Job Title: Sr. Procurement Manager, Logistics (Transportation), Asia
Location: India (Mumbai) / Thailand (Bangkok) /, Philippines (Manila)/ Indonesia (Jakarta)

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.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

ABOUT PROCUREMENT

Part of the Global Business Operation family, Procurement manages 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.

Overview:  

At Unilever Procurement, we have big ambitions. Our Procurement with Purpose vision seeks to ensure we are a purpose-led, value-driven and future-fit organisation that creates growth while delivering on Unilever’s commitments to make sustainable living commonplace. 

Procurement sits at the heart of our Compass Organisation. With a €33 billion spend across a diverse portfolio including food and ingredients, packaging, commodities and marketing and business services, our work touches every part of the business, putting us in a unique position to make a positive impact on people and planet. 

Our 1,300+ employees operate at the forefront of competitive buying, sustainable sourcing and purpose-led partnerships. We seek to combine our own technology expertise and insights with our partners, to support the creation of disruptive sourcing strategies and supplier-led innovation that respond to ever-changing consumer needs quickly, flexibly and effectively. 

We are looking for Procurement Professionals who are  

Outstanding in idea generation, ideas that are forward thinking and that contribute to creating sustained competitive advantage.  

Strong at selling ideas to his/her business partners, internally and externally, translating these into effective proposals conveying value and communicating it accordingly.  

Appreciative of the value and impact of outstanding execution – an eagle eye for detail. 

Act as an entrepreneur, treats business as his/her own, sets trends and is willing to lead, follow or get out of the way.  

Behave as a Partner to Win ambassador and demonstrate the value Procurement adds to the business.  

Genuinely committed to Unilever’s sustainably led business model, connected with Unilever and the business agenda. 

Team players who lead the creation of  an inclusive team environment 

Spotting, developing and retaining talent and creating an inclusive team environment 

Purpose of the Job :  

Asia accounts for Half of global consumer base and more than a 3rd of Unilever’s turnover. This role is responsible for Co-creating and implementing Procurement Strategies for Transportation portfolio in 12 Key markets across Asia.  

You will be responsible for ensuring the Transportation portfolio sourcing strategies make sure UL is competitive, delivering world class service levels, improving on safety & sustainability of operations and building purpose-led partnerships for warehousing services across the markets. 

Key Accountabilities: 

You are expected to lead the strategy creation and execution with Country leads to Deliver on the key matrices of World class service, Competitive Cost, Safety and Sustainability by    

Working with markets leads to understanding business requirements across countries for Cost, Quality, Safety, Service and sustainability and how it translates to sourcing specifications. 

Working with markets leads to understand spend as well as the total cost of ownership for the company in the market. 

Finding the right sources for generating new / leveraging existing competitive insights for benchmarking of current cost, sourcing specifications & partner base vs market to identify areas of opportunities and risks 

Co-creating the sourcing strategy to optimally meet the sourcing specifications, who to buy from, how to buy, when to buy 

Identifying and implementing next generation tools and process to optimize sourcing practices  

Building team capability by driving key learning and development programmes. 

Working closely with Internal Procurement teams and Operations Excellence teams monitor performance and drive key initiatives. 

Creating an inclusive team environment 

Key Contacts: 

You will work along with multiple Internal and External Stakeholders, key being 

Internal 

Unilever Logistics Procurement and Excellence Teams  

Unilever Finance Teams 

Unilever IT Teams 

External : Suppliers   

Travel :  

The role will involve regional travel for 20% of the year  

Skills  

An ideal candidate is expected to have  

Strong analytical skills  

Financial analysis and reporting 

Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and Power Point 

Strong interpersonal and communication skills 

Fluency in spoken and written English and any Indian language preferable 

The below Procurement skills will be an added advantage. 

Portfolio Strategy Development 

Negotiation 

Strategic Supplier Partnerships  

Digital sourcing Platforms knowledge 

Education and Experiences 

The Candidate should have  

either a bachelor’s degree with at least 6 years experience in Procurement / Supply Chain Management  

Or a master’s degree with specialization in Procurement / Supply Chain with at least 4 years experience in Procurement / Supply Chain Management 

Relevant Experience in Procurement / operations of Transportation Services.

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.