Assistant Sourcing Manager Business Services Outsourcing

• Part of the team managing spend of appx 45 Mn across Finance & Supplier Operations globally

• Lead regional/global strategic sourcing projects (Rfx), lead CPM process, carry out negotiation, commercials alignment, planning and execution so as to deliver best possible commercial benefit to Unilever

• Manage the sourcing project from PMO perspective and liaise with business stakeholders, VMO, tax, legal, finance, supplier and other internal members for on time contract alignment, query resolution, and approvals.

• Ensure contractual commitments are in place and signed off by stakeholders, legal and finance as appropriate.

• Align with finance team on commercial benefits and report it in Unilever tool.

• Work with business, cross functional teams and vendors for any new contract change requirements, approvals and ensure contractual compliance.

• Work with Strategic Sourcing Manager, Portfolio Lead, regional/global stakeholders, and supplier ops to determine preferred supplier listings and agreeing rate cards for suppliers.

• Proactively work with supplier and finance Ops to ensure day to day transactional work is being supported and make use of eProcurement tools to deliver increased value.

• Work closely with Key UniOps stakeholders and Strategic Sourcing Manager to develop and deliver market specific portfolio strategies.

• Identify new savings pipeline projects and a plan to meet the yearly savings and cash targets.

• Manage escalations, issues arising from markets and work closely with partner and internal teams to close the gap.

• Proactively ensure transparency and compliance with business policies for sourcing activities

• Support any side projects or initiatives being carried out at local/global level.

Experience Required:

(Please detail essential and desirable experience, including no. of years.)

Qualification/experience

• Bachelor s Degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in business, finance, or supply chain management.

• 5+ years of procurement experience (Indirect Procurement experience will be preferred)

• Knowledgeable in Sourcing, negotiation and contracting. Understanding of supply market, value chain, and FMCG knowledge. Knowledge of Outsourcing and other business services portfolios is a strong plus.

• Experience in supplier relationship management

• Experience on medium-large scale project management

• Knowledge of Unilever business systems is a plus i.e., Coupa, CPM, CLM, SRS, buyer s console and Aravo, as well as Analytical tools (Excel, powerBI)

General Skills & Competencies

• Ability to work under pressure and in a complex global environment balancing a broad spectrum of stakeholder requirements.

• Comfortable working in conditions of ambiguity and learning through change.

• Able to support the adoption and execution of a shared vision and strategy for change, whilst managing the interface between day to day and improvement projects

• Ability to interact with stakeholders effectively and efficiently to understand their needs and deliver effective balanced solutions.

• Passion for continuous improvement

• Result driven and demonstrate strong analytical and conceptual problem-solving skills; excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills. Working knowledge of financial and business acumen

• Stakeholder management and people skills

• Be able to effectively lead and engage with cross functional global teams and a willingness to take responsibility and accountability. Be a self-starter with the ability to deliver results in a lean, agile organization and be able to adapt to changing priorities.

Travel:

Not expected

Contacts:

Internal:

Procurement:

• Outsourcing and UniOps teams of global market, local business teams

• Sourcing teams

• Supplier Operations and Finance operation in UniOps

• Procurement Strategy and Insights

• Procurement Partners and Purpose team

Business partners:

• UniOpsVMO

• Finance

• Supply Chain Divisions

• Finance

• Sustainability

• Legal

• Tax

• Treasury

• HR

External:

• External Partners

• Suppliers