Background & Purpose Of The Job

• Perform Cluster Buying of all Capex and MRO equipment and MRO materials.
• Responsible for contracts and all P2P activities related to suppliers.
• Perform E- Tender/Bids for all items above 50K.
• Support stakeholder on all project timelines, cost, and issue resolution with suppliers.
• Oversee delivery of own share of procurement targets, driving and supporting the implementation of VIP savings and creditor terms.
• To be the contact person for Global Capex Buyers. Support them in local implementation of supply arrangements and sourcing strategies
• To be accountable for Cluster stakeholder management and develop and maintain working relationships with business stakeholders, providing a key point of contact for the business.
• Provide Buying Support, such as driving compliance and automation, new vendor master set up, driving simplification and resolve local supplier/supply issues as required.
• Provide Spend Support by helping to promote portfolio sourcing strategies in the Business, driving spend to preferred suppliers, educating the business on NoPo NoPay policy, support as required and provide specific Cluster procurement related data not readily & automatically available and ensure data integrity and quality of PO transaction through rigor of commodity coding.
  

A Successful Procurement Professional Is Expected To Be

• Outstanding in idea generation, ideas that are forward thinking, and that contribute to creating sustained competitive advantage.
• Strong at selling ideas to his/her business partners, internally and externally, translating these into effective proposals conveying value and communicating it accordingly.
• Appreciative of the value and impact of outstanding execution – an eagle eye for detail.
• Act as an entrepreneur, treats business as his/her own, sets trends and is willing to lead, follow or get out of the way.
• Behave as a Partner to Win ambassador and demonstrate the value Procurement adds to the business.
• Genuinely committed to Unilever’s sustainably lead business model, connected with Unilever and the business agenda.
• For positions with people reporting to them talent mastery, which includes: spotting, fostering, encouraging and retaining talent is a non-negotiable.
  
  

Responsibilities

Overall

• Identify and drive implementation of automation opportunities, vendor reduction, local savings and cash opportunities
• Follow Portfolio sourcing instructions and use preferred suppliers where available
• Help educate end users and drive spend to preferred suppliers, contracts and catalogues
• Ensure Purchase Order quality reviews (attachments, commodity coding, reject if catalogue available, preferred suppliers, etc)
• Support, develop, implement and drive procurement strategies for tactical sourcing in the cluster
• Ensure Personal Development plans are complete, training plans executed and that training effectiveness is monitored