Unilever

Supply Chain Network Designer

Unilever

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $86,080 - $129,120 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

SQL

About the role

  • Network Design and Development Team Goals:
  • Determine the optimal Unilever distribution network in terms of cost, agility, resilience and sustainability.
  • Reduce cost-to-serve by increasing efficiency and eliminating waste within the Unilever supply chain. The Supply Chain Network Designer is a crucial strategic role on the Network Design and Development Team within Logistics for Unilever North America Customer Operations, responsible for conducting and executing end-to-end network analyses to determine how we get our product to our customers most efficiently. This technical role relies heavily on Excel, SQL, Alteryx, and supply chain modeling software including Coupa Supply Chain Guru and Optilogic. This role combines backend data expertise with frontend stakeholder engagement, through customer team collaboration and stakeholder ad hoc support. The Network Designer is responsible for independently conducting supply chain cost benefit analyses and design projects and creating a clear timeline for execution and delivery of results. This is an exciting space that allows for exposure and input on core strategy development for Unilever’s supply chain and the ability to develop technical modeling skills. It is a critical role for the future of our digital and insights-driven Supply Chain strategies and plays a pivotal part in our transformation process.
  • Drive supply chain model and optimization projects involving network design, route/flow planning, product sourcing decisions, capacity planning and inventory optimization.
  • Utilize Excel, Alteryx, SQL and supply chain modeling software to evaluate, analyze and solve supply chain trade-offs to optimize cost, sustainability, customer service, working capital, lead time and capacity planning. Develop supply chain optimization modeling skills, concepts, and data preparation.
  • Manage detailed savings tracking of key strategic projects across network design and development, and deep dive results for continuous improvement.
  • Partner with our customer teams to develop mutually beneficial network overlay execution strategies.
  • Lead stakeholder requested ad hoc cost benefit analysis and data requests.
  • Turn analyses into stories; create power point presentations from analyses to present to all levels of stakeholders.
  • Manage backend database flows to support teams with accurate data inputs.
  • Drive efforts that analyze our extensive supplier network, co-maker network, manufacturing, primary deployment, and customer shipments.
  • Provide critical analysis that shapes and supports the overall business strategy with specific customers.
  • Ingest large sets of data, compile, analyze, and make concise recommendations to key stakeholders.
  • You’re a born leader: You will lead and shape the future strategy of Unilever’s supply chain network.
  • You’re a strategy guru: You will design new supply chains that support Unilever’s business strategy.
  • You’re a dot connector: You can find the pattern and process in even the most complex of situations. You can turn it into a clear, consistent process map and communicate it to all your stakeholders across the landscape.
  • You’re a storyteller: You can clearly explain to, present to, and strategically influence key stakeholders for new supply chain designs.
  • You’re a culture & change champion: You embrace change and always push the envelope using better processes and technology to pave the way. You influence others to adopt and adapt while giving them space to make it work for them.

Requirements

  • A Bachelor’s degree is required - preferably in a supply chain, data analytics, engineering, or related subject; a master’s degree is preferred Advanced skills collecting and managing large data sets via, Excel, SQL, Alteryx and/or other data management tools Preferred experience in Coupa Supply Chain Guru, Optilogic or other supply chain optimization modeling tools Strong project management skills and the ability to lead teams through complex problem solving Need to be comfortable with ambiguous problems and leveraging wide/diverse networks to solve problems Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying analytical outputs and recommendations clearly to senior stakeholder Preferred experience in linear optimization, simulation, and general modeling design principals Possesses an understanding of core supply chain processes: order to cash, planning, procurement, make, warehousing and transportation Possess a strong understanding of supply chain finance and business tradeoff management Have a strong appetite for proactive, informed risk-taking with a winning attitude Ability to travel 10% of the time.