Supply Chain P&I Assistant Manager Food Europe

Unilever is hiring for a Supply Chain P&I Assistant Manager Food Europe role.

Are you ready to shape the future of Food Europe’s Supply Chain?

As a Supply Chain Portfolio & Innovation Assistant Manager, you will sit at the heart of our food portfolio, leading end-to-end Supply Chain coordination and turning bold innovation into market reality. This is a high-impact role where change management, execution excellence, and exciting innovation come together to drive real business results.

Business context

Food Europe is home to a strong and iconic portfolio, led by brands such as Knorr and Namdong, delivering flavourful, convenient and trusted solutions to millions of consumers every day.

To fuel the next wave of growth, we must continuously sharpen our portfolio—making bold, strategic choices to simplify where it matters, while landing the most exciting and impactful innovations. In this journey, Supply Chain—and the P&I team—plays a critical role, acting as a true business partner to turn strategy into reality, unlock value, and bring winning innovations to market at speed and scale.

Job summary

What you’ll do

• Lead the change: Drive complex projects and process improvements in a fast-moving, dynamic environment.
• Drive simplification: Shape a future-fit portfolio by streamlining operations and navigating change with confidence.
• Collaborate & align: Bring cross-functional teams and stakeholders together through clear, effective communication.
• Analyze & optimize: Turn data and insights into smart decisions that move the business forward.

Key responsibilities

1. Project management

• Own end-to-end Supply Chain delivery at each project step.
• Ensure effective communication with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Support risk assessments and contribute to business case and costing review.
• Coordinate roll-outs and deployment execution.
• Drive savings, factory efficiency and waste reduction initiatives.
• Align Capex requirements with SUs and ensure implementation of long-term capacity plans.
• Conduct make-or-buy studies to design optimal sourcing allocation.

2. Portfolio management / Simplification

• Analyze portfolio data to assess health and provide clear business insights.
• Coordinate tail management with cross-functional team.
• Identify Supply Chain complexity drivers and translate them into simplification actions.
• Anticipate consumer and customer needs and translate them into required SC capabilities.
• Drive value recovery, 5S and efficiency opportunities across Supply Chain.
• Lead in-/outsourcing initiatives and network optimization projects.

All about you

• A driven project leader who thrives in complex, fast-moving environments and delivers end-to-end results.
• A strategic and analytical thinker, able to turn data, risks and trade-offs into clear business decisions.
• A strong communicator and collaborator who brings structure to complexity and aligns diverse stakeholders.

Essential

• Experience in either Plan / Make / Source / R&D / Innovation management.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Data management/analysis skills.
• Critical/strategic thinking.
• Stakeholder management.

Nice to have

• Understanding of Finance / Business Case.
• Presentation skills.
• Technical acumen.

Travel requirements

• Few short business trips within Europe per year to visit factories or team gatherings (subject to budget plans).

What is in it for you?

Unilever is the place where you can be yourself and bring your purpose to life with the work that you do—creating a better business and a better world. We offer an exciting & dynamic work environment where you can make things happen. Furthermore, we offer some great reward and benefits!

• Attractive total remuneration package: excellent company pension, bonus, share scheme.
• Flexible cross-disciplinary career opportunities and a wealth of training opportunities & wellbeing resources whenever and wherever.
• Plenty of company-paid holidays to further ensure your work-life balance is maintained.
• Under the Hybrid Working principles, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 40%–60% in the office or at customers, suppliers or partners to connect and collaborate. For the time you work from home, we will ensure you are well equipped. When you are at the office, you can enjoy our tasty canteen with prepped food and own products.
• Informal culture and being the first one trying our new products.
• My Fitness Plan (reduction on your Fitness Subscription).
• Homework allowance.
• Company laptop and mobile phone.
• Green Mobility Policy.