Procurement Specialist – Operations Indonesia

About Unilever

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Job Purpose

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  If you are then this role is just for you!

Main Responsibilities

• Create and implement end-to-end sourcing strategies for Ice Cream materials in line with Unilever’s portfolio & Collaborative Manufacturing strategies to deliver savings, innovations, and sustainability.

• Support procurement strategy execution and reporting of all key initiatives into the relevant platforms, including cost-effective programs (5S/savings) initiatives, buying productivity & advantage, and Net Material Cost Impact mitigation.

• Full contracting cycle for raw materials: from creation and administration of tenders to the negotiation and closure of contracts. Simultaneously, throughout the cycle, you must ensure you are buying competitively through rigorous cost model analysis, benchmarking, and execution of the relevant buying strategy.

• Build strong relationships and work collaboratively with suppliers, ensuring products are delivered at agreed quality and service and with compliance to Unilever’s responsible sourcing policies.

• Lead buying/supply resilience initiatives and co-drive specs optimization/sustainability projects with R&D.

• Forecasting: Understand direct and indirect factors influencing supply, demand and prices as well as communicate a view of future markets trends to the business.

• Continuously scan the market to benchmark Unilever’s performance vs. competitors.

• Support category strategies and work closely with cross functional teams (Planning, Sourcing Unit, R&D and Marketing) to deliver key projects.

• Handle other procurement-related day-to-day activities under his/her scope to ensure smooth and continuous operations.

Candidate Criteria

Experience & Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in any field

• Prior minimum 1 year work experience would be an advantage

Skill

• We are looking for someone with agility as a talent catalyst.  They must have a strong sense of purpose and are passionate about leading from within to bring out the best in others!

• At least 1 year of experience across procurement operations and/or buying is preferred. However, we welcome candidates from any background who can demonstrateexpertise in buying skills as well as understanding towards commodities markets, trends, and current affairs impacting global economy and trade.

• Strong negotiation, communications, and stakeholders’ management skills are required.

• Strong operational and project management acumen.

• A self-starting, curious, and a quick learner and is capable to work under high-pace, high-pressure environment.

• Experience in supplier development and source localization is preferred but not essential.

• Good understanding and passion towards Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture, supply chain knowledge, and processing technologies.

• Digital and analytics knowledge, especially adept use in Power BI, Microsoft Excel, and other analytic tools e.g., Buyers Console.

• Comfortable in using IT tools such as Microsoft Office Suite, SAP, Aravo, DCIW (invoice management systems), iCAT (contract management systems), PowerApps, SRS (savings reporting tool), PLM (spec database), Velocity (vendor registration), etc.

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.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.

• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.

• CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. 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.

• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

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