Assistant Procurement Manager Job in Mumbai at Unilever

Unilever is hiring for the role of Assistant Procurement Manager!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Develop and align own work plan, objectives, priorities, and processes within the context of the overall global procurement and logistics priorities and processes
• Identify, initiate, and sustain direct interactions with appropriate internal stakeholders / functional/operating teams within the business to drive “procurement” behavior change required to meet business project objectives and facilitate implementation of the approved sourcing strategies
• Conduct data gathering and analysis of internal needs. Develop and follow supply market knowledge and insight (e.g. suppliers, price trends, cost drivers, acquisitions & disposals, etc.)
• Develop appropriate sourcing strategies
• Execute the sourcing strategy, including tendering, analysis, selection of, and negotiation with suppliers, including crafting and placing of legal agreements/contracts and confidentiality agreements, and ensure that all are conducted in accordance with Unilever’s code of business ethics and corporate social responsibility requirements
• Ensure that supply agreements, commercial terms & conditions, specification information, and pricing information including changes are communicated accurately and in a timely fashion to appropriate operational teams/individuals
• Responsible for ongoing supplier relationship management of the key strategic providers, monitoring, review, and continuous improvement as well as leading supplier side of innovation/sustainability/cost savings projects
• In the context of Partner to Win, to identify, develop, and manage strategic business relationships to enable implementation of the Unilever growth strategy, revenue achievement, and new product development initiatives
• Develop a deep understanding of and rigorously apply the Unilever strategic sourcing process and tools, including being fully operational and actively using e-Sourcing tools e.g. use of e-RFIs, e-RFPs, cost modeling, and others
• Lead cross-functional initiatives and represent Unilever's interests in the management of external strategic relationships
• Lead timely system driven Updation for ongoing and key networks with the help of CG
• Timely audit of rate masters to ensure payments are happening as per contract and avoid control lapses

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field of study
• No of years of experience: Flexible
• People management skills with an emphasis on listening
• A strong command of the English language – both written and spoken – with an ability to convey often complex data to a variety of audiences
• Proficient in analytical tools such as Excel and Power BI
• A tenacious commitment to solving challenges
• Proven abilities in Stakeholder Management
• Thinker, challenger; somebody who would not accept status quo
• Strong communication skills