Sr. Procurement Manager, Logistics (Warehousing), Asia

Overview: 

At Unilever Procurement, we have big ambitions. Our Procurement with Purpose vision seeks to ensure we are a purpose-led, value-driven and future-fit organization that creates growth while delivering on Unilever’s commitments to make sustainable living commonplace.

Procurement sits at the heart of our Compass Organisation. With a €33 billion spend across a diverse portfolio including food and ingredients, packaging, commodities and marketing and business services, our work touches every part of the business, putting us in a unique position to make a positive impact on people and planet.

Our 1,300+ employees operate at the forefront of competitive buying, sustainable sourcing and purpose-led partnerships. We seek to combine our own technology expertise and insights with our partners, to support the creation of disruptive sourcing strategies and supplier-led innovation that respond to ever-changing consumer needs quickly, flexibly and effectively.

We are looking for Procurement Professionals who are 

• Outstanding in idea generation, ideas that are forward thinking and that contribute to creating sustained competitive advantage. 

• Strong at selling ideas to his/her business partners, internally and externally, translating these into effective proposals conveying value and communicating it accordingly. 

• Appreciative of the value and impact of outstanding execution – an eagle eye for detail.

• Act as an entrepreneur, treats business as his/her own, sets trends and is willing to lead, follow or get out of the way. 

• Behave as a Partner to Win ambassador and demonstrate the value Procurement adds to the business. 

• Genuinely committed to Unilever’s sustainably led business model, connected with Unilever and the business agenda.

• Team players who lead the creation of an inclusive team environment

• Spotting, developing and retaining talent and creating an inclusive team environment

Purpose of the Job :

Asia accounts for Half of global consumer base and more than a 3rd of Unilever’s turnover. This role is responsible for Co-creating and implementing Procurement Strategies for Warehousing service portfolio in 12 Key markets across Asia. 

You will be responsible for Co-creating the Warehousing service portfolio sourcing strategies that make sure UL is competitive, delivering world class service levels, improving on safety & sustainabilityof operations and building purpose-led partnerships for warehousing services across the markets.

Key Accountabilities:

You are expected to lead the strategy creation and execution with Country leads to Deliver on the key matrices of World class service, Competitive Cost, Safety and Sustainability by   

• Working with markets leads to understanding business requirements across countries for Cost, Quality, Safety, Service and sustainability and how it translates to sourcing specifications.

• Working with markets leads to understandspend as well as the total cost of ownership for the company in the market.

• Finding the right sources for generating new / leveraging existing competitive insights for benchmarking of current cost, sourcing specifications & partner base vs market to identify areas of opportunities and risks

• Co-creating the sourcing strategy to optimally meet the sourcing specifications, who to buy from, how to buy, when to buy

• Identifying and implementing next generation tools and process to optimize sourcing practices

• Building team capability by driving key learning and development programmes.

• Working closely with Internal Procurement teamsand Operations Excellence teams monitor performance and drive key initiatives.

• Creating an inclusive team environment

Key Contacts:

You will work along with multiple Internal and External Stakeholders, key being

• Internal

• Unilever Logistics Procurement and Excellence Teams 

• Unilever Finance Teams

• Unilever IT Teams

• External : Suppliers 

Travel :

The role will involve regional travel for 20% of the year 

Skills 

An ideal candidate is expected to have 

• Strong analytical skills 

• Financial analysis and reporting

• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and Power Point

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Fluency in spoken and written English and any Indian language preferable

The below Procurement skills will be an added advantage.