Global Procurement Senior Coordinator – Innovation Management

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. Our strategy begins with a purpose that places consumers at the heart of everything we do: Brighten everyday life for all. Our goal is to deliver best-in-class performance with market-making, unmissably superior brands. 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 collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centers around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business.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 customers 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. Our strategy is ‘Procurement with Purpose’ and focuses on buying responsibly, buying better, and growing together with partners around the world. Our ambition is based on three key drivers: being Purpose-Led, Value-Driven, and Future-Fit.

The Beauty & Wellbeing business is on a mission to double top-line growth while maintaining margins through strategic brand investment and cutting-edge, science-backed innovation for Hair Care & Skin Care. To achieve this, we need seamless integration of our strategy and execution, paired with radical simplification across the value chain. Innovation is key, driving both incremental turnover and accretive margins. Our goal is to deliver unmissable superiority through desire, transforming our business from mass market to masstige.

As the Global Procurement Senior Coordinator – Innovation Management, you'll be the voice of Procurement to the innovation network, ensuring representation in the strategic category agenda. You'll also convey the category’s needs within Procurement, translating them into effective executable actions and sustainable strategies for novel materials. Your unique vantage point will enable you to drive extra value, speed, and execution into the future portfolio of our Brands.

Role Profile:

· You have a clear understanding of the category’s strategy, vision and needs. You ‘connect the dots’ and will translate the business and technical roadmap into key material and supplier sourcing strategies.

· You can see the big picture within the end-to-end value chain and aid value creation at speed for the category. Where programs and activities overlap you work as part of x-functional team to drive delivery.

· You work collaboratively with your peers, by sharing and taking best practice for the benefit of the category and overall procurement community. You ensure clarity and alignment on ways of working with x-functional partners to deliver effectively.

· You use your strategic influencing skills to drive procurement considerations and recommendations within the innovation network.

Key Responsibilities:

· Represent Procurement in Hair Care and Skin Care innovation projects, working with cross functional team (Brand, Planning, R&D, Engineering) to deliver the innovation sourcing strategy OTIF.

· Understand the scope in full to determine potential risks on the supply chain and action needed to mitigate it.

· Support business cases analysis.

· Align innovation pipeline with packaging and raw material portfolio strategies.

· Prospect suppliers for new raw materials to the category/Unilever, defining the best source based on cost, quality, resilience and risk.

· Work along with portfolio teams on RFQ when a tender is required by innovation.

Skills:

· Excellent communication skills: sharp, concise and effective communication; presentation: context framing, problem formulation and solution proposition; strategic influence and storytelling.

· Stakeholder management.

· Ability to work with different demands at the same time.

· Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.

· Strong networking, relationship management and interpersonal skills

· Strategical influencing and internal negotiation

· Autonomy: confidence to work and lead projects without constant supervision

· Ability to work in virtual teams.

· Fluency in spoken and written English – Spanish is a plus

· Operational computer skills (MS Office, PowerBI)

· SAP (advantage)

Experience Required:

· University degree, postgraduate degree is a plus.

· Experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, or R&D.

· Experience in project management and/or project planning.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, 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.

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