Tea Planner

Job description

Job Title:

Tea Planner

Department:

Procurement

Profession (Marketing, Finance, etc.):

Supply Chain

Work Level:

WL1E

Location (City, Country):

Dubai

Main Job Purpose:
(A concise statement setting out the main purpose and objectives of the job.)

· Buying Planning
· Operating/running APS
· Verification of Buying/Shipping Plans
· Verification of Blend Recipes
· Verification of Input data – Demand Forecast and Tea Availability & Price Forecast
· Data Management
· Master data Maintenance
· Updating Tea Connect data
· Customer Requirements Management
· What if Scenario Planning
· Stock Out Analysis
· Hub & Global what if testing
· Forecasting Data
· PBBS Master data maintenance
· KPI reporting

Key Accountabilities:
(Please describe the responsibilities and end results that would be expected.)

This role has
· Direct and high frequency interaction with people within the Global Tea Network involving providing weekly buying & blending mandates to
· 6 Tea Buying Offices in Mombasa, Malawi, Kolkata, Jakarta, Colombo and New Jersey
· 8 Clusters
· Runs ‘what-if' scenario's to support Blend Development and PBBS design
· APS, as an optimizer, is a proven Best Practice within Unilever delivering a year on year benefit of 3% and is critical to the full implementation of Project Merlion.

Professional Skills:
(The minimum requirement from the JSP should be described, incl degrees/qualifications preferred.)

Please refer to Job skills profile

Experience Required:
(Please detail essential and desirable experience, including no. of years.)

ESSENTIAL
· IT skills including use of Productive Tools especially Excel
· SAP Knowledge and experience
· Experience of Supply Chain and Logistics planning
· High level of analytical and logical ability
· Good interpersonal skills, especially dealing with a global network
· Fluent in English
· Team Commitment

PREFFERRED
· Experience in using Optimising Tools
· Experience of Oracle databases, SQL writing and/or Infomaker is advantageous

Travel:
(Please make it clear if the job will require travel within the country or abroad and give an idea of how often the candidate will need to be away from home.)

As per job/site requirements.

Contacts:
(Please list any internal and external contacts arising from the job.)

Internal:
Procurement:
· Tea Portfolio Procurement teams
· Cluster Procurement team, geography

IT

Reporting Channel:
(Please show where the job lies within the department, including superior(s) & subordinate(s).)