Global Assistant Category Procurement Manager – Skin Cleansing

JOB TITLE: Global Assistant Category Procurement Manager – Skin Cleansing

JOB FUNCTION: Procurement- Supply Chain

WORK LOCATION: Mumbai HO

About Unilever:

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

ABOUT PROCUREMENT:

Part of the Supply Chain family, Procurement is responsible for over 30B Euro of material and services spend globally with more than 60,000 suppliers. Getting the right services and materials, sustainably sourced and ensuring responsible procurement is critical to ensuring our brands with purpose grow. Our teams work closely with the business to understand stakeholders needs, bring innovation to meet changing consumer, employees and customer’s needs, and drive financial value for Unilever through competitive buying. We’re at the forefront of digital procurement, bringing new tools and analytics to drive data-based decisions.

Main job purpose:

The main purpose of the job is ensuring early procurement involvement in innovation and supply chain projects, being responsible for the on-time and in-full delivery of the procurement project tasks.

A successful procurement professional is expected to be:

• 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.

• Genuinely committed to Unilever’s sustainably lead business model, connected with Unilever and the business agenda.

Key Accountabilities:

Procurement business partner to the category Manage Procurement deliverables for innovation projects as below

• Participate in cross functional project teams for Innovation as the Procurement partner

• Identify (new) raw and pack materials introduced by Innovation projects together with business partners

• Brief Portfolio Procurement on upcoming innovations and ensure supplier selection is in line with our Procurement Strategies and with sufficient capacity for growth

• Ensure material capacity and provide procurement input for risk assessment contingency planning for a timely introduction

• Coordinate and ensure competitive prices

• Coordinate resilience risk assessment and mitigation plan

• Manage Procurement activities on innovation project networks

• Bring-in ideas from suppliers

• Ensure early engagement of suppliers for input into innovation projects

• Lead Procurement input for decision making at leadership team level (GCIT meetings for example) e.g. pricing of materials, resilience risk statements, lead times, savings potentials and financial impact 

• Hand over the projects to the relevant BU procurement team for implementation

• Generate material efficiency (ME) cost saving (CS) ideas for global and regional 5S (value improvement) workshops and savings target delivery.

• Support ASA/ AMA (alternative supplier/alternative material) projects delivery for either resilience or 5S reasons.

• Manage the procurement deliverables for complexity reduction programmes.

• Secure supplier capacity and capability for strategic growth.

• Lead/support Sustainability projects (ex. better, less and no plastic agenda) 

Contacts:

Internal

Procurement:

• Procurement team, Portfolio

• Procurement team, Collaborative Manufacturing

• Procurement team, Strategy & Insights

• Procurement operations team, Category BU

Supply Chain:

• Supply Chain Category Planning

R&D:

• Global R&D, packaging and formulation

• Science &Technology

Marketing:

• Global Brand Development

Finance:

• Brand Finance

• Procurement Finance

Legal:

• Regulatory Affairs

External

• Suppliers

Skills:

• Self-Management (priority setting, risk analysis, resources)

• Take ownership and responsibility; have energy and drive

• Be result and solution oriented; be able to solve (unexpected) problems (in short notice)

• Networking and relationship management

• Excellent communication skills

• Analytical skills

• Drive for team alignment; be able to work in networks; be able to work independently

• Ability to work in virtual teams

Procurement Operations Skills:

• Project management skills

• Good understanding of business economics

• Supply Market Intelligence and Analysis - Collecting Relevant Information; Analysing Supply and Demand Market Behaviour and Understanding Key Cost Drivers and Price Trends

• Managing Alliances and Relationships (e.g. managing the Ongoing Relationship to Deliver Value to the Business)

• Partnering with Suppliers to win

• Driving sustainability through Procurement

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors 

• PERSONAL MASTERY: Self-Management (priority setting, risk analysis, resources), take ownership & responsibility and have energy & drive 

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Be result and solution oriented. Drive for team alignment; be able to work in networks; be able to work independently. Ability to work in virtual teams 

• PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever. 

• CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time on networking and relationship management.    Managing Partnerships and Relationships (e.g. managing the ongoing relationship to deliver value to the business)    

• BUSINESS ACUMEN: Analytical skills, Supply Market Intelligence and Analysis - Collecting Relevant Information; Analyzing Supply and Demand Market Behavior and Understanding Key Cost Drivers & Price Trends. Good understanding of business economics 

Essential

• Minimum 6+ years' experience in procurement preferably in FMCG

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Strong communication skills.

D&I statement:

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

Interested candidates please share your resumes on POG-Fatema.Khilawala@unilever.com