Associate Procurement Director - Dairy, Sugar, Starches

Unilever • Englewd Clfs, NJ

86d • $141,680 - $212,520

About The Position

As Associate Procurement Director for dairy, sugars and starches North America, you will be responsible for building and implementing the strategy catered for the new Ice Cream company. You will also be representing the portfolio both to internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Self-starter with strong accountability, responsibility and leadership skills.
• Strong on execution, have analytical skills and pro-active.
• Able to work independently.
• Be result and solution oriented; be able to solve (unexpected) problems.
• Able to build relationships with people across the business (internally & externally).
• Experience in and understanding of business processes.
• Multi-level communication and being a good team player.
• Strong communications skills and ability to engage and influence others.

Responsibilities

• Development and lead the implementation of the portfolio procurement strategy.
• Develop strong relationship with suppliers and analyze their capabilities to develop long term supplier strategies.
• Lead frequent negotiations, delivering of savings and cash targets via excellent market understanding, strategy implementations and negotiation skills.
• Create a savings pipeline for the portfolio and align on execution with relevant teams.
• Implement contracts and ensuring high service levels to sourcing units across North America.
• Ensure compliance of RSP, Contracting, Quality and service in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Initiate portfolio initiatives (e.g., ASA/AMA, Resilience, market development, etc) to create more leverage, ensuring strong connection with the market and MET's.
• Support innovation projects through strong collaboration with R D-team, providing market intelligence, supplier capabilities and capacity.
• Work closely with the finance community to support the business with accurate price forecasting, including market price trends and future market trends to enable proper budgeting and price forecasting.
• Continuously seeking for new opportunities and always open for improvement.
• Work closely with the CRM team to make sure insights from local players are taken into account when executing the cover strategy.
• Lead and develop talent through 1-2 direct reports.

Benefits

• Health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage)
• Retirement savings benefits
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Parental leave
• Sick leave
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Access to numerous voluntary benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Industry: Food Manufacturing