Strategic Material Planner | Hybrid Chicago — Optimize Inventory

Unilever; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement savings benefits

Life insurance and disability benefits

Parental leave

Sick leave

Paid vacation and holidays

Access to numerous voluntary benefits

Job summary

Unilever in Chicago, IL seeks a Sr. Material Planner to manage sourcing of raw and packaging materials and optimize inventory to support production and customer service.

This hybrid role requires coordinating with procurement, suppliers and cross-functional teams to balance service with cost. Responsibilities include maintaining material availability, expediting/de-expediting, managing master data, and aligning with the global plan excellence framework while driving waste reduction and KPI

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with focus in an analytical discipline preferred (e.g. Supply Chain Management, computer science, math, statistics, economics, engineering).
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in supply chain.
• Proficiency in PC based software tools, specially MS Excel.
• Knowledge of SAP ECC a plus.
• Ability to work independently and as a team, self-starter.
• Understanding of data-mining techniques, root cause analysis and statistical methods.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate material requirements based on system generated MRP and requisition materials accordingly.
• Expedite and de-expedite raw and package materials to support and maintain a flexible production schedule while communicating with Business Units.
• Responsible for implementing and adhering the inventory strategy required to support business needs defined by CMRP.
• Monitor raw and package inventory to achieve continuous improvement in inventory optimization and minimize waste for obsoletes and run outs.
• Own, monitor, update, and manage master data to allow systems to optimize plans.
• Manage invoicing exceptions.
• Supporting innovation launches and material set ups to deliver flawless launches.
• Interface with Production Managers, Mix Room Supervisors, Procurement, Warehouse, Transportation, Suppliers, Quality, R&D, Supply planners and other Material Planners in other Sites to ensure reliable production schedule.
• Be a “change leader”, implement standard best practices and adopt new tools.
• Apply World Class Manufacturing principals to identify major loss areas and facilitate process improvement.

Skills

Analytical thinking

MS Excel

SAP ECC knowledge

Independent and team player

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree with focus in an analytical discipline (e.g. SCM, CS, math, statistics, economics, eng)

Tools

MS Excel

SAP ECC

Job description

Unilever in Chicago, IL seeks a Sr. Material Planner to manage sourcing of raw and packaging materials and optimize inventory to support production and customer service.

This hybrid role requires coordinating with procurement, suppliers and cross-functional teams to balance service with cost. Responsibilities include maintaining material availability, expediting/de-expediting, managing master data, and aligning with the global plan excellence framework while driving waste reduction and KPI