Procurement Manager - Logistics NA

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Unilever Brazil

São Paulo

BRL 60.000 - 100.000

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Há 2 dias

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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.

Purpose:

The Procurement Manager for Logistics in North America will be responsible for supporting the sourcing strategy development and assisting with the procurement of transportation services for the US, Canada, and Mexico. This position is responsible for business partnering with logistics function at a market level to land relevant capabilities that drive service, value creation, and responsible sourcing in the markets. This role will partner with two peer managers to support the procurement of multiple modes of freight in the network.

Who You Are and What You'll Do

This role will support the buying activities of the North America network including but not limited to:

Following the standard 7-step strategic procurement process from strategy alignment and market scans to supporting Request for Proposals and contract discussions to business approval, contract signing, and operational implementation.
Support preparation of executive level briefs on the negotiation strategy for annual bids for review by the Global Head of Logistics Procurement and Chief Procurement Officer.
Maintain market intelligence to forecast future cost structures with internal stakeholders in Logistics and Finance.
Identify disruptive emerging technologies to create capacity or innovation for the business, e.g., autonomous trucking, paperless BOLs, API integration, etc.
Support any North American logistics network redesign projects to identify capacity solutions and providers that provide the right end to end need for cost, capacity, and service.
Business partnering to the Logistics operations team in the markets to deliver savings projects while achieving service level targets.
Support Global benchmarking project work for Transportation to gain and maintain cost transparency and competitive buying for North America.
Maintain productive relationships with external 3PL carrier partners, organizing strategic business reviews and joint business development plans with Strategic partners.
Support the development and implementation of the North America Sustainability Roadmap to decarbonize Unilever’s carbon emissions by 2039.
Develop opportunities to decouple the value chain for transportation with carriers and other external partners to drive competitive advantage and savings for Unilever.

What You'll Need to Succeed

Bachelor’s Degree required with preference in Logistics, Supply Chain, or other Business field.
Relevant Procurement or Logistics experience required, preferably in Consumer-Packaged Goods company.
Knowledge and experience of the Strategic Procurement Process and application in Logistics.
Understanding of Value Chain of transportation and demonstrated ability to extract costs via Should Cost models.
Experience negotiating cost variables with transportation providers leading to successful outcomes.
Awareness of transportation providers and market intelligence sources in North America.
Proven abilities in stakeholder management, with an emphasis on listening and influencing.
Experience working with enterprise level logistics systems, such as a Transportation or Yard.
Fluency in English in written and verbal forms.

Preferred Qualifications:

ASCM/APICS certification in CLTD or CSCP
CSCMP SCPro certification
Formal negotiation training or experience
SAP, Oracle TMS, JDA WMS, Jaggaer contracting, and PINC YMS experience are preferred

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.