(Senior) Indirect Buyer – CAPEX

Job description

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.  In this role you will support Procurement Manager in developing and executing supplier / site strategy for CAPEX/MRO (Maintenance and Repairs Operations) portfolio, which has annual spend of circa, 400mln EURO for 30+ manufacturing sites across Europe.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

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Assess market and adapt strategy according to market conditions

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Develop and improve supplier cost models to drive increase in transparency of cost drivers 

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Unlock cash and cost value through setting up and execution of benchmarking, RFQs, E-tenders

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Support and lead key supplier negotiations  

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Connect with site engineering and regional engineering teams and other business partners as well as with suppliers, to understand future technology and capability roadmap that supports value delivery 

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Allocate new services to suppliers to deliver best cost/service/quality in line with supply strategy

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Support on-boarding of new suppliers by driving full quality and RPP compliance 

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Negotiate contracts in full supported by legal along with leading and decision making for commercial negotiations with suppliers 

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Regularly connect with global counterparts to ensure the portfolio is link with the global strategy and implement global strategy

  SKILLS YOU SHOULD HAVE

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Procurement Insights and Analysis: Understand portfolio strategies and procurement requirements; Industry, global Strategy & Insights teams, economic, competition and supplier insights

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Procurement Strategy Formulation: Developing services supply strategy; Develop supplier strategies; Integrating procurement strategy into the business

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Procurement Strategy Execution and Performance Management: Competitive bidding and tendering; Supplier negotiation; Supplier qualification and on-boarding

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Partnering with Suppliers to Win: Attract, select, manage and motivate partners by driving sustainability, supplier diversity and digitalization through procurement

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

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Experience in Procurement (source to contract)

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Experience on large-scale change management projects 

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Preferred experience in indirect category management (CAPEX/MRO) or experience in direct (technical) category would also be considered

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Fluent English writing and speaking

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Experienced in stakeholder and supplier management

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