Logistics Procurement Manager North America

Unilever • Hoboken, NJ

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Logistics Procurement Manager owns end-to-end logistics procurement across North America, covering transportation, warehousing, pallets, ocean freight and air freight. The role translates regional business and network priorities into integrated sourcing and supplier plans and manages approximately €120+ million in spend. It develops and executes multi-year regional logistics procurement strategies aligned with global direction, balancing cost, service, capacity, resilience, innovation and sustainability.

Working with Customer Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Legal, Sustainability, factories, markets and logistics providers, the role enables competitive logistics solutions, robust governance, supplier performance, value creation, resilience and modernization across the North America network. The manager leads a team of three FTEs, including two directly reporting Assistant Managers.

Requirements

• University degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering or a related discipline.
• 7–10 years of relevant procurement or supply-chain experience.
• Substantial responsibility for logistics categories in a large, complex organization, with broad knowledge of transportation, warehousing, pallets, ocean and air freight markets, operating models, capacity dynamics and service requirements.
• Strong strategic-sourcing, negotiation and contracting capability, including logistics cost modelling, fuel indexation, tenders, benchmarking and total-cost analysis.
• Proven supplier relationship, performance and risk management across cost, service, quality, capacity, resilience, sustainability and innovation.
• Demonstrated success leading regional logistics procurement strategies and programs across multiple markets, with experience operating at comparable spend and organizational scale.
• Strong financial, analytical, stakeholder-management and business-partnering skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Enterprise leadership mindset, with the ability to set clear priorities, lead through ambiguity and logistics-market change, balance strategic thinking with execution, build trusted senior stakeholder relationships, develop two Assistant Managers and contribute to broader procurement capability development.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant postgraduate or professional qualification in Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, Business or a related discipline.
• Exposure to logistics decarbonization, digital sourcing, warehouse automation, analytics or emerging transport technologies.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional sourcing, network-optimization, transformation or change programs across multiple sites or markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and empower the North America Logistics Procurement team of three FTEs, including two directly reporting Assistant Managers, responsible for approximately €120+ million in managed spend.
• Own end-to-end logistics procurement across North America, translating regional business and network priorities into integrated sourcing and supplier plans.
• Develop and execute multi-year regional logistics procurement strategies aligned with global direction, balancing cost, service, capacity, resilience, innovation and sustainability.
• Lead complex tenders, negotiations, contracting and supplier selection using freight and warehousing cost models, fuel-indexing mechanisms, benchmarks and total-cost analysis.
• Own supplier relationship, performance and risk management, setting contractual standards and holding providers accountable for quality, timing, service, capacity and commercial outcomes.
• Partner with Customer Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, Legal, Sustainability, factories and markets to integrate procurement into network design, service planning and operational decisions.
• Build and deliver value, resilience, sustainability and digital logistics pipelines through sourcing, network optimization, market intelligence, crisis response, automation, analytics and technology-enabled procurement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager