Assistant Procurement Manager Ice Cream - Philippines (Fixed Term Contract)

Role Title: Assistant Procurement Manager for Ice Cream - Philippines (Fixed Term Contract for 1 year)

Scope: Ice Cream PH

Location: Manggahan, Pasig

Terms & Conditions: Full time, Hybrid

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JOB PURPOSE

Unilever Ice Cream’s Selecta is the leading Ice Cream player in the Philippines, as well as one of Unilever’s largest Ice Cream market within Southeast Asia Region.

The Assistant Procurement Manager for Ice Cream– PH will support responsibility for the E2E Procurement management of Raw Materials for Unilever RFM Ice Cream (Selecta).

The role will be instrumental in the delivery of Procurement strategies aligned with BU strategy & agenda, delivering profitability & growth through competitive buying, driving resiliency and savings, and ensuring superior service and products by building strong partnership governance with our suppliers.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Service & Resilience

• Coordinate with Global Buyers, Planning team, and Suppliers to ensure material availability and smooth material delivery
• Ensure timely placement of contracts and delivery through Effective negotiations & Competitive benchmarking
• Support with the E2E Management of locally sourced materials from negotiation, contract, operations, and services
• Work with Supply Chain, R&D, Quality, and Global Buyers to ensure resilience action plan and execution in place to support business growth
• Track RM aspects of Innovation networks to support OTIF innovation delivery

Cost & Cash

• Ensure Net Material Inflation and Gross Margin Target delivery for the BU, through net buying productivity agenda.
• Coordinate with R&D teams and support smart product/Spec initiatives and Ensure the Company Gross Margin agenda is delivered through Improved buying performance, 5S Savings and special initiatives for materials. To support in Savings input and overall monitoring in the systems
• Conduct cost benchmarking exercises and derive best-in-class value.

Sustainability & Strategic Partnerships

• Implementation of supplier strategy, sourcing network strategy and E2E management of RM manufacturers
• Manage cost and service of local RM manufacturers by effectively assessing partners through commercial and contract negotiations.

Others

• Build Procurement Masterdata, using such data for analysis and continuous improvement in the Procurement Processes
• Ensure timely payments to suppliers including Issues resolution to avoid delays in deliveries impacting to service

Experiences, Qualifications, Skills

• Degree Qualification in Business, Engineering, Finance or Supply Chain related is preferred
• 3 to 5 years of experience in a Procurement/supply chain role either in a FMCG industry or in a large complex organization with strong portfolio and market expertise
• Strong negotiation skills, and business & commercial acumen
• Strong people and stakeholder Management Skills
• Excellent critical thinking, analytical and story-telling skills
• Change and crisis management experience for global/large programs is an advantage
• Background/experience in data analytics is an advantage
• Must be amenable for a contract based role for 1 year

We highly encourage applicants to exclude information on age, gender, and school/s in view of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Unilever assesses candidates based on skills, performance, experience and leadership.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.