Market Collaboration Planner Home Care

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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.

Unilever Italy is looking for a motivated Market Collaboration Planner to join the Customer Operations team, with a specific focus on Demand planning. Market Collaboration Planner is a pivotal position within the Home Care Business Unit. This is a crucial role in the S&OP process, contributing in sales forecast creation with market team; special focus is also dedicated to mid-long term supply planning of HC products in order to balance stock levels  and costs by ensuring superior customer service.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Actively participate in the S&OP cycle, contributing to cross-functional meetings and discussions with the aim of:
  • defining baseline forecast and monitoring promotional forecast
  • observing and translating market trends into sales forecast
  • ensuring Demand accuracy and stability
  • coordinate with marketing on innovations
• Serve as a vital link between the local business and the supply network, ensuring proper visibility of needs to sourcing units and driving business decisions to mitigate service issues. Ensuring mid-long term supply planning is adequate and timely managed
• Balance cost/service ensuring we have the right level of inventory to serve the market without generating excess stock and residual (with consequent waste risk)
• Obsolete management (identification of over stock situations and residuals; reducing obsoletes of finished good stock and raw&pack materials write-off)

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Bias for action and quick decision making based on analytical data but also driven by business acumen and market landscape understanding. Passion for high performance and proactive solutions identification.

Experiences & Qualifications

Skills:

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate data and develop actionable insights.
• Resilience and adaptability in a dynamic organizational environment.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Demonstrated leadership, influencing abilities, and autonomy, with a curious mindset and a team-oriented approach.
• Self-motivated and solution-oriented, capable of prioritizing effectively under high-pressure conditions.
• Familiarity with planning KPIs and a solid understanding of planning in FMCG is advantageous.
• Interest in supply/shop floor environment is a nice to have
• Proficiency in PowerBI and PowerQuery, with advanced skills in Excel.
• Knowledge of SAP and RapidResponse is a plus.
• Excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken.

Qualifications:

• Candidates with degree in Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering, or related fields are strongly preferred
• Relevant experience in planning (2 years), particularly within the FMCG sector. However, we are open to considering candidates with diverse backgrounds who demonstrate the necessary skills and competencies for this role

Leadership

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