 SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY ASSISTANT Unilever - Durban, KwaZulu-Natal No matter who you are, or where in the world you are, the chances are that our products are a familiar part of your daily routine. Every day, around the world, people reach for Unilever products. Our brands are trusted everywhere and, by listening to the people who buy them, weve grown into one of the worlds most successful consumer goods companies. In fact, 150 million times a day, someone somewhere chooses a Unilever product. Look in your fridge, or on the bathroom shelf, and you’re bound to see one of our well-known brands. We create, market and distribute the products that people choose to feed their families and keep themselves and their homes clean and fresh. Unilever is the no. 1 Top Employer in FMCG in South Africa. Take a look at this video for more info: youtube/watch?v=0lbNvZSJxEk Supply Chain Academy Assistant Location: La Lucia Ridge This position is opened to South African citizens only Minimum Criteria Qualifications: Appropriate tertiary Qualification such as a B.A/B.SocSci/Bcom Skills: MS Office proficiency – Excel experience and knowledge is required Microsoft PowerPoint Experience: • HR basic understanding Broader Supply Chain knowledge Job Purpose The Supply chain Academy is responsible for supporting the development of supply chain employees and identified talent as well as playing a key role in talent identification externally. This role covers the need to organize and facilitate courses, develop relationships with key external partners and support the internal talent programs. This role has the ability to extend to assist in managing certain projects in the supply chain space and thus either formal supply chain experience (planning, procurement, manufacturing or distribution) is a must or the individual must have an interest in supply chain development. Main Responsibilities Lead key Recruitment through various drives Coordinate and deliver capability building & selected workshops Oversee various committees within the Academy Manage budget Functional link between HR and Supply chain Size & Scope - Resource Managed, Sphere of Influence by Business Area/Function This role will require the individual to be able to manage multiple project teams across the business. They will need to have strong organizational and project management skills and must be able to communicate with employees from the most junior to the most senior level. The individual will have to be proactive and self managed and be able to think out the box and needs to be flexible to change with the role as the role continues to expand and develop. Stakeholders Internal Communication and interface with cross-functional teams within Unilever supply chain from junior employees to directors External All liaison with 3P contractors who deliver workshops Work with external partners – Universities, contractors, bursary students ONLINE ASSESSMENT: Please note: as part of the job application, you will be asked to complete an online assessment. Completion of the assessment is mandatory in order to be considered. Please allow yourself plenty of time to complete both the application and assessment. If the assessment is filled out partially or not at all, it will adversely affect the progress of your application. Please be aware that you will have to complete the assessment at once as you will be unable to return to it later. For further information about this position please call 0800980612 Closing date: 15th February 2014 Unilever - 1 day ago
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