Unilever Looking for Asst Manager Palm-India at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Full Time

Asst Procurement Manager, Palm – India

Department

Procurement

Profession

Supply Chain

Location

Mumbai, India

About Unilever

Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Every day, nine out of ten Indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life – giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future.

Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you’ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you’ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you be come a better you.

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Main Job Purpose

Palm Procurement includes sourcing of CPO and related derivatives from our suppliers. It is one of the most important portfolios within Unilever Personal Care Business Group. It plays an important role in helping business groups to grow, improve margins & stay competitive in the market.

Also, as part of Unilever’s NDPE commitment, this portfolio team relentlessly work towards reducing the Palm footprint or moving to more sustainable sources of Palm.

This role is responsible for buying of CPO and related derivates for Personal Care business, totaling INR 3000+ Crore.

This is a techno-commercial role where, understanding of commodity market, supplier landscape, cost models is of most importance to help businesses grow & also stay profitable. This role is instrumental in ensuring cost control, supplier development, contract management and ensuring execution of key savings projects for afore-mentioned business groups. This role also supports the execution of sustainability agenda which is key to achieve HUL’s sustainability targets. The role will be working closely with the business by sharing price signals consistently to enable them to plan the P&L and continue to stay competitive in the market.

Key Accountabilities

• Delivery of sourcing strategy, implementation through contracting and negotiations
• Continuous engagement with the suppliers to share local market insights with the business.
• Developing suppliers and build capabilities for sourcing sustainable Oils, for cleaner environment
• Effective supplier communications and engagement in key programs
• Timely contracting and right pricing
• Forecasting of Oil prices and sharing with HUL business to enable decisions on product pricing
• Identifying cost-saving opportunities, execution& reporting of all cost savings programs – Lead 5S initiatives, ZBB programs, NMCI mitigation, along-with cross-functional teams
• Ensure compliance of supply sources with Unilever’s Responsible Sourcing Policy, OTIF deliveries and Quality improvement

Professional Skills

• Person who has worked on commodity buying. Veg oils will be preferred.
• Worked with cross functional teams to deliver a common goal
• Strong Negotiation & communications skills
• Digital and analytics knowledge
• Senior Stakeholder management
• Financial acumen for evaluating business cases and reporting
• Experience in Procurement transformation projects, tools and technologies.
• Conversant with Procurement tools like Ariba, SAP, Coupa & Power BI

Experience Required

• At least 3 to 5 years solid experience in Procurement, Sourcing & Supplier Operations
• Good buying, negotiation, and contracting skills
• Expertise in supplier development, preferably in packaging space
• Good understanding of Sustainability, circular economy, and processing technologies
• Experience on large-scale project management roles
• Demonstrated and proven capabilities to work in cross-functional teams and virtual global teams
• Experience of working in matrix organisation structure

Travel

• 10-15% Travel within the country

Contacts

Internal:

Procurement

Other packaging procurement – Global & Regional

Strategy and Insights

R&D

R&D teams from all relevant Business Groups

Market

Supply chain in market

Business Group Senior leadership

Finance team

Sustainability

Sustainable business

Integrated social sustainability

External

Supply Partners