Global Supply Chain Project Lead & Innovation Planner

Manpower are currently seeking an interim Supply Chain Projects Lead to work with our global FMCG client, Elida Beauty, renowned for brands such as TIGI, VO5, Toni & Guy, and Brylcreem. The position is based in Holborn, London. This is a full-time temporary role for 9 months, requiring 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Compensation for this role is competitive, paying between £45,000 - £55,000 per annum, pro rata, depending upon experience. The role currently offers a mix of remote and onsite working, subject to adjustment based on business requirements.

Elida Beauty is a very exciting new beauty and personal care business within Unilever. We re-found iconic brands by remixing them for today’s generation, making them even bigger beauty hits than they were first time around. Our remixes democratize beauty, because we want everyone on the ‘beauty dance floor’ with our top-quality products at a great value. Driven by our colleague’s creativity, agility and close connection with consumers, customers, and suppliers, we are able to unleash the true potential of our loved brands with a fresh start. We ‘Re-Found’ them using a start-up mentality that always ‘finds a way’. Our ‘no silos’, one team approach drives both personal and business growth so that together we deliver outcomes that are music to the ears of consumers, customers, colleagues and the planet alike.

Your Role & Key Responsibilities

• We are looking for an experienced innovation planner who has a very strong growth mindset and a can-do culture of doing what it takes to win.
• As the Innovation Planner, you will play a crucial role in the Innovation Planning process, ensuring that you are supporting the commercial strategy and vision through the delivery of innovation projects taking into account information from key stakeholders (Marketing, R&D, Procurement, Customer Development).

Your Key Responsibilities

• E2E execution of Innovation Planning Team Strategy.
• Collaborate with Marketing, R&D, Procurement, Customer Development to incorporate key innovation plans into the market.
• Defines and develops network activities, innovation planning process and ensures delivery of key activities on time in full.
• Ensures agile delivery of ideas into launch – through a test launch and scale up.
• Responsible to deliver OTIF projects with incremental turnover and margin improvements.
• Works closely with the Planning Control Tower teams for planning activities.
• Ensure the SKU portfolio is regularly reviewed ensuring we address delist, margin improvement or volume/MOQ correction.
• Works closely with all SC functions to ensure delivery of SC related activities on time in full as part of the network.
• Keeps an eye on the new trends from the consumers based on inputs from marketing and ensures a supply solution through 3PM procurement.
• Support process hygiene and lead technology transformation where relevant.

Talent catalyst:

• Responsible for growing and nurturing talent including succession planning ensuring organization is fit to win short and long term.
• Key representative of Elida Beauty Limited within organization as well as externally across various key stakeholders and organizational bodies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in business, finance or supply chain management.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Innovation Planning, Supply Planning, Demand Planning or an R&D innovation focused role.
• Demonstrated conceptual problem-solving ability; excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Ability to multi-task, meet tight deadlines and work under pressure with autonomy.
• The ability to effectively lead and engage cross-functional global teams and a willingness to take responsibility and accountability.
• Demonstrated self-starter with the ability to deliver results in a lean, agile organization and able to adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience working with Microsoft Project and building networks/timelines.
• Experience in project management.
• Strong Excel Skills.
• Experience with SQL and/or PowerBI an advantage.