Assistant Global Procurement Manager - Soda Ash

JOB TITLE: Assistant Global Procurement Manager - Soda Ash

Work LOCATION: Mumbai HO, India

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:

Assistant Procurement Manager - Soda Ash will be part of the Inorganics Procurement Category for the Homecare business. This role reports to the Global Procurement Manager - Inorganics, based in the Netherlands who manages a spend of approximately EUR 400m. In this role, you will be collaborating extensively with internal stakeholders and externally with suppliers in the execution of the strategic sourcing plan for soda ash. Procuring one of the most critical raw materials for the Homecare business, this is a dynamic role in which you will support on sustainability ambitions, savings targets and supply resilience to drive the category strategy forward.  

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES:    

Material Strategy:

• Support in development and execution of portfolio strategy in line with both short and long-term objectives and global strategy

• Seek inputs from markets to sharpen and adapt the strategy accordingly

• Identify risks to the business, and prepare resilience plans to overcome them

Portfolio Management:

• Follow dynamically changing market conditions, understand direct and indirect factors influencing supply, demand and prices and develop a view of future markets trends for the business

• Full contracting cycle for the materials: from creation and administration of Tenders to the negotiation and closure of contract

• Create sourcing contracts in the Contract Lifecycle Management system

• Use Smart Buying tools for extracting greater value: eTender, cost-plus/market-minus pricing mechanisms

• Support the global saving agenda and deliver NMCI, NMI, Buying Competitiveness and Cash Targets.

• Compliance of materials with Unilever specifications, through approvals granted by R&D team

• Support in preparation of PowerPoint slides for stakeholder presentations

Supplier Management:

• Support and Management of the global RFQ process, including RFQ preparation, participating in the negotiation and in-depth analysis of submissions

• Maintain relationships with suppliers to ensure Unilever gets top priority in service, quality, cash, and cost of materials

• Execute legal contracts with suppliers in the form of Unilever Purchase Agreement and Commercial Terms Contract (and where required, also Special Terms Contracts)

• Manage the Compliance of suppliers and sources on Unilever Supplier Qualification System (Aravo): Responsible Sourcing Policy compliance and Quality Assessment compliance

Business engagement:

• Support with forecasts to the business based on market trends and analysis of factors affecting the market: provide rationale, commentary, and analysis to support forecasts

• Manage supplies at the time of any failure on the ground (crisis management) to keep SUs running always, lead and manage effective on time communication/ updates to stakeholders

• Support the global projects agenda in collaboration with the regions related to ASA, AMA, Complexity reduction and Resilience.

• Work cross-functionally with both local and global counterparts to identify and implement value-project based projects and initiatives.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in business/finance, Engineering or Economics background

• Master’s Degree/MBA is advantageous

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Procurement Manager in an MNC (FMCG is advantageous)

• Fluent in English is mandatory, both written and spoken

• Superior stakeholder management, both internal (across all hierarchies and functions) and external (suppliers).

• Comfort with systems: SAP CLM, USQS, SRS, HANA, Ariba, etc.

• Knowledge and experience in negotiations, forecasting, planning processes, market operations, supply chains