• on programs for disruptive value creation across procurement teams

• Creating and implementing standardized processes and data-driven decision making to ease operating effectiveness and drive better and faster outcomes

• Developing and enabling procurement strategies with respective network VPs and portfolio and market teams based on strategic insights

• Identifying, scaling, and spreading best practices across the global procurement organization, within and across teams

MAIN JOB PURPOSE

• Drive strategy creation across Palm & Surfactants portfolios while working closely with the BGs

• Support value creation opportunities based on a deep market expertise, Supplier, Competitor and Industry Insights, as well as benchmarking and cost modelling

• Support negotiations with S&I tools such as cost modeling, GAP program, market insights

• Procurement Market Intelligence for RM, focusing on external insights, competition benchmarking and generating new insights.

• Drive S&I initiatives for Palm & Surfactantsteam

• Support key Market Intelligence studies & Backward integration studies and capability build with the portfolio buyers

• Support the Digitization journey by helping design and implement various projects in Palm & Surfactants

KEY INTERACTIONS

The Procurement Strategy & Insights Senior Executive - will interface with the following stakeholders:

• Palm & Surfactants Portfolio Assistant managers, Managers, & Procurement Director 

• Global & Market sourcing teams

• Global Procurement Strategy & Insights - BG Managers

• LHS Squads

• Industry and Insights resources

• Agency partners

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Leads the procurement strategy creation with the Palm & Surfactants portfolios while working closely with various BGs and S&I teams

• Work with buyers to calculate and approve savings projects according with buying competitiveness methodology.

• Effectively identifies Savings through Procurement market Intelligence and drives them for implementation.

• Uses the S&I tools effectively to drive value in negotiations

• Analyses data to seek trends, patterns, anomalies, and findings that drive useful business insights  

• With a continuous improvement mindset, leverage the existing tools and responsible for the iteration plan 

• Closely connected with the Markets and Industry boards, acquiring the relevant intelligence to identify opportunities and creates roadmaps based on promising opportunities  

• Lead the Insights creation from available data, based on a good understanding of the data architecture and guiding the mining process

• Executes detailed Value Chain and market analysis to define opportunities to intervene/intermediate at different levels, considering all the different materials and services we source

BUSINESS BEHAVIORS 

• Strategic & Systemic Thinking

• Outstanding problem-solving and analytical skills 

• Strong Communication skills 

• High Initiative, Quick Learner and Self-Starter 

• Stakeholder management skills

• High Growth mindset & Consumer Love 

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Preferred over 2+ years’ experience in a Procurement / Supply Chain roles either in Unilever / FMCG industry or in a large complex organisation with strong portfolio and market expertise with any Undergraduate bachelor’s in technology/engineering. Consulting experience would be a plus  

• Ability to work in diverse teams & Complex value chain portfolio, across different geographies 

• Experience of working in cross-functional teams within a matrix environment – both F2F and virtually  

• Excellent critical thinking, analytical and story-telling skills in order to respond to multiple market/portfolio specific characteristics and influence change remotely