Job Title: Ice Creaam US OOH Cabinet Sr Analyst
Location: Englewood Cliffs
Terms & Conditions: Full Time
If you want to work for a global, leading Ice Cream player with €7.9bn Turn Over in 2023, come join Unilever Ice Cream! The Ice Cream business is operating in a highly attractive category, as we are part of the 1 trillion snacking and refreshment industry, growing consistently at high pace. We have strong brands equities: 5 of top 10 selling brands including Wall’s, Magnum, Ben &Jerry’s. We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of Ice Cream as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen by November 2025.
Ice Cream has distinct characteristics from Unilever’s other operating businesses and the growth potential of Ice Cream will be better delivered under a different ownership structure. As Ice Cream company we are committed to developing and nurturing talent as we build our diverse and inclusive culture. You will have ample options for career growth and exploration, allowing you for you to explore roles and opportunities across the new organisation. Your career development will be a priority for us, and we are dedicated to supporting your growth journey within the new company. We hope that you will want to build the new chapter of our Ice Cream history together with us.
JOB PURPOSE:
As a member of the Out-of-Home team in the Ice Cream business, the Associate Manager – OOH Cabinets Operations will play a critical role in managing our extensive fleet of over 80,000 cabinets across various channels. This role is responsible for overseeing both CAPEX and OPEX budgets, coordinating with third-party maintenance providers, and ensuring that cabinets are maintained at optimal levels. The Associate Manager will work closely with distributors, the RBMs, and internal teams to implement best practices, enhance customer service, and support our long-term growth ambitions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Fleet Management: Oversee the operation and maintenance of a fleet of over 80,000 freezers, ensuring efficiency, compliance, and reliability in service.
Budget Oversight: Manage both CAPEX and OPEX budgets, covering maintenance, refurbishment, logistics, and warehousing costs, with a focus on cost-effective strategies and optimized expenditure.
Inventory and Stock Management: Maintain precise inventory levels and buffer stock across both Unilever and distributor networks, ensuring availability and responsiveness to demand changes.
Productivity and KPI Tracking: Track and enhance cabinet productivity, focusing on three main KPIs—cabinet productivity, buffer stock levels, and reducing early scraps and lost cabinets.
Customer Service Support: Act as a key support to the sales and distributor network teams, working collaboratively with distributors and RBMs to implement best practices, address customer needs, and deliver a high standard of customer service in cabinet operations.
Third-Party Maintenance Management: Collaborate with and manage third-party maintenance providers, ensuring adherence to agreed service levels and quality standards.
Disposal Management: Manage the disposal of fixed assets, ensuring proper documentation and accounting for asset retirements.
System Maintenance: Maintain and update the fixed asset management system, ensuring data integrity and accuracy.
Audit and Compliance: Handle and manage the audit process for cabinet operations, ensuring compliance with company and regulatory standards.
Refurbishing Oversight: Manage relationships and quality standards with third-party to ensure cabinets meet operational requirements and extend asset life.
What You’ll Need to Succeed
Fleet Management: Oversee the operation and maintenance of a fleet of over 80,000 freezers, ensuring efficiency, compliance, and reliability in service.
Budget Oversight: Manage both CAPEX and OPEX budgets, covering maintenance, refurbishment, logistics, and warehousing costs, with a focus on cost-effective strategies and optimized expenditure.
Inventory and Stock Management: Maintain precise inventory levels and buffer stock across both Unilever and distributor networks, ensuring availability and responsiveness to demand changes.
Productivity and KPI Tracking: Track and enhance cabinet productivity, focusing on three main KPIs—cabinet productivity, buffer stock levels, and reducing early scraps and lost cabinets.
Customer Service Support: Act as a key support to the sales and distributor network teams, working collaboratively with distributors and RBMs to implement best practices, address customer needs, and deliver a high standard of customer service in cabinet operations.
Third-Party Maintenance Management: Collaborate with and manage third-party maintenance providers, ensuring adherence to agreed service levels and quality standards.
Disposal Management: Manage the disposal of fixed assets, ensuring proper documentation and accounting for asset retirements.
System Maintenance: Maintain and update the fixed asset management system, ensuring data integrity and accuracy.
Audit and Compliance: Handle and manage the audit process for cabinet operations, ensuring compliance with company and regulatory standards.
Refurbishing Oversight: Manage relationships and quality standards with third-party to ensure cabinets meet operational requirements and extend asset life.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Business Administration or a related field (Required)
5+ years of relevant experience in operations management, preferably with experience in fleet management or equipment handling
Budget Management: Proven ability to manage substantial CAPEX and OPEX budgets, focusing on cost optimization.
Customer Service Orientation: Strong commitment to customer service, meeting both internal and external client needs effectively.
Analytical Skills: Competency in tracking, reporting, and interpreting data related to inventory, productivity, and KPIs.
Communication Skills: Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work with distributors, RBMs, and third-party vendors.
Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy in managing inventory, budgeting, and audit processes.
WHO YOU ARE:
· Self-starter with ability to think independently and strategically
· Strong analytical ability
· Proficient in Office suite
· Problem solver
· Familiarity with freezer or cabinet operations and refurbishing processes (Preferred)
· Experience with inventory management systems or ERP software.
· Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
Pay: The pay range for this position is $67,000 to $100,500 Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.
Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.
Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.
Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
What We Can Offer You
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