Job Title: Lead IT Strategic Sourcing Manager
JOB FUNCTION: Procurement- Supply Chain
WORK LOCATION: UniOps Bangalore Centre, India
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CATEGORY OR FUNCTION INTRODUCTION
ABOUT PROCUREMENT
Part of the Global Business Operation family, Procurement is accountanble for over 30B
Euro of material and services spend globally with more than 60,000 suppliers, over half
of them in MBS. Getting the right services and materials, sustainably sourced and
ensuring responsible procurement is critical to ensuring our brands with purpose grow.
Our teams work closely with the business to understand stakeholders needs, bring
innovation to meet changing consumer, employee and customer needs, and drive
financial value for Unilever through competitive buying. We’re at the forefront of digital
procurement, bringing new tools and analytics to drive data-based decisions.
ABOUT IT Procurement
Global IT Procurement, part of Global MBSIT Power of One Portfolio, manages an annual
spend of ~1.3B Euro with a supplier base of about 3,000. The team has mission of ‘be
the trusted advisory team to enable sustainable competitive business solutions and
value thru mastery of IT industry and supplier knowledge, total cost of ownership, bold
priority, and efficiency. It operates under ‘Together we Grow Higher’ culture which
includes Empower, Empathy, Constructive Challenge, Fulfilment and Have Fun.
Key Responsibilities:
Global Strategic Sourcing IT manager is responsible for supporting the development and
implementation of sourcing strategy for relevant products and markets. Total spend adding up to around 42mE p.a.
In this portfolio, Unilever is more and more embarking on long term strategic relationships with global application services providers like Accenture, Capgemini, EY, Deloitte and Mindtree etc. as well as Software/SaaS providers. He/she needs to be able to build and drive relationships with these companies, and with key people in these companies over many years in a non-confrontative way, while still being able to represent and defend Unilever’s interests.
He/she will increase efficiency by driving scale where it makes sense, decreasing fragmentation, pooling expertise across geographies, prioritizing higher impact spend areas, leveraging technology and data, and drive performance that unlocks GAP Acceleration Plan for Unilever.
The role will foster and build a culture of collaboration and agility to enable an efficient project rollout. It will ensure close alignment in strategy with GDT Service Line Leads, Finance partners, Legal partners, MBS Leadership team and BU Procurement Directors by defining and utilizing a robust support network for the whole team and providing clarity on the ways of works and roles and responsibilities.
Experience Required:
Qualification/experience
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10+ years of procurement experience, including proven experience preferably in IT procurement, alternatively in related field or indirect procurement portfolios.
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Strategic sourcing, portfolio strategy expertise, with experience in managing complex portfolio/category, at multi-regional level.
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Expert in negotiation and contracting.
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Understanding of FMCG, customer development. Knowledge of AI, Cloud Computing, Network, Infrastructure, portfolios and supply markets would be a strong plus.
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Experience in strategic supplier relationship management.
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Experience on medium-scale project management.
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Demonstrated and proven leadership capabilities to manage a virtual global team.
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Experience in shaping and leading transformational business process reengineering, with experience driving Change Management initiatives.
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Knowledge of and passion for sustainability, including social sustainability.
General Skills & Competencies
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A thought leader.
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A collaborative team player.
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Being able to work with strategic suppliers in an open and truly partnership
approach, while still strongly representing Unilever’s interests.
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Ability to work under pressure and in a complex global environment balancing a
broad spectrum of stakeholder requirements.
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Comfortable working in conditions of ambiguity, and managing through constant
change.
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Able to create and drive adoption and execution of a shared vision and strategy for change.
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Ability to interact with senior stakeholders effectively and efficiently understand their needs and deliver effective balanced solutions.
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Delivers change whilst managing the interface between “day to day” aand improvement projects.
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Passion for continuous improvement.
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Fluent in English, strong verbal and written communication skills, including creation and delivery of effective presentations.
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High financial and business acumen.
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Strong in selling ideas and concepts.
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Inspiring, motivational, and accountable people leader, able to manage remote and cross-cultural teams and connect people and ideas.
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Strong in project and time management for complex global projects.
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Stakeholder management and people skills.
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Passion and practical creativity.
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Tenacious and resilient in the pursuit of challenging goals.
Travel:
Avg. 15% international travel is required.
Contacts:
Internal:
Procurement:
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MBS VP and MBS LT
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IT Procurement LT
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Sourcing teams
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Supplier Operations in UniOps
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Procurement S&I
Business partners:
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GDT (Global digital technology team)
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HR
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Finance
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Legal
External:
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External Partners
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Advisors and benchmarking organizations
Reporting Channel:
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Reporting into Global IT Procurement Portfolio Lead
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Individual Contributor
D&I statement:
Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or
any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against
based on 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.
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