Global Procurement Assistant Manager Fine Chemicals

Job title: Global Procurement Assistant Manager Fine Chemicals

Function: Procurement

Location: Mumbai

Req ID: R-1172575

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:

As a Global Procurement Assistant manager for Fine Chemicals, you will support the sourcing of a portfolio of B&W-led Fine Chemicals to manage a portfolio of approximately €40m for the business across various Non-food Functional ingredients (Vitamins, Organic Acids, Amino Acids, Glycols, Esters etc). This position reports to Sr. Manager Global Procurement, B&W Chemicals.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES:        

Material Strategy:

• Support in building global sourcing strategy for all Non-food functional ingredients, clearly identifying the market trends in immediate and related chemicals markets.
• Drive alignment on the sourcing strategies, and support for successful execution from all key stakeholders across ranks in Business Groups, Business Units, R&D, Supply Chain and Procurement teams.
• Identify risks to the business and prepare resilience plans to overcome them.
• Identify newer opportunities through transformational sourcing models for the business in accordance with the Lighthouse Strategy of Procurement: e.g. Joint buying, upstream buying, buy to sell, value chain intervention etc.

Portfolio Management:

• Develop short/mid-term negotiation strategies.
• Follow dynamically changing market conditions, understand direct and indirect factors influencing supply, demand and prices and develop a view of future markets trends for the business.
• Deep understanding of material value chains to unbundle and optimize delivered costs through lean principles, DTV, logistics optimization projects and de-dollarization initiatives.
• Full contracting cycle for the materials: from creation and administration of Tenders to the negotiation and closure of contract
• Create/ collaborate and approve sourcing contracts in the Contract Lifecycle Management system on time in full.
• Use Smart Buying tools for extracting greater value: eTender, cost-plus/ market-minus pricing mechanisms, nego-factory, etc.
• Compliance of materials with Unilever specifications, through approvals granted by R&D teams.
• Continuously scans the market to benchmark Unilever’s performance vs. competition.
• Support in driving the core procurement agenda on competitive buying, savings, innovation, quality, service, and sustainability.

Supplier Management:

• Nurture and manage supplier relationships to ensure Unilever gets top priority in service, quality, cash, and cost of materials.
• Measure and manage overall performance of suppliers while leading several strategic relationships.
• Manage all contracting discussions with the suppliers, including RFQ, negotiations, compliances, etc.
• Execute legal contracts with suppliers in the form of Unilever Purchase Agreement and Commercial Terms Contract (and where required, also Special Terms Contracts)
• Manage the Compliance of suppliers and sources on Unilever Supplier Qualification System (Aravo): Responsible Sourcing Policy compliance and Quality Assessment compliance.
• Engage and lead the discussions with PTW, and JBDP suppliers to identify opportunities on value generation, sustainability, and resilience.

Team & cross functional collaboration:

Lead strategic projects in the portfolio, through cross functional teams including BG/BU, R&D, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, Procurement, etc.

Closely liaise with S&I, Finance, Legal, R&D teams to achieve common goals & KPIs

Lead few key strategic initiatives on behalf of the overall team.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce or engineering, with a strong supply chain/ procurement experience. MBA is an advantage.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in supply chain or procurement.
• Very Strong Analytical, Interpretation and Communication skills: data/information analysis and presentation.
• Ability to read markets and convey findings along with recommendations, to the business.
• Comfort with systems: SAP CLM, USQS, SRS, HANA, Ariba, etc.
• Knowledge and experience of forecasting, planning processes, market operations, supply chains
• Basic understanding of chemicals and Consumer goods industry.

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