- Professional
- Optionales Büro in Kingston
ABOUT THE ROLE
Job Description
This role is an exciting opportunity to join the UK & Ireland (UK&I) Incubator Hub and be a leader in developing the new Digital Commerce (D-Comm) Operations whilst ensuring excellent execution of the new digital-sales operations. Together with another colleague, you will be a responsible for end-to-end supply chain operations within the D-Comm Retail Operations Unit. You will work with logistics, fulfilment centre and agency partners, as well as the core Unilever operations in supply chain, finance and IT, to launch new routes to market and to bring new formats, new brands and new portfolios to our online consumers.
Key Accountabilities
The operations of the D-Comm fulfilment centre, including monitoring performance to service level agreements, problem-solving and issue-investigation
Represent the supply chain D-Comm operations in BU’s D-Comm innovation project team(s)Act as the procurement lead for the D-Comm operations Retail Business Unit, including leading tender processes, negotiations and contracting for new suppliers
Leading negotiations for contract extensions or terminations as appropriate
Be Supply Chain business partner to D-Comm BU operations and Sales teams
Design and implementation of new routes to market and sales-channel platforms, as extensions to the existing infrastructure, for example new social-media online shops, alternative marketplaces or brand.com etc.
Key Skills Required
Supply Chain Planning, Customer Service, Logistics and/or Procurement background, with practical product and process knowledge.
Keen to operate and learn across the End-to-End Supply Chain as well as get to grips with Finance and Accounting controls and practices.
Experience of working, developing new relationships and contracting with partner companies (suppliers or customers).
Understand product and operational quality and safety.
Understanding of SC & finance operational/ERP systems (e.g. NetSuite or SAP)
Able to demonstrate good project management skills.
Team-player who has experience working with multi-functional teams. You can hold others accountable, whilst not being afraid to roll-up your own sleeves and getting stuff done yourself.
Not afraid of operating in ambiguity and have an agile mindset towards changing priorities and wants to learn.
Can develop process, procedure, and ways of working as you go (you don’t need to know every step of the route in order to begin the journey)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Prepared to challenge the status-quo and bring an entrepreneurial mindset to try things in a different way. Where they succeed you replicate and roll-out. Where they fail you can walk-away with some learnings.
