Market Planning and Operations Specialist (Project Based)

Job title: Market Planning and Operations Specialist (Project Based)

Company: Unilever


Job description: About Ice Cream: Life Tastes Better With Ice CreamUnilever Ice Cream is the world’s leading ice cream company, home to a portfolio of iconic brands like Magnum, Calippo, Solero, Festini, Talenti, and Yasso. We’re committed to creating innovative products that bring unforgettable moments to our consumers—because, after all, “Life tastes better with ice cream.”The Ice Cream division at Unilever is preparing to stand on its own, becoming an independent, EUR 8 billion single-category focused company by the end of 2025. This move reflects our belief in the power of our unique frozen footprint, which we see as having huge potential for growth as a pure-play business. Our focus is all about unlocking that potential, driving value for our consumers, customers, employees, and shareholders.Job PurposeThis role is responsible for managing and delivering the forecasted sales growth of the assigned category or business unit through control towering end-to-end sales operations while partnering with internal teams (Customer Business Development, Customer Strategy and Planning, Brand Marketing and Customer Operations Group – Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Customer Experience).Key ResponsibilitiesThis role will handle Sales Demand Planning, in which he/she needs to:

• Deliver end to end operational excellence and efficiencies via process intervention and project management
• Set-up automated systems and processes for more efficient delivery of category topline and bottom-line targets
• Partner with field sales and integrated planning teams for the monthly depot-level forecast to ensure correct product mix and inventory levels in all depots across the country
• Partner with field sales for New Product Innovation (NPI) volume bottoms-up and stocks distribution planning
• Analyze data across several internal resources for KPI tracking purposes

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree Graduate preferably on a business related field.
• Background on process automation and data set-up, preferably in MS Excel
• Process mindset – can spot gaps and propose actions to continuously improve end to end process while balancing stakeholder needs
• Ability to manipulate and analyse complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying source
• Strong partnering mindset and ability to work together with internal teams
• Should be a team player and possesses a professional and mature demeanor
• Storytelling skills marrying data and insights
• Must be amenable to work in a project based role

We highly encourage applicants to exclude information on age, gender, and school/s in view of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Unilever assesses candidates based on skills, performance, experience and leadership.Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.

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Location: Pasig City, Metro Manila

Job date: Fri, 16 May 2025 03:11:41 GMT

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