Unilever VietNam ★ 4.4

Function: Planning

Reports to: Personal Care Vietnam Planning Lead

Scope: Personal Care - Vietnam

Location: HCMC, Vietnam

Terms & Conditions: Full-time employment

About Unilever

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

About Personal Care Greater Asia Business Unit (bu)

Personal Care (PC) business in Greater Asia is a large, profitable, growing market and thus represents a significant growth opportunity in Unilever. We have an ambition to generate over €150M incremental turn-over in the next 3 years and we are accretive to overall PC Business Group (BG). We have a diverse geographical footprint spanning markets like Vietnam, Philippines, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. We see a clear opportunity to grow our core PC brands through market-making (driving penetration & consumption), premiumization (upgradation), and drive competitiveness across channels.

The scope will be Vietnam. Vietnam is an exciting market for PC since it has the biggest market for SCL liquids and Oral Care in Greater Asia. With a strong Lifebuoy leadership and P/S moving fast into premiumization, it thus play an important role in our premiumization growth agenda.

The PC VN R&D Packaging Manager role is a key position that is accountable and a partner across function around packaging to deliver superior, sustainable, and profitable products with winning and impactful activation.

Job Purpose

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are keen on managing and learning packaging research and development with strong skills in technical project management, data analysis, risk assessment, and problem-solving, and are passionate about holistic development to deliver superior, profitable, and sustainable packaging, then this role is just for you!

What Will Your Main Responsibilities Be

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP

• Establish and sustain collaborative & productive relationship with Unilever Customers
• Ensure smooth processing of customer orders
• Respond to Customer queries and requests
• Record, evaluate and report issues/ opportunities/ concerns brought forward by customers
• Weekly conducts telecom meetings with customer/ market visits as per agreed plan
• Manage customer relationships
  
  

ORDER MANAGEMENT

• Monitor shipment status until stock is available for sale at distributors
• Plan orders based on CIRS/ receive orders from distributors to ensure that orders are processed accurately
• Provide ETAs at customers for order lines
• Allocate stocks based on distributor stock covers, lead-times, future stock availability
• Ensure that correct shipping instructions and invoices are generated; that all perfect orders are shipped on time and invoicing done on time
• Follow-up schedules, review priorities to ensure shipment of goods happen on time
• Analyse and then identify weaknesses, areas of improvement, and benchmarks of satisfaction and recommend appropriate actions
  
  

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Responsible for invoicing and liaise with Accounts for receivable control with direct customer interaction when required
• Prepare/ monitor credit notes/ discounts/ maintain adequate internal controls on customer credit limits
• Timely and accurately reports sales
  
  

GENERAL REPORTING

• CCFOT & loss tree analysis
• Monthly - Shipment & inventory forecasting, weekly tracking
• Stock KPIs based on daily distributor stocks – Critical, below norm and above norm %
• Monthly - Customer claims status
  
  

Other Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate across function for promotions, innovations orders from distributors
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies and procedures.
• Maintain and develops accurate, up-to-date data to analyse sales by customers.
• Perform customer satisfaction benchmark performance
• Maintain highest quality standards, ensure safe working practices and care for environment through total compliance with the guidelines set up in Company Quality, Health & Safety, Environment, customer service and consumer service & consumer safety policies of Unilever Vietnam
  
  

What You Need To Succeed

Experiences & Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Logistics or Export is preferred
• 2-4 years of professional experience related to fast-moving consumer goods company is highly preferred.
• Proficiency in English is mandatory for effective communication and collaboration with international teams. This skill is crucial for leading cross-functional projects, engaging with customers & stakeholders, and ensuring clear and concise communication across diverse teams
  
  

Skills

• Analytical skills, solution & problem-solving mindset
• Communication & collaboration skills
• Understanding customers and their needs
• Leadership & influencing skills
• Stake-holders management
• Ability to make data driven decisions
• Project & change management
• Analytical thinking, presentation and storytelling skills
• Growth mindset and business orientation
• Team player
  
  

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make strategic decisions.
• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
• CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
• PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.
  
  

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.