Demand Fulfillment Manager Foods Arabia

Job Description Unilever is currently hiring for Demand Fulfillment Manager Foods Arabia Function: Customer Operations Work Level: WL2A Reports to: Integrated Planning Lead Foods PTAB Scope: Arabia Location: UHD Terms & Conditions: Full Time ABOUT UNILEVER With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future. 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 an energetic, passionate individual who is competent in developing and maintaining complex forecasting models that delivers business insights while creating key performance metrics for both demand plan and S&OP effectiveness and if you want to land end-to-end planning & identifying business needs, deploying and implementing plans to deliver service, cost, and cash targets to be aligned with our #1 supplier vision & compass then this role is just for you! WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE This role works for Unilever Food Solutions and Nutrition category, where you are managing the demand planning operation. As a Demand Planning Manager, you will be expected to stand at the heart of S&OP Process where you will work closely with our customer development, marketing and sourcing unit teams to build an integrated volume and sales plan where you will coordinate sustainable improvement and delivery of key KPIs supporting best business output, and hence will manage all downstream supply chain operations. You will be owner of the volume forecast for short, mid and long term periods. You will have the responsibility of managing short term demand-supply risks and manage them proactively within your business unit. Main responsibilities of the role are: Improve SC performance by defining and rolling out leading edge and harmonized demand planning processes and tools, to deliver business targets- service, inventory, business waste and forecast accuracy. Build and maintain strong working relationships across cross-functional teams, Business Units and Business Groups. Be a strong business partner with all key stakeholders to maintain trust and add value to the business. Generate sustainable solutions to overcome operational challenges and support business growth in collaboration with business teams. Lead supply chain disruption, interventions / supply shortage preventions by ensuring respected safety stock Support marketing and I&P teams through innovation and simplification agenda. Manage inventory while ensuring maximum service level & availability. Minimizing business waste risk by actively managing over and residual inventory. Endorse future fit planning processes via increasing variety of inputs for no touch planning, as well as improvement in adoption of no touch forecasting WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED Experiences & Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in engineering/operations or equivalent experience Proven experience (typically 4+ years) in supply chain planning, operations, or related roles. Local experience is crucial. Strong understanding of supply chain planning concepts. Excellent leadership and project management skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams effectively. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to evolving business needs. Holding people accountable, developing self and others, breakthrough thinking, optimizing Supply Chain integrated performance, strategic vision and influencing. Skills Collaboration catalyst Stakeholder Management Being a driver of change Solution generation expertise and out of the box thinking. Leadership skills for proactive management and communication of business opportunities and risks Business acumen with planning experience Digital thinking Agile and data driven decision making Excellent Turkish and English communication skills, both written and verbal Leadership You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins. You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. Yo