Supply Chain Planning Sme: Kinaxis

JOB TITLE: Supply Chain Planning SME: Kinaxis

LOCATION: UniOps Bangalore

ABOUT UNILEVER:
Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Every day, nine out of ten Indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life - giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future.

Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you’ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you’ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better you.

ABOUT UNIOPS:
Unilever Operations (UniOps) is the global technology and operations engine of Unilever offering business services, technology, and enterprise solutions. UniOps serves over 190 locations and through a network of specialized service lines and partners delivers insights and innovations, user experiences and end-to-end seamless delivery making Unilever Purpose Led and Future Fit.

Background:

- UniOps - Enterprise Operations is a part of Unilever IT. It is responsible for IT Innovation, IT Solutions Implementation, IT Run & Support for all the Enterprise Applications in core business functions like Supply Chain, Finance, Sales.
- IT Innovation: Design, Delivery & Program ownership of IT Solutions, driven by SMEs
- IT Platforms: The Total Ownership of the IT landscapes - Instances, both Global & Regional
- Enabling Functions: Functions like System Resilience, Supplier Management, IT cost controls
- iOps is a global transformation programme which is fundamentally changing the way we run our operations to unlock growth and deliver superior Customer Experience. The programme delivers business outcomes by transforming operational processes, leveraging technology and implementing a future-fit organisation design.
- The UniOps organisation is rapidly deploying the new Integrated Operations (iOps) model consistently across the globe. The transformational new way of working for all of Unilever’s markets based around the Run, Power, grow principle will see iOps as the operational engine for sustainably “Running” the business into the future.
- With three lead objectives (Enhance User Experience, Unlock value and Improve Efficiency, Capital and Controls) the iOps transformation both during implementation and then in the future-state “run” organisation will rely on excellent execution of transforming current ways of working across all pillars (process, technology and organisation)
- One of the Key Technology enablers in the Planning Space, is the Implementation of Kinaxis across all markets of UL.
- Main purpose of job:

- (A concise statement setting out the main purpose and objectives of the job)
- This is an exciting opportunity to play a Subject Matter Expert role in the iOps transformation and to ensure successful build and roll out of Kinaxis Supply chain Planning capabilities across countries and business units.
- The individual will be part of Kinaxis Innovation team and- Be responsible for bbuilding scalable and maintainable solutions that meet UL business requirements.-
- Be responsible for working with Kinaxis R&D on product design, creating blueprints, proof of concepts, validating beta code, and ensuring a smooth delivery of the Product upgrade to Unilever.-
- Be responsible for providing thought leadership and help build common understanding of solution scope - in terms of functional enablement, the business requirements and resulting capabilities to be supported in Kinaxis Rapid Response-
- Be responsible for identifying business metrics, their acceptance criteria, metric definition and ensure tradeoff decisions on product design, feature prioritization are in line with UL business expectation.The individual will partner with Digital Supply chain transformation teams in the market and- Be responsible for rolling out the Kinaxis RR Solution into the market - on time and in-full.-
- Be responsible for understanding the local market planning process and provide solutions for gaps identified-
- Serve as Plan Expert capable of diving deep into the systems & process to identify, highlight and correct Planning inefficiencies-
- Be responsible for end-to-end IT solution design for any system gaps-
- Be responsible and accountable for ensuring high quality of delivery to meet functional requirements-
- Be responsible for creating test strategy + test scripts and executin