IT Procurement Coordinator

Unilever is currently hiring for IT Procurement Coordinator

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JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  If you are  ready to utilize your procurement expertise to enhance efficiency and achieve cost savings, while building strategic relationships with suppliers and stakeholders to optimize procurement processes and strategies, then this role is just for you!

This role will be a part of the Unilever’s Global Procurement team supporting the Technology (IT) Procurement and based in Sao Paulo, Brazil

To lead regional and global strategic IT sourcing activities for Unilever’s designated market of Americas in the areas of spend management by developing and implementing sourcing strategies, defining and clarifying internal customer needs with insight of supply markets and sharing best practices.

This role will activate and enable supplier selection process, negotiating favorable terms and conditions for Unilever in collaboration with Unilever’s globally designated partners, facilitating supplier onboarding and perform ongoing strategic supplier relationship management , supplier performance management, risk mitigation and issue resolution via proactive involvement and collaboration with stakeholders on various projects and initiatives by supporting and aligning efforts to meet internal customer and business needs within budgets and targets.

Role manages the end-to-end procurement process for IT products and services for a geographical cluster and is responsible for supporting the roll-out and ensure compliance to global standards, company policies and procedures, contract governance and controls.

In addition, support Global Procurement IT team in developing global sourcing strategies and their implementation and also drive Global IT Procurement KPIs in the cluster and their monitoring and reporting.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Leading sourcing projects in line with the IT strategy and wider Unilever business goals;

• Collaborate with stakeholders and lead sourcing activities for the projects of the assigned categories and key markets;

• Partnering and managing suppliers;

• Work within defined Procurement Ways of Working and always adhere to the Code of Business Principles;

• Manage outsourcing relationships in MBS Procurement - IT;

• Work in an effective, cohesive team environment;

• Support implementation of global projects in the clusters;

• Ensure projects are in line with the MBS Minimum Standards, Procurement Ways of Working and Unilever Responsible Partner Policy;

• Awareness and understanding of local laws and legislation particularly when delivering projects is essential to mitigate risk to Unilever;

• Flexibility to travel as and when required;

• Analyze market trends, benchmark pricing and supplier landscapes to identify opportunities for cost savings, risk mitigation, and innovation;

• Lead supplier performance management, including setting KPIs, conducting regular reviews, and managing contracts;

• Continuously assess and improve procurement processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Strategy supporting and execution

• Identify, facilitate, and deliver benefits through strategic sourcing / e - sourcing / demand management / vendor relationship management / value optimization techniques working in tandem with the concerned stakeholder/s (Global and Local IT Teams);

• Identify the optimum supplier relationships for the organization, negotiate value driven agreements that are in line with defined commercial and legal requirements and subsequently manage the supplier relationships/SLA’s along with the stakeholders;

• Achieving savings/cash targets through defined methodologies, tracking and reporting on these financial targets to relevant stakeholders;

• Achieve defined global and local targets including savings, cash improvement, Preferred Supplier List, vendor rationalization, digital procurement, catalogue, PO penetration;

• Implement the global strategic sourcing processes through CPM (Collaborative Procurement Model).

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

ESSENTIAL

• Bachelor’s degree completed;         

• Experience in IT Procurement;

• Strong knowledge and experience in IT Procurement;

• Strong commercial negotiation and contracting skills;

• Strong Project Management Skills;

• Ability to understand Procurement workflow;

• Fluent in English. Spanish intermediate

• Strong experience in supplier management;

• Proven in driving commercial value in a Procurement function;

• Champion digital Procurement in collaboration with stakeholders;

• Candidate must have significant experience in supply management to strategize, influence and execute the suppliers in the best interest of Unilever in alignment with procurement processes and expectations;

PREFERRED

• Exposure to sourcing tools like Coupa, SAP, eAuctions and other automation tools;

• Studying towards or achieved a recognized Procurement certification.

Skills

• A skilled negotiator;

• Track record of building and managing stakeholder relationships across diverse stakeholder groups and geographic locations;

• Candidate must have high level of commercial acumen;

• Strong analytical and numeracy skills;

• Candidate must be self-driven and a good team player

• Skilled in delivering challenging savings and cash targets;

• Adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities;

• Business partnering;

• Innovative thinking;

• Insightful analytics;

• Agile delivery;

• Bring Procurement value to the stakeholders and influence to change;

• Contract management.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicates 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. 

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.