Assistant Procurement Manager Chemicals Europe

Job description

ABOUT UNILEVER IN KATOWICE

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.  If you are pastionate about guarantee the perfect execution of the Procurement Strategy of local Chemicals into the related Business Units the factories and other areas in the Supply Chain and to be fully accountable for managing your own scope of materials end to end then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

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Fully accountable for execution of the EU Chemicals strategy.

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Be directly responsible for executing the strategies at BU levels in co-ordination with the Procurement Operations Teams and with the potential traders.

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Supplier Relationship Management focused on service, quality, logistics and delivery for all chemicals OTIF

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Responsible for sourcing alternate suppliers and materials to ensure robust resilience in the supply base

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Delivery of innovation projects OTIF in a cost competitive manner

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Developing strong and effective internal interfaces aligned with company needs

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Continuously explore and analyze saving opportunities to generate sustainable savings

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Savings: smart buying, product logic, cash, e-tender, volume rebate, 5s workshop, optimization projects

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Partner with suppliers on Unilever’s sustainability agenda

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Account management: onboarding, RSP, USQS compliance, contract management (creation, update, signatures, systems administration), service level maintenance/improvement, Other operations: e.g. incident management, product specification confirmation

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Verifying supplier compliance, audits required date, as integral part of negotiation

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Developing cost models with suppliers to enable cover transparency

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Closely following up market movements to capture advantages on market with changed cover periods.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

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Minimum Bachelor’s Degree required

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Minimum 3 years of experience required in Procurement

Skills

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Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate across all levels of the organization with good presentation skills: ability to present key findings in a crisp way and get people onboard

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Fluency in English

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Analytical thinking and proven ability to solve problems and sustain results through a data driven process

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Comfortable in fast paced, fast changing, complex and ambiguous environment

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Good negotiation & commercial skills

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Good understanding of business economics

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Managing complexity of materials

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Efficient Time management

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Able to work with a variety of IT systems and have a strong knowledge of MS Office: advanced Excel, PowerBI, SAP, iCAT, Aravo, DCIW, SRS, PLM knowledge essential

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Must be able to work independently and virtually

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Strong project management and organization skills: strong at execution and proactively finding solutions and improvements

Leadership

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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.

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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.

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Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

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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.

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PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.

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CONSUMER LOVE : Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

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PURPOSE & SERVICE : Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

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AGILITY : Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

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. 

WHAT WE OFFER

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Hybrid work and flexibility

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Opportunities for the development and improvement of qualifications

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Sharing the cost of professional training & courses

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Benefits: life insurance, private medical care, pension fund, sharing the cost of sports activities, and many others

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Extra days off to take care of yourself and others

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Unilever store - Our products at attractive prices

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.