Associate Procurement Manager - CM

Unilever•Hoboken, NJ

About The Position

This position provides strategic and analytical support to the procurement activities for 3rd Party manufacturing operations for the Foods Business Group as well as participation in the innovation projects planned to be launched in 3rd party manufacturers. This includes but is not limited to: execute small, medium and large sourcing activities with a focus on data retrieval and analysis, market research, negotiation and relationship with suppliers, benchmarking activities, manage contracts, work in innovations, compliance tracking, savings and improvement initiatives. Selected individual must collaborate with the various functions throughout Unilever organization, such as R&D, Planning, Finance, Brand and other procurement or supply chain groups in the diverse procurement activities.

Requirements

Ability to work quickly with great accuracy.
Ability to be self-directed in researching market trends, benchmarking & intelligence.
Ability to prioritize and escalate issues that may affect key business objectives.
Negotiation with suppliers and communication skills.
Understanding of operations and business requirement.
Working cross-functionally across teams with varying priorities
A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/ Logistic, Business, Sciences, Engineering
3+ years general business experience in any Supply Chain function (Procurement, Logistics, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Management, Planning)
Drive Change Management initiatives, intelligent risk taking while managing risk, managerial courage and willing to make hard, fact-based decisions - comfortable with ambiguity
Bias for action
Maintain, build, and grow supplier relationships, cultural sensitivity/communication/global thinking
Excellent leadership, interpersonal, team building, delegation, and communication skills
Excellent business acumen - analytical and quantitative skills
Managing change - Develops a shared vision and strategy for change. Delivers change whilst managing the interface between “day to day” and improvement projects. Tenacious in the pursuit of change goals
Problem solving & decision making - Defines problems, systematically gathers and analyses data, identifies cause & effects and establishes root causes & achievable solutions. Makes good and timely decisions
Drive for results - Is passionate about and perseveres in the pursuit of challenging stretch goals. Demonstrates energy, drive and enthusiasm when striving to accomplish.

Responsibilities

3PM Procurement activities: Participation in the sourcing and bid process, supplier selection, negotiation of prices, terms and conditions, awards and contract management
Support and participation in the design of the Procurement Strategies
Manage and control the contract of the incumbent suppliers
Relationship with the suppliers (meetings, evaluation, scorecard, Partner to Win)
Develop improvement projects to delivery savings, cash, cost avoidance and service level improvements
Participation with innovation projects, representing procurement in the extended team
Baseline analysis, and understanding of the current cost, prices and total spend
Special Projects
Control of the internal KPIs such as VIP, Cash, Cost Avoidance, USQS, etc.

Benefits

Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, 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, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

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