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Look in your fridge, or on the bathroom shelf, and you’re bound to see one of our well-known brands. We create, market and distribute the products that people choose to feed their families and keep themselves and their homes clean and fresh.
People’s lives are changing fast. As the way we all live and work evolves, our needs and tastes change too. At Unilever we aim to help people in their daily lives. So we keep developing new products, improving tried and tested brands and promoting better, more efficient ways of working.
We have a portfolio of brands that are popular across the country. Popular because of our two key strengths:
Strong roots in local markets and first-hand knowledge of the local culture.
World-class business expertise applied internationally to serve consumers everywhere.
Focusing on performance and productivity, we encourage our people to develop new ideas and put fresh approaches into practice. Hand in hand with this is a strong sense of responsibility to the communities we serve. We don’t only measure success in financial terms; how we achieve results is important too. We work hard to conduct our business with integrity – respecting our employees, our consumers and the environment around us.
Unilever is proudly one of the country’s leading suppliers of fast-moving consumer goods in all our three divisions – Foods, home care and personal care.
Foods
We are the largest seller of packet tea with our Lipton brand leading the Foods and Beverages category.
We are the category leader in margarine in the country with the Blueband brand.
In savoury, our Royco and Knorr brands are household names you can’t ignore.
Home & personal care
We are highly visible in the home care market in the country, which includes cleansing and hygiene products.
Our home care products, Omo and Sunlight are household names synonymous with home care.
Within the personal care market, we are very visible with brands like Lux and Pears to help you look and feel good.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.
The Logistics Excellence lead is responsible for deploying Logistics excellence program in West Africa. If you are into deploying best practices and continuous improvement in the Logistics space, then this role is just for you!
What Will Your Main Responsibilities Be
Logistics Excellence
Standardized Deep Dive and Benchmarking of Logistics Operation ( DCs and Transport )
Leads the evaluation of new best practices (Infrastructure, Processes and Operations and the implementation of approved best practices in line with WCL
Drive operational excellence in warehousing operations exploiting and optimizing Unilever’s use of warehouse design and operation to improve customer service, cost and carbon ( DC Operational Excellence and New DC Development )
Lead community of practice for improvement processes and tools
Partner with Procurement in Supplier performance management
Partner with CSE on Go to Market strategy for distribution
Drives the Savings program for the MCO and ensures savings targets are met
Drives MCO Logistics Transformation and CI project
Drive and maintain the MCO Cost to Serve Model
Reviews KPI performance of the MCO comparing with the peers in the same archetype
Drives the MCO CAPEX Programme ensuring forecasting is accurate and projects delivered OTIF
Establishes and maintains the MCO 3 year Logistics Master Plan
Reduce Warehouse and Transport related CCFOT losses thru defining & implementing Warehouse transition management processes and implementing best-in-class warehouse management processes & tools Capability development (Training, Coaching with standard License to Operate
Drive Sustainability through identifying and implementing projects within area of control
Drive CO2 reduction initiative in Warehouse & Transportation activities & reduce CO2 footprint by 60% by 2030 DRP
Accountable for management of all Primary transport operations and tactical direction to the transport suppliers to enable the delivery of significant savings in transport spend for the business
Design and drive an efficient and effective Transport delivery scheme by having optimal balance of customer service and transport costs in place.
To manage the Primary transport strategy for the Logistics function for efficient service delivery to both internal and external stakeholders and ensuring on time in full delivery to customers
What You Will Need To Succeed
Experiences , Qualifications & Skills:
Has a Degree or equivalent
Has proven leadership experience of running MCO programs in Logistics
Has at least 3 years of Logistics Operations experience
Experience in Distribution planning, Regional 3PL management, WMS implementation, Warehouse transition would be an advantage.
Has strong interpersonal skills: can coach, motivate, and convince stakeholders from different levels and markets by using the right structure, style and level of detail
Has understanding of performance drivers and how to unlock these
Has commercial acumen.
Leadership:
You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.
Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
Passion for high performance: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
Personal mastery: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
Consumer Love: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
Purpose & service: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.
