Assistant Supply Planner – End-to-End & Digitalized Planning

Unilever PLC; Fatih; On-site; TRY 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever is hiring an Assistant Supply Planning Manager in Ümraniye to drive end-to-end supply planning for the Türkiye HPC category, coordinating with procurement, manufacturing, and logistics to optimize service levels and costs.

You will lead digitalization efforts, implement No-Touch planning concepts, manage inventory targets, and partner with cross-functional teams to identify optimization opportunities. Strong analytical skills and English/Turkish communication are essential.

Qualifications

• University degree preferably in Engineering Departments.
• Minimum 3-4 years' experience in similar positions (preferably in planning).
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in Turkish & English.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Affinity towards innovation & new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing whole UL Türkiye HPC category supply end-to-end to provide competitive service level to customers and optimize related costs and Business Waste KPIs with respect to ideal inventory levels.
• Coordinate end-to-end supply planning processes to ensure optimal service, inventory, and cost performance.
• Lead E2E Supply Planning digitalization agenda and projects to increase planning efficiency, visibility, and decision-making quality; develop and implement digital solutions to maintain high No-touch planning scores.
• Partner with Procurement, Manufacturing, Demand Planning, Logistics, Finance, IT, MDM, Trade Operation and CX teams to identify and implement supply chain optimization opportunities.
• Lead inventory management activities, monitor and report stock levels, set and review safety and cycle stock targets linked with targeted service levels.
• Drive inventory optimization initiatives through advanced planning methodologies, sustainable corrective actions through structured loss tree analysis.
• Apply ZBI methodologies through analytical studies & digital tools and cross-functional team governance.
• Challenge existing planning processes and continually identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate non-value-added activities.
• Lead service KPI on behalf of Supply Planning team, ensure loss stratification is captured and counter measures defined to minimize losses.
• Lead UMS CSA pillar and continuous improvement activities within planning function, aligned with factory performance objectives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Negotiation skills

Data-driven decisions

Innovation

Turkish & English

MS Office

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Unilever is hiring an Assistant Supply Planning Manager in Ümraniye to drive end-to-end supply planning for the Türkiye HPC category, coordinating with procurement, manufacturing, and logistics to optimize service levels and costs.

You will lead digitalization efforts, implement No-Touch planning concepts, manage inventory targets, and partner with cross-functional teams to identify optimization opportunities. Strong analytical skills and English/Turkish communication are essential.