THE VEGETARIAN BUTCHER (PART OF UNILEVER) IS LOOKING FOR A PORTFOLIO AND INNOVATION SPECIALIST
Location: Weena, Rotterdam – the Netherlands
Full-time
Local conditions apply
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ABOUT THE VEGETARIAN BUTCHER
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 Specialist who has the passion to change the world!
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF YOUR “CHOP” TO BE DONE
Innovation Projects (including activity requests)
- Work with team members to ensure all Supply Chain aspects are delivered during different project stages (sourcing / procurement / capabilities / capacity / investment /...).
- Responsible to drive Supply Chain aspects within innovation process End to end (E2E) until launch/post launch evaluation.
- Ensures understanding of innovation/renovation requirements at 3PMs, building strong collaborative relationship
- Ensure effective communication with peers & stakeholders in Marketing, Research & Development (R&D), Planning, Procurement, Quality Assurance (QA), Factories, 3rd Party Manufacturing (3PM) organization.
- Support Risk Assessments (Technical Risk Assessment (TRA) & Supply Chain Risk Assessment) for critical projects at each project stage.
- Work with the team to deliver input on overall innovation business case & support transfer price delivery from contract to market ready.
- Support and align with local teams on input for local innovations
- Coordinate relevant master data information flow
Portfolio Management
- Overlook & manage overall SC project agenda for portfolio management & simplification
- Coordinate data collection & analysis to develop Portfolio Strategies in alignment with marketing and R&D.
- 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.
Change Management
- Drive VIP & 5S Programs delivery, leading SC aspects and specific projects to achieve category targets on savings and margin improvement.
- In consultation with QA team drives intensive care and non-conformance monitoring
- Support network optimization projects to ensure future readiness and cost competitiveness on the long term.
KEY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS 'CHOP':
- Minimum relevant professional experience 3 years is required
- Project management skills in a high pace environment
- Strong consumer and customer focus / strong at customer contact
- Essential
- Experience in either R&D / Plan / Make / Source and understanding of the principlesof the others
- Data management/analytical Skills
- Organizational awareness & strategic influencing skills
- Financial knowledge/understanding of business cases & transfer price drivers
- Project management Skills
- Understanding of Quality in Innovation for Manufacturing
- Vocal, capable of communication to all levels and able to adapt the message to the
audience involved
- Pro-active behavior (anticipate rather than reactive)
- Team player with excellent communication skills
- Influencing skills
- Nice to have:
- Engineering / Technical background
- SAP PLM – Interspec 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!
WHAT DOES THE VEGETARIAN BUTCHER OFFER?
It 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!
It 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!
- You will be part of the biggest food revolution ever!
- Attractive total remuneration package; good pension and annual bonus
- 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.
- We encourage an inclusive culture, which comes to life with interchangeable public holidays, paid paternity leave of 6 weeks and our transgender policy.
- Under the Hybrid Working principles, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 40% 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.
- Informal culture
- Company laptop and mobile phone
- Green Mobility Policy.
- Contribute to the greatest mission: saving animals every day!
EXCITED?
Join The Vegetarian Butcher and our team! To apply, you must do so online. Please do not forget to upload your CV 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.
Looking forward to meeting you!
Please note this is a Direct Search led by The Vegetarian Butcher. Applications from agencies will not be accepted, nor will fees be paid for unsolicited CVs.
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, disability or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against.
By highlighting the gender diversity at the workplace, Unilever encourages women equally men to apply. If you look for a job after a long career break or after any type of leave, do not hesitate to apply.
NOTES:
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