Emerging Supply Planning Lead

Unilever PLC; Fatih; On-site; TRY 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever Türkiye invites applications for an Assistant Supply Planning Manager in Ümraniye. You will join the Supply Chain function and contribute to end-to-end planning, inventory control, and cost optimization in a local scope.

You will collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, demand planning, logistics, and IT to drive digitalization, improve service levels, and implement zero-touch planning initiatives while developing robust KPI governance.

Qualifications

• University degree in engineering or related field.
• 3–4 years in a similar planning role preferred.
• Excellent Turkish & English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end supply planning to ensure optimal service, inventory and cost performance.
• Lead end-to-end supply planning digitalization projects to improve efficiency and No-touch planning targets.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Manufacturing, Demand Planning, Logistics, Finance, IT, MDM, Trade Ops and CX to identify optimization opportunities.
• Lead inventory management activities and set safety and cycle stock targets aligned with service levels.
• Drive inventory optimization using advanced planning methodologies and loss-tree analyses.
• Apply zero-based inventory (ZBI) techniques to improve planning accuracy.
• Challenge existing processes and drive simplifications, standardization, and automation.
• Own service KPI reporting for the Supply Planning team and define countermeasures to minimize losses.
• Lead continuous improvement activities within planning aligned to factory performance objectives.

Skills

Analytical problem solving

Stakeholder communication

Dynamic work environment

Negotiation skills

Data-driven decision making

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Unilever Türkiye invites applications for an Assistant Supply Planning Manager in Ümraniye. You will join the Supply Chain function and contribute to end-to-end planning, inventory control, and cost optimization in a local scope.

You will collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, demand planning, logistics, and IT to drive digitalization, improve service levels, and implement zero-touch planning initiatives while developing robust KPI governance.