Global Procurement Assistant - Food Commodities and Ingredients

Position: Global Procurement Assistant – Food Commodities and Ingredients

Function: Supply Chain

Work Level:WL1

Reports to: Global Procurement Manager Ingredients South Asia

Location: Karachi Head Office

About Unilever

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Job Purpose

This role will support the overall aligned deployment of food Ingredients This will involve collaboration within the BU procurement team, leadership, business/brand stakeholder on one side and working with global portfolio team in driving/implementing strategies across projects and pillars. It also involves driving E2E projects, building market intel on the commodities, building category/commodity strategies and implementing them on the ground including driving change management and transformations.

What Will Your Main Responsibilities Be

• Understand the business requirement, devise and implement procurement strategies in the South Asia market, stakeholder relationship and managing day to day services and materials cost closures in areas of commodities & ingredients portfolio in India
• Understanding various cost drivers/elements and develop cost models
• Savings/e-Tenders - Negotiating contracts and driving e-tenders with service providers and optimize costs, and contract finalization, and Implementing cost saving initiatives
• Strong external / market orientation and vendor evaluation process management
• Bring in supply-market understanding that is important for business
• Build forecasts for the materials through understanding the external factors and internal needs
• Vendor relationship - manage relationships with service providers in the areas of commodities, ingredients, starches and derivatives portfolio
• Vendor selection and development: Create a Knowledge Management Centre as a repository of information on potential vendors, service providers, etc. for future projects.
• Compliance - ensure that the Buying process/documentations are followed for the spends covered under procurement.
• To continuously improve ways of working and optimize procurement activities
• To support Innovation programs, partnering with Global and Cluster divisional teams
  
  

What You’ll Need To Succeed

Education & Experience:

• A minimum of bachelor's degree is required in Supply Chain/ Any engineering discipline. MBA / CA / master's degree is preferred
• At least 4-6 years of professional experience in procurement is required
• Buying experience especially understanding commodity market, industry, supplier trade
• Experience in managing strategic buying projects and suppliers
• Hold experience of successfully running negotiations, tenders and RFPs
• Familiar with developing long-term strategy planning & execution
  
  

Core Skills

• Very Strong Analytical, Interpretation and Communication skills: data/information analysis and presentation
• Ability to read markets and convey findings along with recommendations to the business
• Financial savviness and basis data analytics
• Comfort or basic knowledge with systems & Digital tools: SAP CLM, Ariba, MS Office, Buyers’ Console, Power BI, Anaplan etc.
• A strategic Influencer - Strong at selling ideas to his/her business partners, internally and externally, translating these into effective proposals conveying the total value and communicating it accordingly
• Being a self-starter and outstanding in execution – has an eagle-eye for detail
  
  

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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