Assistant Procurement Manager, B&W MET

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. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. 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 inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. 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.

 

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. The main purpose of the role is to guarantee the perfect execution of the Procurement Strategy into related categories. It considers not only the category itself, but also the factories and other areas in the Supply Chain. It is the position that links the main projects and materials strategies into the P&L of the category and in the daily routines of factories in Turkey & Middle East, while managing the major transformational and Innovations projects in procurement. 

If you are passionate, strong purposed and ambitious leader then this role is just for you!

 

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

·  Responsible for the effective management of the procurement BW strategy into action.
·  Innovation agenda: Act on category needs and translate into projects with
·  selected suppliers. Represent procurement in innovation projects. Deliver the Category design and deploy innovation agenda at Global and Regional level.
·  Support the business in E2E cost improvements by delivering the Material/PL Savings.
·  Support the development of new ideas from Procurement and propose them to the business for decision making and resource allocation. Support and Co-Lead 5S workshops and support regular 5S updates in the Category business group and unit.
·  Collect, monitor and manage market information, provide analysis and price forecasts.
·  Deliver KPIs such as savings & Innovations OTIF, inflation mitigation, cash, incident management etc.
·  Develop and implement strategies to mitigate inflation and create savings for respective portfolios.
·  Drive the Plastics Reduction targets as part of the overall Sustainability commitments.
·  Continuous support to the stakeholders and cross functional teams to provide visibility on the material market outlooks, inflation mitigation strategies and cost savings opportunities.

 

Experiences & Qualifications

·  The successful candidate should possess a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3-5 years in similar positions in procurement, supply chain or finance business partnering to procurement or supply chain. The candidate may also have a discipline in Engineering, Research & Development, and/or any supply chain respective areas.
·  Excellent interpersonal networking with the ability to communicate across all levels of the organization.
·  Ability to work in a fast paced, high change environment.
·  Analytical thinking and proven ability to solve problems and sustain results through a data driven process.
·  Fluency in English and Turkish is a must.
·  Negotiation & commercial experience in tendering, cost modeling, supplier selections.
·  Managing complexity of Materials, Suppliers and Services.
·  Working with multi-interfaces and cross functional teams.
·  Able to work with a variety of IT systems and have a strong knowledge of MS Office, PowerBi, SAP.

 

Skills

·  Must be a self-starter with strong accountability & responsibility leadership standards.
·  Strong personal mastery and agility (adapting to complex and multi-functional environments).
·  Must be strong on execution, have analytical skills and be pro-active.
·  Must be able to work independently and virtually.
·  Must be able to build relationships with people across the business (internally & externally).
·  Must be able to present key findings in a crisp way.
·  Working with multi-interfaces skills.
·  Negotiation & commercial skills.
·  Team player & good human relationship.
·  Follower on multitasks using good analytical skills and business sense of direction.

 

Leadership

·  You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
·  As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

 

·  Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
·  PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE:  Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
·  PERSONAL MASTERY:  Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
·  CONSUMER LOVE : Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
·  PURPOSE & SERVICE : Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
·  AGILITY : Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

 

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.