LATAM Wood Based Packaging Procurement Manager

Unilever is currently hiring for LATAM Wood Based Packaging Procurement Manager

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At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. 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.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Develop, implement, and execute Unilever procurement sourcing strategies for all Wood Based packaging for Latin America.
• Manage a spend of 168+ m EUR spanning across corrugated packaging and folding cartons.
• Monitor capacity and capability at suppliers in line with the Business Plan to ensure continuity of supply.
• Lead a team of three WL1s.
• Lead and support global and/or regional negotiations.
• Execute contract negotiations, leveraging the business and digital tools for support as needed.
• Follow market conditions and lead price forecasting cycles to enable proper budgeting and cash forecasting.
• Contribute towards Unilever’s packaging sustainability commitments including key metrics such as NDPE.
• Deliver net productivity (cost savings/value creation).
• Optimize our packaging to be the most cost-effective design (product logic) while still serving its technical and consumer purpose.
• Identify and implement value chain intervention projects to bring the next level of value and efficiency to Unilever’s supply chain.
• To create and manage strategic supplier relationships and develop Unilever as a partner of choice.
• To identify and bring supplier driven innovation ideas to the business and ultimately to market to drive growth.
• Collaborate with the relevant R&D and technical expert teams to ensure the technical and commercial programs are fully integrated.
• Ensure resilient material supply chains are embedded into our sourcing strategies.
• To manage and reduce overall complexity within the portfolio.
• Adopt and deploy the digital agenda in your markets.
• Ensure proper levels of supplier service and quality are maintained.
• Behave as a key interface between supplier and Unilever and demonstrate the value procurement adds to the business.
• Communicate and execute the supply strategies and maintain connections with key Business Units and Business Groups.
• Support on regulatory related topics that may impact the portfolio and business.
• Support escalations of service and quality issues (e.g. crisis management) involving stakeholders as needed.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• University degree in Business Management, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or relatable subjects.
• Fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
• Background in Procurement and Supply Chain areas
• Solid experience in similar roles (preferably in Packaging or FMCG companies), leading strategic negotiation.
• Experience working with long term business strategies.
• Proactive and complex stakeholder management and communication across ranks and functions. 
• Availability for travel

Skills

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to concisely communicate to senior level internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong analytics skills including a deep knowledge of Excel.
• Adept at working in a global virtual network with teammates and suppliers based around the world
• Professional negotiation models and techniques.
• Basic understanding of finance.
• Comfort with systems such as Microsoft Office Suite, Power BI, SAP CLM, and more.
• Other skills: change management, forecasting and planning processes, and market operations

Leadership

• 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 manager, 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.

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.