Transportation Operations Specialist, 3PM

Unilever•Hoboken, NJ

About The Position

Background and Purpose of the Job The Transportation Operations Specialist is responsible for coordinating physical distribution needs for outbound orders for specific Contracted Manufacturers (sites identified for management by this role may be a combination of the following: Higher shipment volume, Low seasonality, High complexity.) This individual will monitor and execute the tendering strategy, order consolidation, exception management, and transportation capacity planning. The individual will be the primary Transportation point of contact for Procurement, Manufacturing and Deployment within Beauty & Wellbeing. This role is also responsible for the analysis and improvement of on-time shipments and transportation OTIF loss to the organization. The role will also have project management responsibility including but not limited to; OTM capability development, transportation process design, ZBB (zero based budget) funnel management, sourcing strategy input and cross functional continuous improvement. Who You are and What You’ll Do You’re a changemaker: The partnerships you build with carriers will be a competitive differentiator for Unilever. You will collaboratively work with internal and external customers to measure performance and improve the KPIs on many reports and processes. You will demonstrate strong bias for action and drive accountability to quickly action business continuity plans and/or deviations from best practice and identify and execute efficiency opportunities; either through driving savings or making recommendations for better ways of working. You’re a born leader: You will develop and maintain relationship within logistics as well as with carrier partners to drive cross-functional, fully integrated processes that enable successful carrier performance and partnership. You hear messages from the business and galvanize your Carriers by translating business goals into strategic initiatives to achieve the ambitions. You have a passion for experimenting and record of encouraging others to do the same. You’re a dot connector: You will develop and drive strong relationships with internal and external partners to enable success across Unilever’s network by gathering and analyzing data to drive continuous improvements for KPIs across the organization, such as on-time pick-up, delivery and cost reduction. Through leveraging both your market and business acumen, you can find patterns and anticipate challenges to put robust mitigation plans in place. Your collaboration and strength of relationships will support your team to better determine root cause, develop and implement solutions and monitor to ensure success. You’re a storyteller: You can hold straight, honest, and motivating discussions to drive development across Carriers and stakeholders. You can go beyond presented information to see relationships across issues to simplify business needs into required action. You will be required to develop a continuous improvement culture and improve ways of working such that you and your Carriers have open and strategic communication, in relation to carrier capacity, seasonal inventory, volume spikes, and opportunities for synergy and growth. Strong communication and clear articulation of the reasons to believe will ensure delivery of your strategic vision to stakeholders. You love to win and have fun doing it: You are motivated and empowered to provide exceptional service at competitive costs to support the overall strategic direction of the Unilever network. This position requires the ability to develop and coach Carriers into partners that grow competitively with business ambitions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, or Logistics from an accredited university
Understanding of order to cash process, deployment, warehousing, and transportation
Strong communication skills to effectively interact with all levels of management
Strong interpersonal and supervisory skills
Working knowledge with numerous systems including SAP, OTM, Excel, LBC, PowerPoint, and PowerBI
ability to translate numbers into stories and discuss them with a multitude of audiences
improve everything you touch, whether it be processes, problem solving or creative ways of being proactive
love to work in an evolving and fast-paced environment and are a master at juggling multiple priorities with pressure to deliver on-time

Nice To Haves

Preferred 1+ years in Logistics and Supply Chain

Responsibilities

coordinating physical distribution needs for outbound orders
monitoring and executing the tendering strategy, order consolidation, exception management, and transportation capacity planning
being the primary Transportation point of contact for Procurement, Manufacturing and Deployment within Beauty & Wellbeing
analysis and improvement of on-time shipments and transportation OTIF loss to the organization
project management responsibility including but not limited to; OTM capability development, transportation process design, ZBB (zero based budget) funnel management, sourcing strategy input and cross functional continuous improvement
collaboratively work with internal and external customers to measure performance and improve the KPIs on many reports and processes
demonstrate strong bias for action and drive accountability to quickly action business continuity plans and/or deviations from best practice and identify and execute efficiency opportunities
develop and maintain relationship within logistics as well as with carrier partners to drive cross-functional, fully integrated processes that enable successful carrier performance and partnership
translate business goals into strategic initiatives to achieve the ambitions
gathering and analyzing data to drive continuous improvements for KPIs across the organization, such as on-time pick-up, delivery and cost reduction
develop and drive strong relationships with internal and external partners to enable success across Unilever’s network
hold straight, honest, and motivating discussions to drive development across Carriers and stakeholders
develop a continuous improvement culture and improve ways of working such that you and your Carriers have open and strategic communication, in relation to carrier capacity, seasonal inventory, volume spikes, and opportunities for synergy and growth
develop and coach Carriers into partners that grow competitively with business ambitions