JOB PURPOSE
Find your purpose at Unilever. We are seeking a Procurement Manager for MBS EWA to oversee a budget in euros across the EWA region. Business Services encompass professional services designed to enhance business and employee performance. This includes managing workforce (contingent labor, consulting, legal), HR services (benefits, global mobility, training), outsourcing, workplace management, travel and fleet, as well as utilities and waste management.
WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE
Supports the execution of regional strategic sourcing projects and is responsible for local negotiation planning & execution, ensuring commercial benefit (savings) captured in benefits tools and signed off by finance
Working with Strategic Sourcing Manager, Portfolio Lead, regional stakeholders and supplier ops to determine preferred supplier listings and agreeing rate cards for regional suppliers
Proactively work with Supplier Ops to ensure day to day transactional work is being supported and making use of eProcurement tools to deliver increased value
Working closely with Key PMU stakeholders and Strategic Sourcing Manager to develop and delivery market specific portfolio strategies
Providing credible market data and local supplier segmentation, creating detailed budget and spend analysis to identify sourcing pipeline and plan that meets local business needs
Ensuring contractual commitments are in place and signed off by stakeholders, legal and finance as appropriate
Manage escalation issues arising from markets and seek help from Strategic Sourcing manager or Portfolio lead as needed
Proactively ensure transparency and compliance with business policies for sourcing activities in the PMU.
Ensuring that stakeholders are complying to company policy and guidelines, providing tips and tools to help local buying in markets where procurement resource is unavailable.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED
Experiences & Qualifications
3+ years of procurement experience (Indirect Procurement experience will be preferred)
Knowledgeable in Sourcing, negotiation and contracting
Understanding of supply market, value chain, and FMCG knowledge. Knowledge of HR, Workforce and other business services portfolios is a strong plus.
Experience in supplier relationship management.
Experience on small-scale project management.
Knowledge of Unilever business systems is a plus i.e., Coupa, CLM, SRS and Aravo, as well as Analytical tools (Excel, powerBI)
Experience on large-scale project management roles
Demonstrated and proven leadership capabilities to lead a virtual team
Working knowledge of financial and business acumen
Ability to work under pressure and in a complex environment balancing a broad spectrum of stakeholder requirements
Comfortable working in conditions of ambiguity and learning through change
Able to support the adoption and execution of a shared vision and strategy for change, whilst managing the interface between “day to day” and improvement projects
Digital and analytics knowledge
Experience with cost models
Experience in Procurement transformation projects, tools and technologies.
Ability to interact with stakeholders cross effectively and efficiently functionally to understand their needs and deliver effective balanced solutions
Passion for continuous improvement
Key Accountability
Delivery of sourcing strategy, implementation through contracting and negotiations strategy
Delivery of Financial KPI’s: Nett Savings, cash
Sustainability targets, RPP targets,
Resilience program implementation
Complexity reduction program delivery
Continuous process improvement, financial forecasting
Effective supplier communications and engagement in key programs
New supplier scanning
Support PMU’s in Operations and Sustainability
Ensuring Suppliers are Compliant
Skills
Accountability and responsibility
Subject matter expertise
Negotiation & communications skills
Multi-tasking
Robust verbal and written communication skills, including creation and delivery of effective presentations as an added advantage
Stakeholder management and people skills
Practical creativity
Leadership
You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed
You will need to influence CD teams to drive adoption of new processes and ways of working in line with the Customer Operations model
You will need to drive for technology adoption to future fit teams and processes
Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.
PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.
PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.
Apply via :
careers.unilever.com