Greater Asia Logistics Excellence Support Manager

Job Title: Greater Asia Logistics Excellence Support Manager Location: Bonifacio Corporate Center, Taguig (Hybrid)

ABOUT UNILEVER

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. You will work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues who provide mentorship and inspiration so that you can become a better you.

The Logistics Excellence team partners with market logistics operations and cross-functional teams to improve service, cost, cash, safety, quality and sustainability. It turns data into action, standardises strong operating practices and supports transformation across warehousing, transport, customer delivery and logistics planning.

This role provides hands-on Logistics Excellence support to the Philippines and Japan. It connects market priorities with the Greater Asia agenda, strengthens performance management, accelerates improvement projects and embeds repeatable tools, governance and capabilities.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are energised by using data, structured problem solving and cross-market collaboration to improve logistics performance in the Philippines and Japan, then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Own the Logistics Excellence performance rhythm for the Philippines and Japan, turning service, cost, cash, safety, quality and sustainability data into clear priorities and actions.

• Partner with logistics operations, customer operations, planning, procurement, finance and business teams to diagnose gaps and deliver measurable improvement plans.

• Support annual planning, forecasting and cost-to-serve reviews by validating assumptions, identifying risks and opportunities, and tracking delivery against targets.

• Drive or enable initiatives across warehousing, transport, customer delivery, exports and logistics planning, with clear scope, owners, milestones, benefits and governance.

• Build fact-based business cases for productivity, automation, network, capacity, safety, quality and sustainability investments, and support benefits validation with Finance.

• Standardize and deploy Logistics Excellence tools, operating practices and governance across both markets while adapting them to local needs and requirements.

• Strengthen root-cause problem solving through reliable data, dashboards, loss trees and structured action tracking; improve data quality and transparency where gaps exist.

• Facilitate cross-market learning between the Philippines, Japan and Greater Asia, scaling proven practices and preventing repeat issues.

• Support transformation and change adoption through stakeholder alignment, disciplined project management, capability building and clear communication.

• Promote safe, secure, compliant and quality-focused logistics operations, escalating material risks and supporting corrective-action closure.

• Maintain a prioritised improvement pipeline and provide concise updates on progress, decisions required, realised value and delivery risks.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Minimum: Relevant experience in logistics, supply chain operations, customer operations, continuous improvement, analytics or transformation.

• Minimum: Demonstrated ability to analyse operational and financial data, identify root causes and translate insights into actions with measurable outcomes.

• Minimum: Experience working across functions and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.

• Minimum: Strong project management discipline, including action, risk, milestone and benefit tracking.

• Minimum: Clear written and verbal business communication in English, including concise leadership updates.

• Preferred: Experience in the Philippines and/or Japan logistics environment, including warehousing, transport, customer delivery or third-party logistics management.

• Preferred: Familiarity with cost-to-serve, logistics budgeting and forecasting, productivity programmes, network or capacity studies, and business-case development.

• Preferred: Exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, digital logistics, data visualisation or supply chain planning tools.

• Preferred: Experience in a regional or multi-country matrix and working across cultures and time zones.

• Preferred: Japanese language capability or experience collaborating with Japan-based teams.

Skills

• Logistics performance management and cost-to-serve understanding

• Data analysis, insight generation and visual storytelling

• Structured problem solving and continuous improvement

• Project and programme management

• Business-case development and benefits tracking

• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration

• Change management, facilitation and capability building

• Risk, safety, quality and compliance mindset

• Advanced Excel and effective use of reporting or visualisation tools

• Agility, ownership and ability to work independently across two distinct markets

Unilever is an organisation 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. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.