Procurement Coordinator – Quality and Service

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. Our strategy begins with a purpose that places consumers at the heart of everything we do: Brighten everyday life for all. Our goal is to deliver best-in-class performance with market-making, unmissably superior brands. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centers around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business.We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

ABOUT PROCUREMENT

Part of the Supply Chain family, Procurement is responsible for over 30B Euro of material and services spend globally with more than 60,000 suppliers. Getting the right services and materials, sustainably sourced and ensuring responsible procurement is critical to ensuring our brands with purpose grow. Our teams work closely with the business to understand stakeholders needs, bring innovation to meet changing consumer, employees and customers needs, and drive financial value for Unilever through competitive buying. We’re at the forefront of digital procurement, bringing new tools and analytics to drive data-based decisions. Our strategy is ‘Procurement with Purpose’ and focuses on buying responsibly, buying better, and growing together with partners around the world. Our ambition is based on three key drivers: being Purpose-Led, Value-Driven, and Future-Fit.

JOB PURPOSE

Find your purpose at Unilever. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you. If you are excited by daily challenges and love to work with internal and external partners to find creative solutions then this role is just for you!

Your role as a Procurement Coordinator – Quality and Service is to be the face of Procurement in business partnering the supply chain on all service and quality related topics. Manage capacity reviews for key materials and drive resilience process to pro-actively identify risks in the supply base and the implementation of counter measures. Handle and resolve occurring supply issues and calamities in collaboration with procurement portfolio colleagues, SC Planning and R&D. Create growth and value for Unilever and our strategic suppliers from a deep understanding of our Category strategies and deployment of our Procurement strategies in our business. Next to this, this role involves business engagement across functions like R&D (GDC&RDC), Brand and SC leads (CCBTs), SC (cluster & global), QA and global procurement networks as well as suppliers.

Exceptional communication skills, stakeholder management up to WL4&5, bias for action, influencing and project management skills are key elements for the successful delivery in this role.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Driving and delivering Unilever programs to improve service and Supplier / Material resilience, while constantly looking for operational efficiency through programs like Digital Procurement.

· Manage and minimise service risks driven by material supply issues

· Proactive stakeholder communication to minimise service impact

· Build strong Procurement networks to deliver fast and brilliant saving / innovation projects

· Partner with product group quality to lead quality improvements with worst performing suppliers and support quality interventions

· Manage capacity utilisation reviews including mould utilisation, mould health and capex budget management

· Support Quality improvement programs and coordinate quality loss claims caused by material non-compliances

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

Experience in FMCG Supply Chain (planning) or Procurement related roles

English language skills

Managing stakeholders

Effective trouble shooter – able to remain calm in times of crisis and creative mindset to identify solutions

Self-starter with strong accountability & responsibility standards

Skills

Business partnering

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Supplier Relationship management

Strategic influencing

Financial Acumen

Fully operational in Excel

Project management skills

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

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.

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.