Purpose of Role

The Conservation & Forestry Manager co-ordinates company conservations and fuelwood operations plans and implementations through partnering with site managers and teams / individuals concerned to ensure a balance of supply and demand of both short- and long-term fuelwood to the company factories. Support the implementation of environmental targets for UTT including the local and legal requirements that support the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan.

Accountabilities

• Plan, co-ordinate, report and overall supervise the end-to-end firewood operations programs against compliances to standards, plans and policies. These includes tree nursery operations, planting, maintenance, and harvesting.
• Short- and long-term thermal demand and supply planning to maintain the desired firewood supply
• Manage firewood distribution planning and execution to the manufacturing sites from source
• Prepares reports and communicate forecast and inventory measurements against the targets
• Analyse, evaluate and interpret relevant firewood operations data to act as a single point of reference for the same
• Develop collaborations with relevant institutions on areas of improvement beneficial to the company
• Train of the firewood teams on operational standardization and safety and harmonization.
• Support the development of operations and process controls and improvements to increase efficiencies in company environmental performance.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Manage the forest conservation areas for sustainability
• Monitor the various solid, liquid, and gaseous wastes generated in the business and the programs to reuse, reduce or recycle.
• Support the estates and factories on internal and statutory environmental audits

Qualifications & Experience Required

• Bachelors graduate in forestry or a related discipline
• 3 years hands on experience.
• Financial Competency
• IT Skills and use of MS Office.
• Asset Investment and Care
• Project Management
• Supply chain interactions
• Strategy
• Communication and presentation skills
• Demand Planning
• Customer service
• Supply Planning
• Forecasting
• Inventory management
• Project management

Travel

As per job/site requirements, local travel likely.

Leadership Behavior

Should meet expectations on the Unilever Standards of Leadership behaviors relevant to this work level.

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