Ice Cream Procurement Manager - Sourcing Operations

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Scope: Global

Reports to: Procurement Manager Process & Contracting Excellence

Location: Pune, India

Terms & Conditions:

If you are in the Unilever Ice Cream business or consider choosing to work for the Unilever Ice Cream business, you will work for the Global, leading Ice Cream player with €7.9bn Turn Over in 2023. The Ice Cream business is operating in a highly attractive category, as we are part of the 1 trillion snacking and refreshment industry, growing consistently at high pace. We have strong brands equities: 5 of top 10 selling brands including Wall’s, Magnum, Ben &Jerry’s. We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of Ice Cream as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen by November 2025.

Ice Cream has distinct characteristics from Unilever’s other operating businesses and the growth potential of Ice Cream will be better delivered under a different ownership structure. As Ice Cream company we are committed to developing and nurturing talent within our Ice Cream company. You will have ample options for career growth and exploration, allowing you for you to explore roles and opportunities across the new organisation. Your career development will be a priority for us, and we are dedicated to supporting your growth journey within the new company. We hope that you will want to build the new chapter of our Ice Cream history together with us.

Unilever Ice Cream is the largest global Ice Cream Company in the world, with over 100 years of experience delivering a diverse range of indulgent, yet responsible, craft food experiences and treats delighting consumers. Committed to innovation, quality, and sustainability we have 35 brands, including 3 one billion Euro brands (Magnum, Wall’s, Ben & Jerry’s), a strong presence in over 60 countries, generating annual revenue of over $8 billion. All brands are driven to transform moments into memories through indulgent yet responsibly made and marketed products. We have a well-developed strategy to deliver growth and value creation which is clear on where to play and how to win.

We turn the ordinary into the extraordinary by designing unique and innovative Ice Cream experiences that make life taste better, creating joyful experiences. In our Ice Cream business, we’re crafting the future through innovation and imaginative minds, creating unique products. We spark moments of happiness for people and within the communities where we operate. However, it is not as simple as it may seem. As Ice Cream makers we are serious about happiness. With warm hearts, we create the coolest products.

JOB PURPOSE

The main purpose of this role is to drive non-strategic spend sourcing across specific markets, being a part of the larger team of Global Strategy & Excellence team. It includes Savings, Cash, Catalogue, and Preferred Supplier targets delivery with support of third parties

This operation covers various countries across the globe. There is a great opportunity in this role for engaging with procurement colleagues at all levels and clusters of the Organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead engagement with markets and 3PSP to ensure delivery of service and closure of issues being raised

• Responsible for KPI delivery in every cluster – Sourcing Savings, Cash, Catalogue utilization, Preferred Supplier utilization are among the core KPIs

• Drive 3PSP performance through robust Governance for Sourcing and fulfilment with market procurement & Engineering and 3rd party service provider for review for KPIs

• Operationalizing controls designed by the Operational Excellence Team and ensure that the same are strictly adhered to.

• Lead the GPM rollout and compliance across all the markets.

• Help define Spend and savings alignment between market procurement and 3rd party service provider to ensure clarity and delivery.

• Support audits like Corporate, CAD (Control Assurance Department), Sox, Statutory and provide required support for closure of audits on time

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

SKILLS & LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS REQUIRED: 

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.

  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.

  • TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.

  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

  • CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

  • BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

EXPERIENCES & QUALIFICATIONS:   

Relevant Experience:

• Masters’ degree: MBA or similar qualification

• Minimum of 3-5 years’ managerial in finance/procurement/ supply chain.

• Capex/MRO procurement experience will be an added advantage

Key Skills

• Sourcing & Procurement experience:  Prior experience in procurement sourcing

• Analytical skills: Root cause analysis leading to a clear and actionable corrective action.

Leadership and stakeholder influencing skills:

• Define action plans and lead cross-functional teams, to deliver agendas.

• Ability to influence senior stake holders and cross functional teams.

• Ability to work in a dynamic organization and manage / balance multiple priorities and diverse projects concurrently

Process understanding:

• Knowledge & working experience in Purchase to Pay. Expertise in SAP and Coupa, preferably in SAP-AP modules with back-end table understanding will be an advantage. Having a controls mindset will be preferable.

• Communication skills: Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build effective relationships with stakeholders.

• Presentation skills: Proficiency in Power point presentation and other MS Suite applications

• Ability to work under pressure and at times, in ambiguous situations

• Experience and awareness of working in a global role, demonstrate awareness and empathy to our many cultures and social needs

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position and for this vacancy in principle we will first consider candidates based in India. If you are based outside of India and you are interested to apply, please feel free to do so but we can only take your application on if a decision is made to also recruit outside of India.

Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside India if successful, your internal application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer.

You will be eligible for relocation support in the form of flights (India), immigration and tax support (in the year of move) and a lump sum in cash to be paid out during the first salary payment in India. No further relocation support will be provided in a self-initiated CLOC.