Senior Procurement Coordinator

Unilever is currently hiring for Senior Procurement Coordinator!

Function:  Supply Chain- Procurement

Reports to: Procurement Manager

Location: Argentina

Terms & Conditions: Full time position.

ABOUT UNILEVER

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. You will work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues who provide mentorship and inspiration so that you can become a better you.

JOB PURPOSE
You will be part of the Procurement Operations Team, taking responsibility for Latin America operational activities to ensure a smooth supply of materials for our production – in-house or at our external Collaborative Manufacturers. In the current challenging times, the Procurement Operations team in Latam is playing a crucial role securing undisrupted continuation of our production operations.
The majority of your time you will spend on troubleshooting in all different aspects of our Latam Operations. You will support our internal sourcing units and/or Collaborative Manufacturers (CMs) in case of material supply issues and any other material related issues that might appear. You collaborate with all relevant internal and external stakeholders and coordinate the communication and issue resolution.
Together with our colleagues from R&D and Supply Chain, you work on projects to proactively prevent service disruption by driving service- and quality improvement as well as resilience for the raw and packaging material portfolio.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Driving service for raw and packaging material supply, mitigating upcoming supply/service risks through innovative and creative solutions (short and long-term) in collaboration with internal and external partners
• Able to quickly build knowledge on various buying portfolios to take decisions on how to solve problems. Take that extra step to safeguard Unilever’s production.
• Build a solid network within the company and with the main material suppliers and CMs.
• Collaborate with procurement manager on troubleshooting in all different aspects of our Latam Operations.
• Identify and drive contingency and resilience activities; identify and follow up on opportunities to add flexibility to the supply chain.
• Contribute to short and long term service and quality improvement projects together with suppliers.
• Coordinating quality loss claims caused by material non-compliances
• To ensure the satisfaction of Unilever's internal customers with the services provided by the procurement organization.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Experiences & Qualifications

• 3-5 years in FMCG Supply Chain (planning) or Procurement related roles
• English language skills
• Managing stakeholders
• Effective trouble shooter – able to remain calm in times of crisis and creative mindset to identify solutions
• Self-starter with strong accountability & responsibility standards

Skills

• Business partnering
• Risk management
• Stakeholder management
• Supplier Relationship management
• Strategic influencing
• Financial Acumen
• Fully operational in Excel - being able to extract, analyse and present data in a clear and understandable format
• Project management skills

Standards of Leadership

• Tree Steps Ahead, Communicate in Advance market shift with Continuous Data Visualization Improvement.

• Deliver with Excellence, Market Opportunities based on Data and Shopper Insights. And Story Telling.

• Focus on What Counts, Being Accountable to Provide Business Performance View.

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

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