Senior Procurement Executive - Global Tubes Feedstock

Job Title: Sr. Procurement Executive – Global Tube Feedstock

Department: Procurement

Profession: Supply Chain

Work Location: Mumbai, India

Reporting Manager: Global Procurement Manager – Tube Feedstock

Job Description:

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. Our strategy begins with a purpose that places consumers at the heart of everything we do: Brighten everyday life for all. Our goal is to deliver best-in-class performance with market-making, unmissably superior brands. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational goal centers around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

ABOUT PROCUREMENT

Part of the Supply Chain family, Procurement is responsible for over 30B Euro of material and services spend globally with more than 60,000 suppliers. Getting the right services and materials, sustainably sourced and ensuring responsible procurement is critical to ensuring our brands with purpose grow. Our teams work closely with the business to understand stakeholders needs, bring innovation to meet changing consumer, employees and customer’s needs, and drive financial value for Unilever through competitive buying. We’re at the forefront of digital procurement, bringing new tools and analytics to drive data-based decisions. Our strategy is ‘Procurement with Purpose’ and focuses on buying responsibly, buying better, and growing together with partners around the world. Our goal is based on three key drivers: being Purpose-Led, Value-Driven, and Future-Fit.

A successful procurement professional is expected to be:

• Act as an entrepreneur, treats business as his/her own, sets trends and is willing to lead, follow or get out of the way while working on innovation networks.
• Strong communication skills with internal as well as external stakeholders
• Exceptional execution is key to ensure ambitious ideas are progressed fast towards implementation.
• Outstanding in pushing ideas that are forward thinking and that contribute to creating sustained competitive advantage and incremental turn over generation.
• Able to understand the business urgency and able to push the agenda with different stakeholders to gather the inputs: R&D, Supply Chain, Suppliers etc.
• Behave as a Partner to Win ambassador and demonstrate the value Procurement adds to the business.

Main Job Purpose:

To drive the execution of sourcing strategy for tube feedstock (laminates) globally – this includes managing internal and external stakeholders while ensuring adherence to contractually awarded shares of business. Also, managing price forecasting, pricing updates and operations are the key activities.

Key Accountabilities:

Forecasting - Economic Assumptions

• Monitor changes in resin market and prepare economic assumption forecast for tube feedstock for light and full cycle forecasts
• Analyse the impact of economic assumptions for different regions and prepare insights for regional format buyers, packaging / materials leadership team
• Track sustainability investments (MLP and PCR) by taking inputs from regional format buyers
• Track savings and cash projects and ensure value is captured in internal reporting systems
• Ensure feedstock impact in NMCI forecast bridge is in line with expectations

Pricing Proposals

• Timely collection of quarterly price change proposals from all suppliers
• Check price change proposals are in line with negotiated terms, market indices, forecast and flag any deviations
• Benchmark supplier ocean freight vs internal and external benchmarks
• Post approval, share prices with regional format buyers
• Tracking and regular benchmarking of prices for items x demand locations x INCO Terms x Payment Terms to find saving and cash opportunities

Operations - Maintain engagement with suppliers and internal stakeholders

• First point of contact for any service or quality challenges – engage with suppliers and format buyers to understand and resolve the challenges
• First point of contact for any internal data requests
• Collect and track shipment / sales data from suppliers + collect good receipt / consumption data from regional format buyers (via tube convertors)
• Track share of business and flag any deviations
• Support the Plastic Feedstock Team in one or more team initiates as development goal
   

Professional Skills:

• University degree and Supply Chain exposure is preferred.
• Project management skills

Skills/Competencies

• Ability to work in a diverse, cross-cultural business environment.
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Strong Excel skills – data management, advanced formulas, modelling and visualization
• Strong analytical skills & experience in handling complex datasets and models
• Passion for High Performance - Take personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results
• Personal Mastery – Set high standards / Drive for continuous learning and skill development
• Agility – Flexibility in plans and leadership style to meet changing situations with urgency
• Business Acumen – Understands roles and priorities of different internal and external stakeholders in the business

Experience Required:

• At least 3 years’ experience
• Procurement, Supply Chain, Packaging experience preferred
• Understanding of FMCG industry / Packaging Industry

Travel: Low levels (0-5%)

Contacts:

Internal:

• Procurement teams – Tube Format Managers, BG / BU Managers
• Global/local R&D, Global SC, Quality

External:

• Suppliers – New & Existing
• Procurement/Market Intelligence Agencies etc

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Reporting Channel:

Sr Procurement Executive – Tube Feedstocks > Global Procurement Manager – Tube Feedstocks > Procurement Director – Plastic Feedstocks & Sustainability

D&I statement:

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.