Packaging Procurement Director – North America & Global Rigids Lead

Unilever•Hoboken, NJ

12d•$227,700 - $398,475

About The Position

The Packaging Procurement Director leads Unilever’s North America Packaging Procurement organization and the global Rigids portfolio, shaping and delivering strategies across approximately €600+ million in managed spend. The role defines the global Rigids strategy—including what, where, how and when to buy—by combining global scale, market requirements, supplier capability, technology, cost models and value-chain insight. It owns North America packaging procurement performance across value, service, quality, resilience, innovation, sustainability, cash and working capital. Working with R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, Sustainability, business and market leadership, and strategic suppliers, the role enables portfolio value, circularity, supplier innovation, business partnership, and strong regional and global packaging capability. The Director leads and develops a nine-person organization, including four direct-report WL2 Managers and four WL1 Assistant Managers reporting through those managers.

Requirements

University degree.
Extensive senior procurement or supply-management experience in packaging within a large, complex multinational organization, preferably in FMCG or manufacturing.
Demonstrated success defining and executing regional and global category strategies and delivering substantial value, cash, resilience and supplier-performance outcomes, with experience at comparable spend and organizational scale.
Deep understanding of rigid-packaging value chains, injection molding, resins, recycled materials, packaging technologies, supplier economics and circularity opportunities.
Strong commercial, financial, negotiation and contracting expertise, including cost modelling, price forecasting, complex agreements and portfolio risk management.
Strong executive stakeholder engagement and proven leadership of regional, global, virtual and cross-cultural teams, with capability-building and succession-management experience.
Enterprise leadership mindset, with the ability to set clear priorities, lead through ambiguity and packaging-market volatility, balance strategic thinking with execution, build trusted senior stakeholder relationships and develop high-performing procurement talent.

Nice To Haves

Relevant postgraduate qualification in Procurement, Supply Chain, Packaging, Business or a related discipline.
Experience creating strategic supplier partnerships or leading innovation, footprint, harmonization, transition or change programs across geographies.
Exposure to recycled-content, design-for-recyclability, lower-impact materials, regulatory readiness or circular packaging initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead, develop and empower the North America Packaging and Global Rigids Procurement organization of nine FTEs, with four WL2 Managers reporting directly and four WL1 Assistant Managers reporting through those Managers.
Define the global Rigids strategy by combining global scale, market requirements, supplier capability, technology, cost models and value-chain insight.
Own end-to-end North America packaging procurement performance across value, service, quality, resilience, innovation, sustainability, cash and working capital.
Translate global portfolio direction into North America sourcing and business plans, ensuring timely execution of innovations, supplier transitions and strategic initiatives.
Build strategic supplier ecosystems and value-driven agreements, setting joint innovation roadmaps and performance governance across cost, service, quality, capacity, resilience and sustainability.
Create a multi-year value, circularity and innovation pipeline through sourcing, resin and conversion cost transparency, specification harmonization, complexity reduction, recycled content, design for recyclability and lower-impact materials.
Build a high-performing, inclusive regional and global organization, setting clear accountabilities and developing capability, engagement and succession pipelines.