Assistant Sourcing Manager Marketing – Agency Fees

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.

About Procurement:

Part of the Supply Chain family, Procurement is responsible for over 30B Euro of material and services spend globally with more than 60,000 suppliers, over half of them in MBS. Getting the right services and materials, sustainably sourced and ensuring responsible procurement is critical to ensuring our brands with purpose grow. Our teams work closely with the business to understand stakeholders needs, bring innovation to meet changing consumer, employees and customers needs, and drive financial value for Unilever through competitive buying. We’re at the forefront of digital procurement, bringing new tools and analytics to drive data-based decisions.

Our strategy is ‘Procurement with Purpose’ and focuses on buying responsibly, buying better, and growing together with partners around the world. Our ambition is based on three key drivers: being Purpose-Led, Value-Driven, and Future-Fit.

About MBS:

Unilever’s Marketing and Business Services Procurement team, is responsible for Unilever’s sourcing and supplier strategy and execution for all third party spend across Marketing, Business Services, and IT, supporting the business requirements of Brands, Divisions, Markets, and functions to drive 4G growth through strategic supplier management, cost and value management, sustainability and innovation, aligned with Unilever’s Compass.

The Assistant Sourcing Manager Marketing - Agencies will work together with our Brand teams and Divisions to increase effectiveness of our marketing procurement by developing and executing global sourcing strategies in market, in partnership with marketing business stakeholders and procurement portfolio strategy leads. They will increase efficiency of our marketing procurement by driving scale where it makes sense,ecreasing fragmentation, prioritizing higher impact areas, leveraging technology and data, ensuring adherence to the sourcing strategy through best-in-class processes and technology, while driving performance that unlocks 4G growth for Unilever. The role will deliver top and bottom-line results and increasing levels of executional efficiency, rigor, and business impact through implementation of marketing souring strategies and strong business partnership with key senior stakeholders. >

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 interested to Execute marketing procurement sourcing strategies in support of the Global Divisions and Brand Teams. Geographic scope of the role spans across UK and Europe, with assignments as needed impacting multiple PMUs across the globe.  then this role is just for you! There has never been a more exciting time to be working in Procurement when you consider the sheer scale of what we are seeking to do.

In this role, you will be part of the Marketing – Agency Fees Team, which is responsible for Creative, Brand Public Relation , Social Media, Digital , Design and Brand Strategy agencies. Managing agencies end-to-end, including contracting, annual negotiations, and strategic tool rollouts. In parallel you will act as first point of contact for marketing queries in your market. This environment creates opportunities for each team member to step into projects that fit with their skills and personal preferences.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

•             Understand and execute the 7 step sourcing strategy, while unlocking the full capability and potential of the Future Fit Procurement organization (Sourcing (this role is part of the Sourcing organization), Strategy and Insights, Supplier Operations, Purpose and Partnerships) through strong collaboration internally within procurement, partner functions (finance, legal), and business stakeholders

•             Earn a seat at the table with business stakeholders within the marketing organization and beyond, establishing credibility through strong subject matter expertise and sourcing excellence.

•             Earn consideration as a trusted business partner to key day to day and senior (Dir, VP, EVP) stakeholders

•             Execute sourcing strategies at the appropriate level of scale in market Understand the business needs related to marketing spend portfolios, and bring deep expertise and insights across the value chain and supply base to bring business strategy to life through execution of best-in-class sourcing strategy  

•             Connect strategy & execution aligned to Unilever Compass, Global Divisions, Function & Markets goals and priorities, aligned with Procurement with Purpose and OneMBS strategies and principles.

•             Deliver against financial targets and other KPIs (including value delivery) as per business plan objectives, accountable for delivery of results from all markets, PMUs, Divisions and functions globally.

•             Together with the function implement Unilever Partner with Purpose strategy, balancing a portfolio of global and local suppliers.

•             Liaise with internal and external stakeholders globally, to support business, market, MBS and Procurement priorities and enable rapid alignment and deployment ● Ensure Portfolio fundamentals (i.e. data consistency, data insights, recurring stakeholder communications, contracts, etc.) are all put in place

•             Support future proofing the marketing portfolio by driving digital approaches that help simplify the life for our brand teams, while unlocking efficiencies in the marketing value chain

•             Execute best in class Supplier Relationship Management and Customer (internal stakeholder) Management strategies.

•             Support internal performance management and reporting including creation and stewardship of relevant key performance indicators for the relevant Division and Brand teams.

Experiences & Qualifications

·  3-5 years of procurement experience, proven and deep experience in Marketing procurement portfolio is a plus.
·  High level of stakeholder Management , ownership and responsiveness
·  Comfortable working in conditions of ambiguity and leading through change
·  Able to create and drive adoption and execution of a shared vision and strategy for change.
·  Ability to interact with senior stakeholders cross effectively and efficiently functionally to understand their needs and deliver effective balanced solutions.
·  Passion for continuous improvement Strong verbal and written communication skills, including creation and delivery of effective presentations.
·  Good financial and business acumen
·  Experienced in selling ideas and concepts
·  Passion and practical creativity
·  High Spirit of Team Working

Skills

·  Fluent in Turkish & English
·  High level of Excel proficiency.
·  Experience on Medium project management
·  Understanding of supply market, value chain, and FMCG knowledge.
·  Knowledge across multiple Marketing portfolios and supply markets.
·  Knowledge of and passion for sustainability, including social sustainability General Skills & Competencies Ability to work under pressure and in a complex global environment balancing a broad spectrum of stakeholder requirements.

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. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Travel required. Not projected to require more than Max.10% on average Compensation and benefits Clause (if any) Work location: Istanbul/Hybrid Business partners:

● Divisions

● Function

● PMUs

● Finance

● Legal

External Partners

● Suppliers

● Advisors and benchmarking organizations

Reporting Channel: Reporting into Portfolio Strategy Sourcing Manager EU

Diversity & Inclusion :

While we have an idea of the experience required to succeed in this role, we have no pre-requisites. Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. 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.