Procurement Manager - Strategy & Insights Asia

Location: Thailand

If you are in the Unilever Ice Cream business or consider choosing to work for the Unilever Ice Cream business, you will work for the Global, leading Ice Cream player with €7.9bn Turn Over in 2023. The Ice Cream business is operating in a highly attractive category, as we are part of the 1 trillion snacking and refreshment industry, growing consistently at high pace. We have strong brands equities: 5 of top 10 selling brands including Wall’s, Magnum, Ben &Jerry’s. We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of Ice Cream as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen by November 2025.

Ice Cream has distinct characteristics from Unilever’s other operating businesses and the growth potential of Ice Cream will be better delivered under a different ownership structure. As Ice Cream company we are committed to developing and nurturing talent within our Ice Cream company. You will have ample options for career growth and exploration, allowing you for you to explore roles and opportunities across the new organisation. Your career development will be a priority for us, and we are dedicated to supporting your growth journey within the new company. We hope that you will want to build the new chapter of our Ice Cream history together with us.

Unilever Ice Cream is the largest global Ice Cream Company in the world, with over 100 years of experience delivering a diverse range of indulgent, yet responsible, craft food experiences and treats delighting consumers. Committed to innovation, quality, and sustainability we have 35 brands, including 3 one billion Euro brands (Magnum, Wall’s, Ben & Jerry’s), a strong presence in over 60 countries, generating annual revenue of over $8 billion. All brands are driven to transform moments into memories through indulgent yet responsibly made and marketed products. We have a well-developed strategy to deliver growth and value creation which is clear on where to play and how to win.

We turn the ordinary into the extraordinary by designing unique and innovative Ice Cream experiences that make life taste better, creating joyful experiences. In our Ice Cream business, we’re crafting the future through innovation and imaginative minds, creating unique products. We spark moments of happiness for people and within the communities where we operate. However, it is not as simple as it may seem. As Ice Cream makers we are serious about happiness. With warm hearts, we create the coolest products.

JOB PURPOSE

The Procurement Strategy & Insights Team is serving as the nerve centre of the Ice Cream global procurement organization, enabling the procurement organization to design and deliver step-change across value chains, operating processes and tools, and business models. With vision of Translating Knowledge & Data into Future Fit Procurement Strategy & Insights, this team is responsible for:

• Sensing, incubating, and enabling innovative ideas, new business models, and transformation 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
• Identifying, scaling, and spreading best practices across the global procurement organization, within and across teams
• Facilitating rapid learning, capability development, and future-fit upskilling of our people

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build the new initiative of Procurement Market Insights (CMI for Procurement) leveraging external data, run structured data modelling and analytics processes, run market and competitor benchmarking projects to deliver external competitiveness measurement of Procurement as per Market Share for business, and generate insights and recommendation to drive competitiveness improvement and strategic interventions.
• Provide central management of Procurement market intelligence management, research and market survey (including dummy RFQs), as well as consolidation of cost model development.
• Market Forecast Transformation: lead key Procurement transformation management to link Market Trend, Performance Management (Saving), and net forecasting together, develop automation solutions, develop iteration of procurement metrics design to drive more competitive performance management and empower data driven Procurement.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

SKILLS & LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS REQUIRED: 

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • Strategic, systemic thinking & entrepreneurial
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with multi-stakeholder model
  • Strong multi-project management skills
  • Strong team management skills with large team size
  • Strong Communication & Influencing skills
  • Agile, resilience, passionate to drive transformations and always being better

EXPERIENCES & QUALIFICATIONS:   

• At least 4 years’ experience in Procurement in Unilever / FMCG industry
• Strong experience in global procurement roles managing large spend owning commercial negotiations and supplier relationships, familiar with 7 steps sourcing and procurement value creation journey
• Strong experience in driving strategic, complex and cross geography programs
• Experience in other change programs
• External oriented, able to understand latest technology trend and bring use case in business
• Solutions oriented, results driven and a self-starter with the ability to also work in a team setting and can build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Has a good understanding of Agile principles, values, methodologies, and practices that enable agility and approaches delivery with an iterative and incremental (test - do – learn) approach
• Experience of working in cross-functional teams within a matrix environment – both F2F and virtually

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. 

Disclaimer 

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 is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.