Unilever 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. Drive innovation and lead our business to new heights by spearheading the Digital Supply Chain (DSC) team. Collaborate with visionary leaders and diverse colleagues in a global environment, unlocking your full potential.
If you thrive on data and digital transformation, this role is designed for you.
Be a part of the Digital Supply Chain (DSC) team, a new team of 40+ FTE that will be pivotal in the Ice Cream Company's ambition to be a Digital First company.
You will be the project manager for all digital developments in SC Engineering. Together with your colleagues from the Make Tech branch of the DSC team, you will be responsible for project management, and in some cases also execution, of all digital developments in Make (Manufacturing, Engineering, SSHE). SC business will contact you with development requests, and you will assess, based on your deep knowledge of both SC Engineering and IT (available data, data lake structure, solution integration, current project pipeline, D&A; capabilities, etc.) Together with your direct colleagues from Make Tech, your SC business colleagues, and colleagues from IT (enterprise architecture, enterprise solutions, data & analytics) you make business cases for suitable projects. You guide the projects from start to finish: from business case, to presenting to the Tech Design Board, to interdisciplinary project team setup, to execution. Typically, execution of projects will be handled by the IT team, but in some cases, you use your knowledge of the data lake structure, data availability, SC Engineering needs, and your basic data engineering skills, to build solutions yourself that can suit the needs of SC Engineering. You will help identify local SC Engineering tools, and evaluate whether they can be replaced by global tools, as part of the "General First, Local by Exception" digital agenda.
Based on your end-to-end overview of SC Engineering technology, and based on strong knowledge of both IT systems and industry state-of-the-art, you will collaborate with SC Engineering business teams and Excellence teams to continuously bring improvements to the Ice Cream Company's SC Engineering capabilities.
You will help give the DSC Make Tech team a strong identity and make it top-of-mind for all in SC (both global and regional/local) as the team to contact for all Make technology requests.
Excellent communication skills to effectively liaise between IT, SC business, and SC
Proficiency in managing complex projects, ensuring timely and successful completion.
You have excellent knowledge of SC Engineering, as well as good understanding of data lake structures and basic data engineering and general supply chain knowledge to ensure efficient throughput of projects.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex supply chain challenges.
Ability to identify and implement innovative solutions to improve supply chain reporting processes.
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related field.
Minimum of 2 years of experience in a Supply Chain Engineering role
Proven experience with digital supply chain technologies and data management.
Demonstrated success in supporting large-scale digital projects and cross-functional teams.
Knowledge of supply chain best practices and emerging trends (e.g., Attractive total remuneration package; excellent company pension, bonus, share scheme.
~ Hybrid Work (you can work from home 2/3 days per week)
~4 weeks of Flex Work per year: Opportunity to work remotely for the entire week without coming into the office.
~ Flexible hours: Online language courses.
~ Online store with exclusive discounts on UL products and other recognized brands.