Assistant Procurement Manager at Unilever

MAIN PURPOSE

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

JOB SUMMARY:

• Support the business with leading innovations from a Procurement perspective and ensuring that we land projects OTIF

• Support the business with leading ALL innovations from a Procurement perspective and ensuring that we land projects OTIF

• Support PM in developing and executing category sourcing strategy.

• Assess supply market, and adapt strategy according to market conditions.

• Assess supplier capability and suitability and reporting back on findings.

• Support & lead innovation, value improvement and supply stability projects, specifically focusing on the direct materials, whilst interacting with multiple functional stakeholders locally and globally . Support value improvement and supply stability projects, specifically focusing on the direct materials , whilst interacting with multiple functional stakeholders locally and globally . and supply stability projects, specifically focusing on direct materials, whilst interacting with multiple functional stakeholders locally and globally

• 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.

• Track global feedstock and forex movements and translate into price forecasts required regularly by business.

• Provide market intelligence to PM and business leaders to assist in strategic decision making.

• Connect with RD business partners to understand future supplier technology and capability roadmap that supports value delivery and USLP. Assist in delivering roadmap. 

• Support the Localization agenda by identifying potential local suppliers, assessing and signing of local specifications with R&D

• Continuously explore and scan markets for capable supply sources to allocate materials,    driving best cost/service/quality in line with sourcing 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.

• Collaborate both internally within team/Unilever and externally with suppliers to share best practice analysis

• Collaborate both internally within team / Unilever and externally with suppliers to share best practice analysis

• Regularly connect with procurement operations, manufacturing, RnD and category colleagues to understand GM, service, quality, capacity, WC hot spots. Engage suppliers and adapt strategy to drive improvement in hot-spot areas.

Professional skill

• Procurement Insights and Analysis: Understand category and functional strategies and procurement requirements; Industry, economic, competition and supplier insights

• Procurement Strategy Formulation: Developing material  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 through Procurement:  Materials and/or services Supply Chain analysis and risk  assessment ,Evidence -based measurement for sustainability

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

At 3-5 years’ experience in Procurement/Supply Chain/R&D/Marketing/Sales Experience on large-scale change management projects

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