Procurement Manager – Soft Commodities, Starches & Derivatives (SEAI & North Asia)

Unilever is currently hiring for Procurement Manager – Soft Commodities, Starches & Derivatives (SEAI & North Asia) based inGrha Unilever, Indonesia

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Job Purpose

As a member of the Global Nutrition Commodities team, support the Global Procurement Manager specifically on the Soft Commodities, Starches & Derivatives Team, to develop and lead the implementation of the portfolio procurement strategy in the assigned BUs to deliver business targets and objectives. This is an Individual Contributor Role.

Main Responsibilities

• Participate in defining the supply strategies and translating these into Strategy-into-Action plans; and take ownership in execution and delivery of the action plans.

• Drive on-time global contract implementation into clusters, including system maintenance. 

• Drive and maintain close collaboration across global, region and local levels in Procurement and R&D-teams for effective execution and delivery of defined actions 

• Maintain the relationships with the business stakeholders; understand their business needs and create their buy-in to the sourcing strategies.

• Deliver Cash & Cost Reduction opportunities in line with the global and regional targets

• Lead bidding exercise, proposal analysis, and support in negotiations with key suppliers.

• Support in driving and delivering Unilever`s climate ambition.

• Rollout portfolio initiatives (e.g. ASA/AMA, Resilience, Market development, etc) to create more leverage 

• Support in the resolution of supply and operational issues.

• Manage current complexity, Support and drive complexity reduction programmes.

• Ensure compliance with Codes & Policies (i.e. USQS etc).

• Ensure risk mitigation and create regional Business Continuity Plans (BCP’s).

• Own and drive continuous improvement and operational excellence in procurement processes.

• Organise and execute price forecasting in line with defined processes. 

• Support innovation projects through strong collaboration with R&D-team, providing market intelligence, supplier capabilities and capacity

• Maintain and develop strong global and regional supplier relationships 

• Organise and maintain good record keeping 

• Contribute to delivery of overall team results.

Candidate Criteria

Experience & Qualification

• Minimal Bachelor’s Degree

• >5 years of experience in Procurement, SC or finance experience, FMCG experience. 

• Experience in Cross Functional working, or working experience with/in R&D 

• Experience in Project management, organized and able to multitask 

• Experience in and understanding of business processes, and managing complexity

• Open to business travel as required

Skills: 

General Skills

• Analytical and sharp with numbers.

• Multi-level communication and being a good team player, managing stakeholders in various geographies.

• Able to cope with fast pace and pressure. 

• High level Business acumen, commercial and negotiation skills. 

• Competence in Microsoft tools, especially Microsoft Excel. Programming skill is a bonus.

• Be able to work in global virtual teams. 

• Be able to work in networks, drive for team alignment and be able to work independently.

• Self-starter with strong accountability, responsibility and leadership skills. 

• Strong on execution, pro-active, have energy and drive. 

• Have excellent communication & networking skills, ability to engage and influence others. 

• Have business, organisational, strategic and cultural awareness.

• Enjoy working with people and numbers. 

• Able to build relationships with people across the business (internally & externally). 

• Be result and solution oriented, be able to solve (unexpected) problems (in short notice)

• Be fluent in English and Mandarin

PROCUREMENT SKILLS:

• Procurement Insights and Analysis: understand Category, Functional strategies and procurement requirements.

• Supply Strategy Development and Implementation (e.g. collecting relevant information).

• Supply Market Intelligence and Analysis (e.g. establish understanding & analyses of portfolios and underlying markets).

• Supplier Selection and Development (e.g. assessing supplier performance, screening suppliers, supplier qualification and on boarding).

• Managing alliances and relationships.

CROSS SUPPLY CHAIN SKILLS:

• Executing Supply Chain Strategies aligned to Business Goals

• Adopting a Customer Service Mindset in all our relationships

• Optimising and Implementing Supply Chain Improvements.

• Managing sustainability in supply chain.

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.

• You are still responsible for your own results and as a team leader, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.

• PERSONAL MASTERY: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for own wellbeing and resilience.

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

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

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

• 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.Inspires powerful teamwork and collaboration, connecting people for better results.

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