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Market Collaboration Planner

Unilever
Hoboken, NJ
Background & Purpose of the Job

This role demonstrates a mastery of handling complexity and navigating trade-offs to support the Business Unit. A master of demand planning and S&OP, this role translates insights and ensures that all cross functional inputs to the creation of a business forecast.  They are a citizen data scientist that can use and interpret data to derive a central forecast that is unbiased accurate and aligned at the Business Unit.

Who You Are

  • You’re a born leader: Support the Business Unit S&OP discussions with deep understanding of the market.
  • You’re a strategy guru: Empowered to lead strategic agenda to develop and refine the forecasting process, models and tools leading to improved accuracy.
  • You’re a dot connector: Understand 100% and explain to their peers in Business Unit the composition of the auto-forecast.
  • You love to win, and have fun doing it: Demonstrate passion for performance & pursuit of progress.
  • You’re a changemaker: Drive step change in Supply Chain performance according to plan transformation program.
  • You’re digital & data translator: Understand how to use data and tools to quickly connect dots and develop insights and action.
  • You’re a culture & change champion: Work closely with cross functional colleagues both internally and externally as ONE TEAM and aligning expectations while holding others accountable.

What You’ll Do

  • Gather business insights and help translating them into demand drivers for auto forecast modelling conducted by Demand and S&OP Planner in Business Operations Organization, aiming to improve the quality.
  • Support the Business Unit discussions with deep understanding of the market.
  • Ensure updated and agreed volume forecast are submitted and aligned with financial forecasting.
  • Monitor and evaluate the building blocks.
  • Support the portfolio management and segmentation.
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Constrained Forecast Accuracy (1-, 3-, and 6-month lag)
  • Constrained Forecast Bias (1-, 3-, and 6-month lag)
  • VVD
  • AGS Score
  • Dispatch Rate
  • Process Adherence

What You’ll Need To Succeed

  • Bachelor’s degree in Operations / Supply Chain or equivalent experience.
  • 2-3 years of relevant experience in Supply Chain, Planning (with a large focus in Demand Planning).
  • Proficiency using Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI and MS Project; FEU and Rapid Response System knowledge is preferred.
  • Strong communication skills with an ability to deliver complex information to a variety of audiences with impact.
  • Creative mindset with the ability to look at a problem with a number of different perspectives and ideas for a solution.

Pay: The pay range for this position is $86,080 to $129,120. 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. 

At Unilever, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do . We welcome applicants from all walks of life and are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive/succeed. All applicants will receive fair and respectful consideration, and we actively support the growth and development of every employee.

Unilever Is An Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons With Disabilities.

For more information on your federal rights, please see Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.

If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected]. Please note: This email is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses. The Protected Veterans or Individuals with Disabilities AAP narratives are available for inspection by any employee or applicant for employment Monday through Friday during normal business hours at establishment.
Posted 2026-02-04

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