Logistics & Inventory Controller at Unilever

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 optimizing warehousing, inbound and outbound secondary transportation, and co-packing operations to ensure the efficient and accurate handling and delivery of customer orders, achieving high CCFOT at optimal costs, and adhering to Unilever's quality, environmental safety, and health standards, then this role is perfect for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Manage the day to day deliver operations to achieve high levels of Customer Service at optimal costs.

• Ensure distribution of products on time and in full within the required conditions. 
• Drive CCFOT (Customer Case Fill On Time); ICCFOT (Inter Company Case Fill on Time); Working Capital (Stock) reduction and CEPs (Cost Effectiveness Programs) 
• Build and Sustain collaborative/ productive relationship with Unilever Customers; 3PLs to drive service levels, costs, efficiencies, process simplification and loss reduction from CCFOT analysis.
• Determine and optimise the warehouse and transport capacity with 3PL’s.
• Ensure all operations in Warehouse and Distribution are within the agreed SHEQ and food safety guidelines; lead the TPM activities in the warehouse.
• Conduct periodic stock count and reconcile physical, 3PL and UL system stocks to ensure stock accuracy.
• Monitor and organize FIFO applications in the warehouse operations.
• Organize collection of pallets from customers and ensure pallet supply is as per production plan.
• Assign reason codes for stock returns and rejections at the time of receiving goods returns.
• Coordinate shipment of finished goods from the factories to the warehouse.
• Ensure that site contingency plan is live and maintained.
• Manage all government / local relations in regard to the site operations
• Support the Regional Logistics Director for the preparation/negotiations of MCO Deliver contracts.
• Manage the effective processing of supplier invoices and payments to 3PLs customer claims.
• Responsible for custom clearance in operations where it is not managed by 3PL. 
• Ensure appropriate stock provisions are made in books for SLOB’s. Ensure timely initiation of disposals to minimize losses.
• Responsible for ensuring transportation and warehousing cost budgets are within the set limits.
• Ensure Distribution Requirement Planning is in place with regards to Up- Country DCs way of working
• Implement HR procedures and policies. 

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• University degree, Supply chain (APICS etc) qualification is an added.
• 3-5 Years in Supply Chain operations 
• Experience in managing 3PLs.
• Planning experience
• Exposure to Order to Cash, procure to pay cycle.
• Budgeting & Planning
• Master of Business Administration; Logistics Degree
• Special studies in Supply Chain related subjects.
• FMCG experience