Asst. Procurement Manager - HC Türkiye

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JOB PURPOSE

The main purpose of the role is to guarantee the perfect execution of the Procurement Strategy into related categories. It considers not only the category itself, but also the factories and other areas in the Supply Chain. It is the position that links the main projects and materials strategies into the P&L of the category and in the daily routines of factories in Turkey while managing the major transformational projects in procurement.

Key Accountabilities:

• Responsible for the effective management of procurement and operations pack materials
• Collect, monitor and manage market information, provide analysis and price forecasts
• Deliver KPIs such as savings & inflation mitigation, cash, incident management etc.
• Develop and implement strategies to mitigate inflation and create savings for respective portfolios.
• Improve relationship and service with suppliers
• Handle operational issues when they arise.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Part of the procurement team, responsible for all purchase commercial and/or operational activities

• Scope: Manage procurement of pack materials for different Unilever sites
• Responsible to deliver procurement strategies and implement in local business ensuring material delivery on site in full.
• Develop strong and effective interfaces aligned with company needs.
• Develop strong relationship with suppliers & improve their service along with market abilities.
• Build or support local procurement strategic plan.
• Follow up markets price trends and report best pricing estimate for annual planning and business
• Continuously explore and analyse saving opportunities to generate sustainable savings.
• Building and leading whole infrastructure for successful negotiation with supplier.
• Verifying supplier compliance, audits required date as integral part of negotiation.
• Following and analysing the market trends and align with portfolio teams on the strategy and further requirements from supplier.
• Develop cost models with suppliers to enable cover transparency.
• Set skilled negotiation with supplier in order to gain saving and create positive impact for business.
• Create local contracts via Unilever contract tool
• Responsible for SAP contract content and the required adjustments
• Weekly reviewing and tracking on supplier's compliance status.
• Closely follow up market movements to capture advantages on market with changed cover periods.
• Enlarge competitiveness by approving more than one supplier to each material
• Support packaging value improvement programs such as product logic savings projects, alternative supplier approvals, and alternate material approvals

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, supply chain management, or a related field 
• Minimum 3 years of experience required in Procurement-Supply Chain
• Advanced English written and verbal communication skills 
• Basic understanding of Finance and the P&L
• Excellent command of MS Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint, and PowerBI

Skills

• Ability to work in a fast paced, high change environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability communicate across all levels of the organization
• Strong communications skills, with the ability to virtually engage with cross-functional teams
• Analytical thinking and proven ability to solve problems and sustain results through a data driven process
• Negotiation & commercial skills
• Managing complexity of Materials
• Working with multi-interfaces skills
• Efficient Time management – Multitasking
• Able to work with a variety of IT systems and have a strong knowledge of MS Office
• 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
• Excellent business acumen – analytical and quantitative skills

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

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