Senior IT Sourcing Manager Unilever India

Key Responsibilities:

Global Strategic Sourcing IT Portfolio Lead is responsible for development and implementation of the sourcing strategy for 1UL Markets. Total spend adding up to around 80mE p.a. This role is part of the global IT procurement leadership team.
This is a newly created role in global IT procurement to shape the structure, process and sourcing strategy to meet 1UL market IT architecture vision. The Portfolio Lead needs to be able to understand 1UL market business needs, link the existing processes, IT platform/product strategies and Portfolio sourcing strategies to form the best sourcing solutions and structures to the 1UL markets.
He/she will increase efficiency by driving scale where it makes sense, decreasing fragmentation, pooling expertise across geographies, prioritizing higher impact spend areas, leveraging technology and data, and drive performance that unlocks GAP Acceleration Plan for Unilever.
The role will foster and build a culture of collaboration and agility to enable an efficient project rollout. It will ensure close alignment in strategy with UniOps 1UL Market CDIOs, Finance partners, Legal partners, MBS PaaS core team and IT Procurement Portfolio Leads and Market Leads by defining and utilizing a robust support network for the whole team and providing clarity on the ways of works and roles and responsibilities.

Experience Required:

Qualification/experience

12+ years of procurement experience, including proven and deep experience preferably in IT procurement, alternatively in related field or indirect procurement portfolios.
Strategic sourcing, portfolio strategy expertise, with experience in managing complex portfolio/category, at global or multi-regional level.
Expert in negotiation and contracting.
Understanding of supply market, value chain, and FMCG knowledge. Knowledge of Cloud
Computing, Network, Infrastructure, portfolios and supply markets would be a strong plus.
Experience in strategic supplier relationship management.
Experience on large-scale project management.
Demonstrated and proven leadership capabilities to manage a virtual global team.
Experience in shaping and leading transformational business process reengineering, with experience driving Change Management initiatives.
Knowledge of and passion for sustainability, including social sustainability.

General Skills & Competencies

A thought leader.
A collaborative team player.
Being able to work with strategic suppliers in an open and truly partnership approach, while still strongly representing Unilever’s interests.
Ability to work under pressure and in a complex global environment balancing a broad spectrum of stakeholder requirements.
Comfortable working in conditions of ambiguity, and managing through constant change.
Able to create and drive adoption and execution of a shared vision and strategy for change.
Ability to interact with senior stakeholders effectively and efficiently to understand their needs and deliver effective balanced solutions.
Delivers change whilst managing the interface between “day to day” and improvement projects.
Passion for continuous improvement.
Fluent in English, strong verbal and written communication skills, including creation and delivery of effective presentations.
High financial and business acumen.
Strong in selling ideas and concepts.
Inspiring, motivational, and accountable people leader, able to manage remote and cross-cultural teams and connect people and ideas.
Strong in project and time management for complex global projects.
Stakeholder management and people skills.
Passion and practical creativity.
Tenacious and resilient in the pursuit of challenging goals.

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Senior IT Sourcing Manager