Global Procurement Coordinator

Unilever is currently hiring for a Global Procurement Coordinator - Home Care

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life through the work you do - creating a better business and a better world. If you have analytical skills, enjoy working in teams, and engaging with different stakeholders, then this challenge is exactly for you! 

Our Unilever’s LAB procurement team is embarking on an exciting journey. This role is a great opportunity for someone who wants to act leading a portfolio that requires fundamental changes in the value chain impacting the formulations of some of the most well-known laundry and cleaning brands in the world.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Support the negotiation and sourcing strategy for LAB in the Americas, Europe, NAMET, and Africa, and a basket of other supporting materials and minor surfactants (e.g. SAS, SCS, dried LAS, Sulphur, etc.).
• Conduct joint business development plans with key partners and manage ongoing relationships, ensuring competitiveness, service, and ability to support long-term division growth needs.
• Develop best-in-class strategic sourcing and contracting strategies for commercial agreements.
• Provide market-level strategy support and execution for the Home Care BG including supply chain transformations and partnering with the market teams to address regional requirements.
• Create a multi-year NMCI delivery program funnel to drive value through things like E2E value chain optimization, leveraging global benchmarking to identify areas of opportunity across markets, and by supporting formulation optimization.
• Provide a reliable and accurate price trend forecast that is clearly communicated to senior BG and BU stakeholders.
• Working closely with the LAB team supporting the Asia markets effectively moving and acting as one global LAB team.
• Being based in Brazil, you will play a major role in supporting internal stakeholders and day to day operations for LATAM.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Procurement knowledge, preferably in the chemicals area.
• Strong analytics skills including a deep knowledge of Excel.
• Familiar with cost modeling and contracting strategies.
• Experience in managing supplier relationship management and leading negotiations.
• Adept at working in a global virtual network with teammates and suppliers based across the world.
• Strong communication skill.
• Proficiency in English are required.
• Proficiency in Spanish is desirable.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills: sharp, concise and effective communication; presentation: context framing, problem formulation and solution proposition; strategic influence and storytelling.
• Stakeholder management.
• Ability to work with different demands at the same time.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Strong networking, relationship management and interpersonal skills
• Strategical influencing and internal negotiation
• Autonomy: confidence to work and lead projects without constant supervision
• Ability to work in virtual teams.
• Operational computer skills (MS Office, PowerBI) 

At Unilever, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive/succeed. All applicants will receive fair and respectful consideration, and we actively support the growth and development of every employee.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

W Tower A, São Paulo-SP. Full Time

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

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