Procurement Coordinator Collaborative Manufacturing – Home Care

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, employee, and customer 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.

Who You Are & What You’ll Do:

Procurement activities:

1. Participation in the sourcing and bid process, supplier selection, negotiation of prices, terms and conditions, awards, and contract management.
2. Support and participation in the design of the Procurement Strategies.
3. Manage and control the contract of the incumbent suppliers.
4. Maintain relationships with suppliers (meetings, evaluation, scorecard, Partner to Win).
5. Develop improvement projects to deliver savings, cash, cost avoidance, and service level improvements.
6. Participate in innovation projects, representing procurement in the extended team.
7. Conduct baseline analysis and understand current costs, prices, and total spend.
8. Engage in special projects.
9. Control the internal KPIs such as VIP, Cash, Cost Avoidance, USQS, etc.

Challenges

• Ability to work quickly with great accuracy.
• Ability to be self-directed in researching market trends, benchmarking & intelligence.
• Ability to prioritize and escalate issues that may affect key business objectives.
• Negotiation with suppliers and communication skills.
• Understanding of operations and business requirements.
• Working cross-functionally across teams with varying priorities.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain/Logistics, Business, Sciences, or Engineering.
• General business experience in any Supply Chain function (Procurement, Logistics, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Management, Planning).
• Fluent English level.

Skills

• Drive Change Management initiatives, intelligent risk-taking while managing risk, managerial courage, and willingness to make hard, fact-based decisions - comfortable with ambiguity.
• Bias for action.
• Maintain, build, and grow supplier relationships, cultural sensitivity/communication/global thinking.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, team building, delegation, and communication skills.
• Excellent business acumen - analytical and quantitative skills.
• Managing change - Develops a shared vision and strategy for change. Delivers change while managing the interface between “day to day” and improvement projects. Tenacious in the pursuit of change goals.
• Problem-solving & decision-making - Defines problems, systematically gathers and analyzes data, identifies cause & effects, and establishes root causes & achievable solutions. Makes good and timely decisions.
• Drive for results - Is passionate about and perseveres in the pursuit of challenging stretch goals. Demonstrates energy, drive, and enthusiasm when striving to accomplish and improve results.

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.

A Unilever é uma organização comprometida com equidade, inclusão e diversidade para impulsionar nossos resultados de negócios e criar um futuro melhor, a cada dia, para nossos diversos funcionários, consumidores globais, parceiros e comunidades. Acreditamos que uma força de trabalho diversificada nos permite igualar nossas ambições de crescimento e impulsionar a inclusão em todo o negócio. Na Unilever estamos interessados em cada indivíduo trazendo seu "Eu como um todo" para o trabalho e isso inclui você! Assim, se você precisar de algum suporte ou requisitos de acesso, nós o encorajamos a nos aconselhar no momento de sua inscrição para que possamos apoiá-lo através de sua jornada de recrutamento.