Associate Strategic Integrated Planning Manager - B&W

Unilever • Englewood Cliffs, NJ

7d • $86,080 - $129,120

About The Position

Background & Purpose of the Job The Associate Strategic Integrated Planning Manager – B&W plays a pivotal and highly strategic role within the B&W NA Integrated Planning organization. Reporting directly to the Head of Integrated Planning for Beauty & Wellbeing North America, this role acts as a strategic chief-of-staff, driving cross-functional priorities, shaping the Integrated Planning agenda, and amplifying the voice and impact of Integrated Planning across the business. This role will: Support delivery of our full Integrated Planning agenda across people, service, inventory, and waste. Engage widely across factories, contract manufacturers, Supply & Demand Planning, Materials, Customer Excellence, Finance, Logistics, Innovation Planning, Strategic Planning, and Procurement. Lead planning, governance, and execution of Integrated Planning strategy, roadmap development, and monthly operational drumbeats. Craft and deliver high-impact storytelling on behalf of Integrated Planning and the Head of IP, including executive-ready narratives, leadership updates, and CO/BW Town Hall messaging. Support and/or own major initiatives including Zero-Based Inventory (ZBI), Segmentation, Network Transformation, PLM governance, AI & digital adoption, SLEAs & scorecards, service recovery playbooks, and simplification efforts. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, moves with pace, connects dots across the business, and brings an energizing combination of curiosity, influence, and strategic problem-solving. They will be trusted to represent Integrated Planning leadership at times independently and must be comfortable operating in a dynamic, grey-space environment. Who You Are You’re a strategic orchestrator: You act as the connective tissue of Integrated Planning, aligning cross-functional teams, shaping priorities, and turning complex inputs into a unified direction. You’re a storyteller: You build compelling, executive-ready narratives that simplify complexity and help senior leaders make decisions quickly and confidently. You’re a dot-connector & integrator: You naturally connect planning, supply, materials, and commercial insights into a cohesive story, making you a critical partner across the end-to-end value chain. You thrive in ambiguity: Dynamic priorities, limited structure, and evolving business challenges energize you – not slow you down. You influence without authority: You bring people together, secure alignment across functions, and drive action without formal ownership. You lead with pace & proactiveness: You operate with urgency, anticipate needs, and stay steps ahead of the business. You challenge the status quo: You’re always looking for ways to simplify, improve, and elevate our ways of working.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in operations / supply chain or equivalent experience required (MBA preferred but not required).
• 3-5 years’ experience in Supply Chain, ideally with visibility into planning functions.
• Proficiency with MS Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, SAP, Rapid Response.
• Demonstrated ability to simplify complexity and communicate effectively to diverse audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management, influence without authority, and cross-functional alignment skills.
• High comfort with ambiguity and priority switching.
• Strong business acumen and ability to “connect the dots” across planning, operations, and commercial teams.
• Proven ability to build relationships, drive agendas, and deliver outcomes in fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Governance Lead agendas, planning, and coordination for Integrated Planning Leadership Team connects.
• Own the Integrated Planning governance rhythm, including monthly performance drumbeats, strategic reviews, and forward-looking roadmaps.
• Drive alignment and structure around Integrated Planning strategic priorities, including service, inventory, waste, people, and digital transformation.
• Storytelling & Executive Communication Develop executive-ready decks, narratives, and visual storytelling for senior forums, BU Leadership, Customer Operations Town Halls, and cross-functional leadership.
• Own key message development for strategic updates, transformation programs, and performance storytelling.
• Cross-Functional Engagement Partner across all major nodes of the B&W E2E ecosystem, including Factories, CMs, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Materials Planning, Customer Excellence, Finance, Logistics, Innovation Planning, Strategic Planning, and Procurement.
• Serve as a connective hub to ensure alignment and clear messaging across all stakeholders.
• Program Leadership & Support Own: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) governance Digital & AI tools adoption (Aera, Copilot, Dashboards, etc) SLEA scorecards & performance storytelling Support: Zero-Based Inventory (ZBI) Segmentation (Star / Lean / Agile / Nurture) in collaboration w/ TOP Customers Network Transformation Service Recovery Playbooks Simplification programs
• Operational Visibility & Performance Insights Support deep dives on service, inventory, waste, and operational performance metrics.
• Work with data owners to build insights and narratives behind IP KPIs.
• Elevate issues, risks, and opportunities with clear recommendations.

Benefits

• Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits.
• Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager