Job Title: Assistant Strategic Sourcing Manager Business Services – Outsourcing
Location: Mumbai, India
Main Job Purpose:
ABOUT UNILEVER
With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.
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.
PROCUREMENT
There has never been a more exciting time to be working in Procurement when you consider the sheer scale of what we are seeking to grow the business whilst doing good for our planet and our society. As Unilever Procurement adapts to the ever-dynamic business environment, we will need to be agile in order to continue our track record of delivery in contributing to the top and bottom line. Inevitably, given the consistent and high quality of our delivery over the past few years, we will be asked to continue this rate of performance and indeed go over and above this standard to ensure the value provided is further enhanced across the scope of our remit. As well as ensuring that we are best in class in delivering the basics, we also have to look to the future and continuously evolve to meet the needs of our changing environment - reinventing ourselves for sustained competitive advantage. Our suppliers are at the heart of everything we do. We need to work more closely than ever with suppliers to co-create sustainable practices and bigger and better innovations. This places great demands on the skills and expertise of all of us as Procurement professionals.
ABOUT MBS
MBS, Unilever’s Marketing and Business Services Procurement team, is responsible for Unilever’s sourcing and supplier strategy and execution for all third party spend across Marketing, Business Services, and IT, supporting the business requirements of Brands, Divisions, Markets, and functions to drive 4G growth through strategic supplier management, cost and value management, sustainability, and innovation, aligned with Unilever’s Compass. The team manages an annual spend of ~9B Euro with a supplier base of about 40,000.
Within MBS, the Southeast Assistant Strategic Outsourcing Sourcing Manager- Outsourcing is responsible for supporting the development and implementation of the Outsourcing sourcing strategy, work closely supporting Stakeholders as well as manage supplier relationships for The Outsourcing Services spend for South East Asia is €3015Mn and this role will be reporting to the Outsourcing Strategic Sourcing Manager Procurement Lead in MBS.
The role will need to foster and build a culture of collaboration and support excellent execution of our strategies while fostering deep relationships with our stakeholders and suppliers.
Key Accountabilities:
Supports the execution of regional strategic sourcing projects and is responsible for local negotiation planning & execution, ensuring commercial benefit (savings) captured in benefits tools and signed off by finance
Working with Strategic Sourcing Manager, Portfolio Lead, regional stakeholders and supplier ops to determine preferred supplier listings and agreeing rate cards for regional suppliers
Proactively work with Supplier Ops to ensure day to day transactional work is being supported and making use of eProcurement tools to deliver increased value
Working closely with Key iOps stakeholders and Strategic Sourcing Manager to develop and delivery market specific portfolio strategies
Providing credible market data and local supplier segmentation, creating detailed budget and spend analysis to identify sourcing pipeline and plan that meets local business needs
Ensuring contractual commitments are in place and signed off by stakeholders, legal and finance as appropriate
Manage escalation issues arising from markets and seek help from Strategic Sourcing manager or Portfolio lead as needed
Proactively ensure transparency and compliance with business policies for sourcing activities in iOps.
Ensuring that stakeholders are complying to company policy and guidelines, providing tips and tools to help local buying in markets where procurement resource is unavailable
Experience Required:
Qualification/experience
5-8 years of procurement experience (Indirect Procurement experience will be preferred)
Knowledgeable in Sourcing, negotiation and contracting
Understanding of supply market, value chain, and FMCG knowledge. Knowledge of Outsourcing and other business services portfolios is a strong plus.
Experience in supplier relationship management
Experience on medium-large scale project management
Knowledge of Unilever business systems is a plus i.e., Coupa, CLM, SRS and Aravo,
as well as Analytical tools (Excel, powerBI)
General Skills & Competencies
Ability to work under pressure and in a complex global environment balancing a broad spectrum of stakeholder requirements
Comfortable working in conditions of ambiguity and learning through change
Able to support the adoption and execution of a shared vision and strategy for change, whilst managing the interface between “day to day” and improvement projects
Ability to interact with stakeholders cross effectively and efficiently functionally to understand their needs and deliver effective balanced solutions
Passion for continuous improvement
Robust verbal and written communication skills, including creation and delivery of effective presentations as an added advantage
Working knowledge of financial and business acumen
Stakeholder management and people skills
Passion and practical creativity
Accountability and responsibility
Travel:
International travel might be required. Not projected to require more than 5% on average
Contacts:
Internal:
Procurement:
Outsourcing and iOps teams globally in NA and SEAother markets
Sourcing teams
Supplier Operations in UniOps
Procurement Strategy and Insights
Procurement Partners and Purpose team
External:
External Partners
Suppliers
D&I statement:
Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 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.
Interested candidates please share your resume on [email protected]
Unilever Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and occupational health support alongside a 24/7 employee assistance program. Wellbeing offerings such as health checks, resilience tools, and counseling support the perceived depth of health-related benefits.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) match that reaches up to 5% of base salary, strengthening the overall value of the package. Share and savings options are also referenced as part of longer-term financial support beyond salary.
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Flexible Benefits — Benefits customization is enabled through tools such as a “My Reward” system and a “Benefits Envelope” that allows employees to personalize selections. Flexible working approaches are also associated with improved overall satisfaction, reinforcing perceived choice and adaptability in the total rewards offering.
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