Assistant Procurement Manager - Packaging at Unilever

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:

• Support Procurement Manager with delivering key targets related to Cost and Cash, Quality and Service, Innovation and Sustainable Living.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Support Procurement Manager in developing and executing supplier strategy for portfolio
• Assess supply market and adapt strategy according to market conditions
• Assess supplier capability and suitability through regular site visits and reporting back on findings
• Develop and improve supplier cost models to drive increase in transparency of cost drivers
• Unlock cash and cost value through setting up and execution of benchmarking, RFQs, E-tenders. Support delivery of savings and creditor extension programme for portfolio
• Support and occasionally lead supplier negotiations
• Provide market intelligence to portfolio manager and business leaders to assist in strategic decision making
• Connect with R&D, brand teams and other business partners as well as with suppliers, to understand future technology and capability roadmap that supports value delivery and USLP. Assist in delivering the roadmap
• Allocate new services to suppliers to deliver best cost/service/quality in line with supply strategy
• Lead on-boarding of new suppliers by driving full quality and responsible sourcing compliance
• Ensure 100% contractual compliance through signing of Unilever Purchasing Agreements and Commercial Term Contracts as well as Special Term Contracts
• Agree annual budgets with suppliers. Implement into new CTC. Communicate/process changes in pricing as required
• Regularly connect with global counterparts to ensure the Africa portfolio is link with the global strategy.
• Successful implement global strategic plans in Africa
• Manage relationships with Supply chain and other business partners, to leverage and land strategic plans
• Good understanding of the portfolio cost models as well as the indicies link to the material types.

Professional Skills:

• Procurement Insights and Analysis: Understand category and functional strategies and procurement requirements; Industry, global S&I teams, economic, competition and supplier insights
• Procurement Strategy Formulation: Developing services supply strategy; Develop supplier strategies; Integrating procurement strategy into the business
• Procurement Strategy Execution and Performance Management: Competitive bidding and tendering; Supplier negotiation; Supplier qualification and on-boarding; Contractual supplier engagement; Supplier performance measurement and management
• Partnering with Suppliers to Win: Attract, select, manage and motivate partners; Identifying value creating opportunities
• Driving Sustainability, Supplier Diversity and Digitilisation through Procurement: Services Supply Chain analysis and risk assessment; Evidence-based measurement for sustainability

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• At 3-5 years’ experience in Procurement, Supply Management or Finance
• Experience on large-scale change management projects
• Experience in Packaging portfolio or FMCG