At Unilever Procurement, we have big ambitions. Our Procurement with Purpose vision seeks to ensure we are a purpose-led, value-driven and future-fit organisation that creates growth while delivering on Unilever’s commitments to make sustainable living commonplace.
Procurement sits at the heart of our Compass Organisation. With a €33 billion spend across a diverse portfolio including food and ingredients, packaging, commodities and marketing and business services, our work touches every part of the business, putting us in a unique position to make a positive impact on people and planet.
We are looking for Procurement Professionals who are
- Outstanding in idea generation, ideas that are forward thinking and that contribute to creating sustained competitive advantage.
- Strong at selling ideas to his/her business partners, internally and externally, translating these into effective proposals conveying value and communicating it accordingly.
- Appreciative of the value and impact of outstanding execution – an eagle eye for detail.
- Act as an entrepreneur, treats business as his/her own, sets trends and is willing to lead, follow or get out of the way.
- Behave as a Partner to Win ambassador and demonstrate the value Procurement adds to the business.
- Genuinely committed to Unilever’s sustainably led business model, connected with Unilever and the business agenda.
- Team players who lead the creation of an inclusive team environment
- Spotting, developing and retaining talent and creating an inclusive team environment
Purpose of the Job :
Asia accounts for Half of global consumer base and more than a 3rd of Unilever’s turnover. This role is responsible for Co-creating and implementing Procurement Strategies for Transportation portfolio in 12 Key markets across Asia.
You will be responsible for ensuring the Transportation portfolio sourcing strategies make sure UL is competitive, delivering world class service levels, improving on safety & sustainabilityof operations and building purpose-led partnerships for warehousing services across the markets.
Key Accountabilities:
You are expected to lead the strategy creation and execution with Country leads to Deliver on the key matrices of World class service, Competitive Cost, Safety and Sustainability by
- Working with markets leads to understanding business requirements across countries for Cost, Quality, Safety, Service and sustainability and how it translates to sourcing specifications.
- Working with markets leads to understandspend as well as the total cost of ownership for the company in the market.
- Finding the right sources for generating new / leveraging existing competitive insights for benchmarking of current cost, sourcing specifications & partner base vs market to identify areas of opportunities and risks
- Co-creating the sourcing strategy to optimally meet the sourcing specifications, who to buy from, how to buy, when to buy
- Identifying and implementing next generation tools and process to optimize sourcing practices
- Building team capability by driving key learning and development programmes.
- Working closely with Internal Procurement teamsand Operations Excellence teams monitor performance and drive key initiatives.
- Creating an inclusive team environment.
Key Contacts:
You will work along with multiple Internal and External Stakeholders, key being
- Internal.
- Unilever Logistics Procurement and Excellence Teams.
- Unilever Finance Teams.
- Unilever IT Teams.
- External : Suppliers.
Travel :
The role will involve regional travel for 20% of the year.
Skills
An ideal candidate is expected to have
- Strong analytical skills.
- Financial analysis and reporting.
- Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and Power Point.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Fluency in spoken and written English and any Indian language preferable.
The below Procurement skills will be an added advantage.
- Portfolio Strategy Development.
- Negotiation.
- Strategic Supplier Partnerships .
- Digital sourcing Platforms knowledge.
Education and Experiences
The Candidate should have .
- either a bachelor’s degree with at least 6years experience in Procurement / Supply Chain Management .
- Or a master’s degree with specialization in Procurement / Supply Chain with at least 4years experience in Procurement / Supply Chain Management.
- Relevant Experience in Procurement / operations of Transportation Services.