Unilever Internship Programme 2022 - Finance

Unilever is pioneering an exciting and unique Africa Internship Programme. Your potential internship in Unilever is crafted to offer inexperienced graduates opportunities to work and develop in a structured way, with the goal of developing future-fit skills and experience in Unilever that prepare you for the world of work and future employment opportunities.

Main purpose of the role:

Deliver integrated volume demand plan (0-18months rolling) for his/her portfolio

• Manage supply and the stock availability of finish products as per IPM

• Ensure stock availability per each Market for his/her portfolio

• To follow up on the S&OP process

Key Responsibilities:

• Validate with CD&BB an integrated volume demand plan (0-18months rolling) for his/her portfolio

• S&OP: correct assumption regarding to the portfolio, together with relevant people (S&OP members) to determinate the estimated volumes & to upload the data into APO system

• Reviews historical sales and market data at appropriate level of detail and horizon (Actual vs. Plan - Deviation Analysis) to challenge proposed forecast

• Understands past assumptions and follow the data clean up with CG Team

• Understands and propose statistical models, depending on historical patterns and horizons

• Reconciles top-down, bottom-up demand shaping and share variation trend on monthly basis

• Understands and records demand drivers and assumptions behind baseline forecast, identifies risks and opportunities

• Deliver KPI’s targets (Forecast BIAS, Accuracy, DR, Obsolete, etc.)

• Ensure stock availability per market for his/her portfolio

• Management of innovation/relaunches

• Understands warehouse and transportation capacity planning

• Highlight potential supply risks and ensure clear communication into MSO

• Stock shelf life management (in stock): monitor stock age profile vs. gross requirements on monthly basis (to update provisions)

• Obsolete management (avoidance): identify obsolete risks, initiate and follow through required actions to avoid obsoletes

• Obsolete disposal management, determine obsolete provision on monthly basis

Key Skills:

• Your performance will be periodically evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria set in the Internal Rules of Conduct and taking into account individual performance objectives that will be communicated by the Line manager.

• The general criteria of performance evaluation refer to: - The degree of fulfilment of the tasks described in the job description/individual and team objectives, as will be communicated directly and agreed upon by the Line manager periodically (in writing);

• The degree to assume responsibility in connection with the work performed; - Aspects regarding the quality of presence at work (compliance of the work program, outfit, avoiding delays and unmotivated absences, the use of work and protection equipment in performing daily activities, etc.);

• Interrelation skills (ability to work in teams, conduct compliance towards managers and colleagues, etc.); - Compliance with all rules and procedures specific to the position occupied and to those applicable in the company as a whole.