast tracked growth. ​
• A performance-driven culture—Freedom to act, disrupt and grow – your success is measured by impact.​
• A company that celebrates joy, innovation, and purpose—We create extraordinary careers, just like our ice cream creates extraordinary moments.

LEADERSHIP

• You’re a born leader:  You will have the opportunity to lead meetings with cross-functional team members and drive decisions to achieve one common goal
• You’re a dot connector: You will work with your cross functional partners to develop timelines; understanding when key actions are needed and how the project team will navigate to successfully meet launch ambition
• You love to win, and have fun doing it: You will face several hurdles throughout the innovation process.  You will need to work collaboratively with your cross functional teams to overcome these challenges and successfully delivery your innovations to market.
• You’re a changemaker: You influence team members to develop creative solutions when things go off-course, resulting in a different way to execute the project

What We Can Offer You

Meet the Women of Customer Development| Culture for Growth| Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits| Every Voice Matters| Global Reach| Life at Unilever| Careers with Purpose | World Class Career Development Programs| Check Out Our Space| Focus On Sustainability

ARE YOU EXCITED TO CRAFT THE ICE CREAM FUTURE?

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