P&I coordinator

Meat to please you! At the Vegetarian Butcher we’re looking for new ‘meat on the block’ to join us in the biggest food revolution of all times. 

On October 4th (world animal day) 2010 Jaap Korteweg, 9th generation farmer and meat lover, founded The Vegetarian Butcher. Together with a devoted team of chefs and scientists he created innovative and sustainable meat successors directly from beans and legumes. Great tasting meat products, perfect imeatations in flavor, texture and juiciness, but without the use of the animal. We sacrifice nothing! This was the start of our mission: to become the biggest butcher in the world.

 At our core we are the purpose-driven rebels who want to be the first and the best on the plant-based meat-market. We try to make our mission a reality through Craftmanship, Human(e) Connections, Entrepreneurship, Rebelliousness, Humour, Passion, Optimism, Sustainability and Pioneering. 

When Unilever acquired the company at the end of 2018, they joined in on this mission and committed to accelerate the biggest food revolution of all time. Since then the company is scaling-up fast. In this journey we are travelling (and expanding) at the speed of light and therefore we are looking for a P&I Coordinator who has the passion to change the world! 

THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF YOUR ‘CHOP’ TO BE DONE: 

I. Innovation Projects (including activity requests)

• Lead team members to ensure all SC aspects are delivered during different project stages (sourcing / procurement / capabilities / capacity / investment / route to market/ timeline / quality / masterdata and systems / forecast). 
• Responsible to drive SC aspects within innovation process End to end (E2E) until launch/post launch evaluation. 
• Ensure effective communication with peers & stakeholders in Marketing, Research & Development (R&D), Planning, Procurement, Quality Assurance (QA), Factories, 3rd Party Manufacturing (3PM) organization, Sales, Finance. 
• Support Risk Assessments (Technical Risk Assessment (TRA) & Supply Chain Risk Assessment) for critical projects at each project stage. 
• With the team deliver input on overall innovation business case & support transfer price delivery from contract to market ready. 
• Support and align with local (CCBT) teams on input for local innovations 
• Align Capex requirements with SC development & SC technology director 
• Keep track of the project timeline and all its tasks of all stakeholders (also outside of SC). 
• Responsible for all obsoletes due to renovations. 

II. Portfolio Management 

• Overlook & manage overall SC project agenda for portfolio management & simplification 
• Support migration of the current to the future portfolio; identify with marketing/R&D the trends & requirements in consumer & customer needs and translate in required SC capabilities. 
• Identify the key drivers of complexity across the end to end (E2E) supply chain. 
• Monitor with detailed analysis the (sub category) portfolio healthiness in terms of number of products in/out, critical volumes & technical aspects in alignment with aligned thresholds.

III. Change Management 

• Support VIP & 5S Programs delivery, leading SC aspects and specific projects to achieve category targets to achieve significant savings and margin improvement. 
• Support network optimization projects to ensure future readiness and cost competitiveness on the long term.

Contacts: 

Internal: 

• Marketing (central & Country Category Business Teams (CCBT)) 
• R&D 
• Different functions within UEBV 
• Planning 
• Sourcing Units 
• QA 
• Logistics 
• Procurement 
• SC Finance 
• 3PMO 
• Global SC 

External: 

• 3PMs 
• Copackers 

KEY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS 'CHOP':

• Minimum relevant professional experience of 5 years is required
• Project management skills in a high pace environment 
• Strong consumer and customer focus / strong at customer contact 

Essential 

• Team leadership with excellent communication skills 
• Experience in either R&D / Plan / Make / Source and understanding of the principles of the others o Organizational awareness & strategic influencing skills 
• Financial knowledge/understanding of business cases & transfer price drivers 
• Project management Skills 
• Understanding of: Finance / Quality in Innovation for Manufacturing 
• Data management/analysis 

Skills 

Nice to have: 

• Engineering / Technical background 
• SAP S1P and MSP skills 
• Understanding of the materials conversion processes 

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN ALL BUTCHERS: 

• In essence: you are humble yet rebellious, entrepreneurial, energetic and fun! 
• Pro-active mindset 
• Teamwork, easily connecting with others and effective cross-functional collaborator 
• Analytical, critical & structured thinker 
• Good communication skills (written & verbal) and being fluent in English 
• Ability to work in a multi-functional, multi-cultural environment 
• You embrace change, are curious, learn rapidly and easily adapt your ways of working. 
• Good stamina, stress-management and self-care discipline; you love a challenge and enjoy riding this dynamic roller-coaster we call The Vegetarian Butcher 
• You understand and live our mission fully; so when you’re on the job, you are a Vegetarian Butcher!

READY TO SHARPEN YOUR KNIVES AND JOIN OUR BUTCHERS GUILD

To apply, you must do so online. Please do not forget to upload your CV, latest End-of-Year and a motivation letter.

Your application will be reviewed against our requirements and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date to provide you with an update on the status of your application. 

By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to apply for other positions. 

Disclaimer Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.