Earlier this year, Unilever announced an agreement to combine its Foods business with McCormick & Company, creating a scaled global flavor powerhouse. The proposed combination would bring together iconic Foods brands, including Hellmann’s and Knorr, with McCormick’s portfolio to create a global leader across spices, seasonings, condiments and complementary food categories, supported by strong retail and foodservice platforms. McCormick brings more than 135 years of heritage, a presence in 150+ countries and territories, and a portfolio of trusted brands. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, with completion estimated for mid-2027.
JOB PURPOSE
This role exists to lead the global Workplace procurement category, translating business, employee-experience and operational requirements into future-fit sourcing, supplier and service strategies managing approximately €30+ million in spend. The role develops and executes multi-year global strategies across workplace and facilities services, applying global scale while accommodating regional, site and business requirements. Working with Workplace, Real Estate, HR, Finance, Legal, IT, Sustainability, regional teams, sites and strategic providers, the role enables service quality, employee experience, value, resilience, innovation, sustainability and transformation across the global workplace portfolio.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the Global Workplace Procurement portfolio, influencing cross-functional stakeholders and supplier teams to translate business, employee-experience and operational priorities into sourcing, service and supplier strategies, responsible for approximately €30+ million managed spend.
- Develop and execute multi-year global strategies across workplace and facilities services, applying global scale while accommodating regional, site and business requirements.
- Lead complex global and multi-regional sourcing, negotiations and contracting, establishing robust service specifications, rate structures, statements of work, service levels, governance and risk controls.
- Build strategic supplier ecosystems and outcome-based partnerships, balancing global, regional and local providers to improve service, employee experience, value, resilience, innovation and sustainability.
- Partner with Workplace, Real Estate, HR, Finance, Legal, IT, Sustainability, regional teams and sites to align procurement strategies with workplace standards, operating models and transformation priorities.
- Create and deliver a multi-year value pipeline through competitive sourcing, demand and specification management, service-model redesign, supplier consolidation, benchmarking and commercial innovation.
- Own supplier performance, portfolio fundamentals, KPIs and transformation execution, including data, insights, stakeholder communication, preferred-supplier compliance, digital approaches, analytics, automation and benefits tracking.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- University degree in Procurement, Business, Facilities Management, Real Estate, Engineering or a related discipline, with 7–10 years of relevant procurement or business-services experience.
- Substantial responsibility for Workplace, Facilities Management or related indirect categories in a large, complex organization.
- Strong strategic-sourcing, negotiation and contracting capability across complex services, including specifications, rate cards, statements of work, service levels and outcome-based agreements.
- Strong understanding of workplace and facilities-service markets, delivery models, cost drivers, provider economics, performance frameworks and emerging technologies.
- Demonstrated success leading global or multi-regional workplace procurement strategies and programs, with experience operating at comparable spend and organizational scale.
- Strong financial, analytical, stakeholder-management, communication and influencing skills, with fluent written and spoken English.
- Enterprise leadership mindset, with the ability to set clear priorities, lead through ambiguity and workplace-services market change, balance strategic thinking with execution, build trusted senior stakeholder relationships and contribute to procurement capability development.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Exposure to workplace innovation, sustainability, service-model redesign or emerging facilities-management technologies.
- Experience supporting global or multi-regional supplier transitions, digital enablement, analytics, automation or change programs.
- Experience adapting global category approaches to regional, site or business-specific requirements while maintaining governance and value delivery.
We welcome applicants from all walks of life and are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive/succeed. All applicants will receive fair and respectful consideration, and we actively support the growth and development of every employee.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment journey. Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner.
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Skills Required
- University degree in Procurement, Business, Facilities Management, Real Estate, Engineering or a related discipline
- 7–10 years of relevant procurement or business-services experience
- Substantial responsibility for Workplace, Facilities Management or related indirect categories in a large, complex organization
- Strong strategic sourcing, negotiation and contracting capability across complex services, including specifications, rate cards, statements of work, service levels and outcome-based agreements
- Strong understanding of workplace and facilities-service markets, delivery models, cost drivers, provider economics, performance frameworks and emerging technologies
- Demonstrated success leading global or multi-regional workplace procurement strategies and programs at comparable spend and organizational scale
- Strong financial, analytical, stakeholder-management, communication and influencing skills
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Enterprise leadership mindset, including prioritization, ambiguity management, strategic execution, senior stakeholder relationship-building and procurement capability development
- Exposure to workplace innovation, sustainability, service-model redesign or emerging facilities-management technologies
- Experience supporting global or multi-regional supplier transitions, digital enablement, analytics, automation or change programs
- Experience adapting global category approaches to regional, site or business-specific requirements while maintaining governance and value delivery
Unilever Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Unilever and has not been reviewed or approved by Unilever.
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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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