Assistant Procurement Manager Commodities

Who we are?

On any given day, 2.5 billion people globally use Unilever products to feel good, look good and get more out of life. Many of our brands are well-known, household staples and old-time favourites including Dove, Rexona, Lynx, Vaseline, OMO/Persil, Surf, TRESemmé, Continental, Ben & Jerry’s and Streets.

We have a long tradition of being a progressive, responsible business. It goes back to the days of our founder William Lever, who launched the world’s first purposeful brand, Sunlight Soap more than 100 years ago, and it’s at the heart of how we run our company today. In 2022 Unilever Australia & New Zealand became a Certified B Corporation™ (B Corp), joining a growing network of organisations committed to galvanising a stronger, more inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy for all.

A job at Unilever is a career made by you, with development opportunities, benefits and a working culture that embraces diversity and is pioneering flexibility. There’s no better time to join our team

At Unilever ANZ, we have also embarked on something special: we are proud to be undertaking a 4 Day work week trial. This trial will see our staff retain 100 percent of their salaries, while working 80 percent of the time and delivering 100 percent of business outcomes. The Assistant Procurement Manager Commodities (12 Month Contract) role is designed to be fully functional in the 4-Day work week trial.

About the Team

Business Group Raw Material Procurement are portfolio with tremendous impact to ensure business operations continuity. While we need to establish operational excellence to support production requirements with on time, in full, and spec & quality compliant delivery from suppliers, we also have major contribution in driving business profitability and growth.

Material cost typically covers 65% of total supply chain cost, hence every price reduction or any saving project to further bring down inflation would mean a significant improvement for the business.

Aside, Raw Material sourcing also faces challenges from the market to be fully responsibly sourced and committed to sustainability. Hence, globally, Unilever has pledged commitment through its USLP which also sets up sustainability target toward NDPE, SuSo, Plant-based materials, regenerative agriculture ingredients.

Job Summary

We are looking for an exceptional Assistant Procurement Manager Commodities (12 Month Contract) to look after buying activities form from sourcing identification in the market; Request for Quotation (RFQ), tendering, negotiation and supplier awarding processes; support R&D for trials and validations; contracting; vendor master data management; and supply operations.

Role Responsibilities

• Involve in price forecasting for materials, analyze the material impact and update to key stakeholders in business forum (i.e. CCBT, etc.).

• Own responsibility to manage saving projects, related to buying, Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) and product logics as ways to further enhance business profitability. This role also includes to organize 5S/Slim fast workshop to collaborate with stakeholders in identifying saving opportunities, collaborate for implementation, and manage saving reporting in our reporting platform.

• Lead resilience strategy over material sourcing through tactical and strategic approaches, such as: buffer stock agreement (joint work with Planner), alternative sourcing/material approval / spec change (joint work with R&D), lead time/Minimum Order Quantity (MoQ) review, etc.

• Look after end-to-end contracting and any relevant legal documentation compliance, ie: NDA, UPA, Commercial Terms Contracts (CTC) / Universal Product Code (UPC), Special Terms Contract (STC) for related investment, service level agreement, and any other requirements.

• Partner with Finance, global portfolio procurement in business forecasting and financial actualization, understand and communicate the drivers of key inflation movements, identify opportunities to prevent and/or mitigate inflation, and review progress.

• Be procurement contact as procurement lead of specific categories to internal and external key stakeholders.

• Execution of Innovation Projects and Management of Promotions

• Development of contingency plans and alternatives to ensure supply security for the MCO.

• Monthly presenting to the business unit leads & other internal stakeholders about sourcing update and other key projects related.

• Lead strategic procurement projects:

  • Digital: Price Transparency, Negotiation Toolkit, Skyscanner, Resilience 2.0, Anaplan, etc

  • Sustainability

  • Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: Business opportunity establishment to diverse suppliers, specifically business owned and/or led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, people with disability, and LGBTQ+

  • Wellbeing: Univoice scores improvement of 5% in growth Mindset, Career development and operational effectiveness

  • Build and develop supplier relationship management with vendors. Lead the agenda for continuous engagement with all related stakeholders and suppliers.

• Maintain suppliers’ compliance at site (example: Unilever Supplier Qualification System (USQS), Understanding Responsible Sourcing Audit (URSA), SQA, etc) and material level (example: D&I, Living Wage, etc).

• Partner with SC (Planning, Quality, Production, Engineering, etc) for operational supply management, include:

• supplier’s capacity review and action progress monitoring,
• quality continuous improvement with key offenders of EA, EB, and EC incidents.
• Actions required when experiencing material shortage
• Suppliers’ business waste settlement

• Lead & onboard to our digital future.

Does this sound like You?

• Relevant experience in Procurement or Supply Management or Finance or Supply Chain, preferably in an FMCG environment.

• Proven track record in delivering capability in data analytics and its visualization, project management, and presentation.

• Strong at selling ideas to his/her business partners, internally and externally, translating these into effective business case proposals conveying value and communicating it accordingly.

• Appreciative of the value and impact of outstanding execution – an eagle eye for detail.

• Proactively take lead for the team work’s project for exposing leadership skill and driving skills.

What awaits you at Unilever?

The core of Unilever’s culture is captured as Human, Purposeful, Accountable. You will be joining a dynamic, flexible, and inspiring work environment that truly cares about your wellbeing, values what you do and celebrates your success. This is your opportunity to be part of a purpose-led business and a global community where you can progress your career both locally and internationally. You will also benefit from amazing discounts on external company products, attractive employee referral reward program amongst other benefits.

This is a great opportunity to work within an iconic and global organisation. We have gained our reputation as one of the world's most admired employers by providing an environment where individuals can achieve their goals, both professionally and personally.

Make no mistake we expect a lot from our people as they do of us. So, if you can rise to the challenge, don't waste any time - apply now

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Unilever is an organization 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.

This means we encourage people with all backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pacific Peoples, and people with disabilities. Interested in learning more, check out our Reconciliation Action Plan and Workplace Adjustment Policy on the Unilever webpage.

At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you We encourage you to advise us at the time of your application if you require any reasonable adjustment so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.