With over 35 brands spanning 20 distinct categories such as soaps, detergents, shampoos, skin care, toothpastes, deodorants, cosmetics, tea, coffee, packaged foods, ice cream, and water purifiers, the Company is a part of the everyday life of millions of consumers across India. Its portfolio includes leading household brands such as Lux, Lifebuoy, Surf Excel, Rin, Wheel, Glow & Lovely, Pond’s, Vaseline, Lakmé, Dove, Clinic Plus, Sunsilk, Pepsodent, Closeup, Axe, Brooke Bond, Bru, Knorr, Kissan, Kwality Wall’s and Pureit.
VACANCY DETAILS :-
Reporting to the Procurement Finance - Central FET Manager, the candidate is responsible for driving the Forecasting FET function for select material portfolios and markets. The candidate will play a pivotal role in building the understanding of material cost forecast, the largest line item in the Unilever P&L.
The main role would be to:
• Drive the material cost forecast process for select material portfolios and markets
• Understand the drivers of material impact for the clusters and work with Procurement and Procurement Finance teams to provide a clear signal to the business
• Lead global forecasting process improvement initiatives and simplification projects
Main Responsibilities :
Material Forecasting
• Lead forecast cycles for select BG, material portfolios and clusters
• Engage and support buyers to improve quality of the forecast
• Drive forecast accuracy through buyer scorecards
• Run the Light Cycle Forecast
• Deliver material rates for transfer price updates
• Understand impacts from key material movements to guide business decision making
• Monitor saving flow through into material prices to ensure business impact
Process Improvement
• Lead forecast improvement initiatives across global forecast process
• Streamline the process through simplification, standardization, and automation
Stakeholder Management
• Engage with Supplier Operations and third party to get relevant output to run the forecast
• Engage with FBPs to land the forecast, answer queries, and help build a narrative
• Engage with Procurement to drive various elements of the forecasting cycle
• Engage with Supply Chain Finance on forecast-related topics such as volume collection, material prices delivery, etc.
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