Overview
Join to apply for the UniOps Supply Chain Business Partner role at Unilever. Location: Johannesburg, South Africa. Terms: Full time.
Job Purpose
This role exists to play a key role in enabling digital transformation across the supply chain function. This role is designed for a forward-thinking professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and is passionate about leveraging technology to drive operational excellence.
You will act as a strategic interface between business stakeholders and digital product teams, ensuring that digital solutions are aligned with business needs and deliver measurable value. Your focus will be on improving productivity, reducing costs, and enhancing customer-centricity through innovative digital initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to Unilever’s growth agenda by embedding digital capabilities into core supply chain operations, while also supporting business continuity and resilience.
You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet. Because here, we don’t just hire for jobs. We invite you to be part of something bigger.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as the primary digital advisor for 1UL market, offering strategic insights and technical recommendations to optimize supply chain operations.
* Collaborate with Product Teams to identify opportunities for process improvements and process automation.
* Lead or support deployment activities, ensuring solutions are tailored to business needs and integrated seamlessly into existing processes.
* Manage applications such as ERP, Demand Planning, and MES to enhance supply chain operations.
* Support planning for service outages and ensure business continuity.
* Escalate critical incidents with quantified business impact to product owners.
* Drive adoption and realization of digital benefits across supported markets.
* Align digital strategies with business goals and operational needs.
Required Qualifications & Experience
* Bachelor’s degree in IT or related discipline.
* 3+ years of experience in a business-facing IT role, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
* Strong understanding of business IT and functional strategies, group operating models and cross-functional impacts, business process management and metrics, and supply chain planning processes and systems (e.g., ERP, MES, WMS).
* Core skills: technical acumen in digital technologies, effective project management and change management, clear communications, stakeholder management, and change management.
About Unilever
Unilever is an equal opportunities employer and committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. We are intentional in employing the best talent that reflects the demographics of our country and which will help build representation of currently under-represented groups. We invite applications from all candidates representing diversity of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. When appointing potential candidates, the South African Employment Equity and Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Legislation will be considered.
We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. If you are applying as a foreign national, you may be requested to provide supporting documents supporting this.
This is an office-based role in Johannesburg (site) and requires 100% on-site attendance.
Unilever is committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. If you require any support or access requirements, please advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.
Job Details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Business Development and Sales
* Industries: Manufacturing
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
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