S2P Junior Manager

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.

CATEGORY/FUNCTION INTRODUCTION

The S2P Junior Manager role, plays an integral part of the Commercial Experience (Com.Ex) organisation, at the heartbeat of Unilever, having a future fit operation focus on Resilience, Fuel for Growth, and managing Future growth within our evolving organisation.

Globally we manage ~ 55 K vendors over 82 markets supporting our key business groups Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Homecare, Nutrition and Ice cream, through the Uniops organisation.

Our Markets S2P (source to pay) role enables deployment of experience solutions and key transformation programmes.

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 a self motivated, articulate, resilient to change, and lead a S2P function  then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

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Overall management and control (through KPIs/SLAs/OLAs plus internal, external and ZBC audit reqs) of S2P processes in dedicated countries

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Leveraging cost-effective, best practice, global solutions across Unilever to meet users’ needs

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Making continuous improvement in both cost and service an integral part of our ways of working

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Working closely with S2P Process Office and Procurement Services to develop practical solutions.

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Drive end-to-end S2P processes with key focus on commercial experience of the End users and suppliers followed by the continuous improvement mindset.

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Ensure that respective stakeholders from MCOs are fully briefed about S2P processes in their regions and manage through dependencies with them in order to achieve all key S2P service line metrics

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Escalate to S2P Senior Manager if there are issues that are not to be resolved on his/her remit.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

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Min. 3 years of professional experience, either in Finance or Business or have a Degree/Masters qualification  in Finance or Business

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Preferred : strong Business analytical IT skills and MS package including knowledge of Power BI would be an advantage / PowerPoint skills .

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Great Communication skills (English, storytelling)

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Experience in overall responsibility of Results Management – meeting KPI, Targets

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Subject matter expert in Cluster/global business projects and support for internal process excellence projects, including change management.  Be the Expert in data content, ability to train others, able to propose system improvements.

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Full ownership for compliance with Global Financial Controls Framework (GFCF ) or other applicable.

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Acting as FPOC during audits/ walkthrough/ explanations

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Performing approvals of key governance controls.

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Experience in leading overall analytics / overseeing Business reports for legal requirements and compliance reasons.

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support for complex AP business case escalations – identification of Route cause analysis

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Risk Management Skills (compliance to finance controls)

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Team Management and business transformation responsibility

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Good Knowledge of AP systems & processes

Skills

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Driving business performance

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Stakeholder management

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Effective communication

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Collaboration

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Data Visualisation

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.