Sr Procurement Manager – Rigid & Flexible Filling Equipments, Global

Job Title: Sr Procurement Manager – Rigid & Flexible Filling Equipment, Global

Work Location: Mumbai, India

Travel: 10%

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.

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ABOUT PROCUREMENT

Part of the Supply Chain family, Procurement is responsible for over 30B Euro of material and services spend globally with more than 60,000 suppliers. 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, employees and customer’s 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.

Within Capex and Utilities portfolio, the Procurement Manager – Global Capex Portfolios, is responsible for the sourcing strategy development, implementation and procurement of all engineering spends related to filling machines (rigids, flexibles and aerosols), control systems, digital manufacturing systems and future technology requirement for Unilever globally across BGs (excl. IC). This role will also be business partnering all the strategic technology requirements specific to B&W and PC and will be the liaising point for the engineering leads and teams in these BGs.

This role will increase effectiveness of our Capex/ MRO and Utilities procurement by creating an expertise-driven model, streamlining accountabilities, building capabilities, developing market alternatives, and leveraging knowledge, relationships, and business strategies across markets to bring the best value sourcing solutions for the various projects.

He/she will increase efficiency of our Capex procurement by driving scale where it makes sense, decreasing fragmentation, leveraging global supply bases, prioritizing higher impact spend areas, leveraging technology and data, and delivering on best practices.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of procurement strategies relevant for capex portfolio and its execution for factories and new Greenfield projects.

• Deep understanding of supply markets and technologies, product/ service value chains and medium-long term supply/ demand trends.  

• Historical portfolio analysis, supplier segmentation, negotiation strategy development, contracting and joint business planning (with key partners). 

• Support the BG and other global technology teams in identifying new capable suppliers, Supplier assessment (commercial, technical), manage pilot project.

• Run specific sourcing projects including preparation, assessment & negotiation of tenders (incl. familiarity with e-tenders).

• Build and maintain relationship with procurement teams in various geographies and participate in project procurement planning for relevant portfolio.

• Evaluate and facilitate Decision making process- product life cycle costs, spares and consumables cost, software licences and other services cost (TCO analysis) 

• Detailed analysis and decision for Award of business to suppliers and alignment with stakeholders, internal and external.

• Legal agreements drafting with Legal counsel, negotiation with suppliers to finalise the contracts.

• Multiple Stake holder management both Internal and external i.e., Project leadership & Teams, legal counsel/ agencies, Finance, Global Procurement and Suppliers

• Participate and contribute to Governance meetings, weekly & monthly project review meetings (from procurement perspective)  

• SPOC for global capex procurement to build sourcing expertise, market intelligence, analytics and insights together with Supplier Operations and Third Party Sourcing Service Provider.

• Drive supplier segmentation and partnerships with key suppliers to create long term, sustainable and competitive value creation for Unilever in respective portfolio.

• Deliver savings/ buying efficiencies and generate cash through effective negotiations and continuous value improvement programs.

• Take ownership and lead projects in procurement across the key areas of Partner to Win (PTW), Responsible Partner Policy (RPP), Sustainability, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Savings, Cash and People & Well-Being. 

Experience Required:

Qualification/experience

• Engineering graduate (any discipline) is necessary. (Post-Graduation in Engineering or Management, procurement certifications will be an added advantage)

• Experience in working in technical roles, implementing complex capital investment projects and/ or managing complex supplier relationships and partnerships is a plus

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a technical procurement position, including large project sourcing and/or utilities sourcing

• Excellent/proven Negotiation skills for sourcing of high value complex packages  

• Experience in Negotiating and finalizing legal contracts for projects

• Ability to operate independently

• Proactive, Collaborative, positive team player with ability to lead teams.

• Strong communicator with experience in working successful in virtual team environments

• Skilled at challenging business stakeholders and driving change

• Ability in communicating effectively in English

 Key requirements

• Agile and resilient to work under pressure and in a complex global environment mastering stakeholder engagement.

• Drive for results - Passionate about and perseveres in the pursuit of challenging stretch goals. Demonstrates energy, drive and enthusiasm when striving to accomplish and improve result.

• Interpersonal effectiveness - facilitate in building trust and engagement amongst teams and stakeholders.

• Inspiring, motivational, and accountable people leader, able to manage remote and cross-cultural teams, connect people and ideas understanding cultural differences.

• Able to create and drive adoption and execution of a shared vision and strategy for change.

• Ability to interact with senior stakeholders cross effectively and efficiently.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including storytelling, and effective presentations

• Drive Change Management initiatives whilst comfortable with ambiguity

• High business acumen and personal mastery

• Strong in project and time management for complex projects.

Contacts:

Internal key contacts and Business partners

• Procurement team and directors

• Engineering and Supply Chain teams

• Business Operations - UniOps

• Procurement Strategy and Insights.

• Procurement Partners and Purpose teamProcurement Finance.

• Legal teams

External:

• Suppliers and External Partners

• Engineering Design & Project Management companies

• Third Party Sourcing Providers

• Legal advisors.

Reporting into Global Procurement Director – Capex, MRO & Utilities. Has total of 3 buyers reporting into the role.