Supply Chain Procurement Internship

6 months ago


Durban, South Africa Unilever Full time

**MAIN JOB PURPOSE**:
**Support Procurement Manager with delivering key targets related to Cost and Cash, Quality and Service, Innovation and Sustainable Living.**:
**JOB SUMMARY**:

- ** Support PM in developing and executing supplier strategy for portfolio**:

- ** Assess supply market, and adapt strategy according to market conditions**:

- ** Assess supplier capability and suitability through regular site visits and reporting back on findings**:

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

- ** Unlock cash and cost value through setting up and execution of benchmarking, RFQs, E-tenders. Support delivery of savings and creditor extension programme for portfolio**:

- ** Support and occasionally lead supplier negotiations**:

- ** Track global feedstock and forex movements and translate into price forecasts required regularly by business**:

- ** Provide market intelligence to PM and business leaders to assist in strategic decision making**:

- ** Support innovation by identifying capable suppliers to deliver required specifications of materials**:

- ** Connect with RD business partners to understand future supplier technology and capability roadmap that supports value delivery and USLP. Assist in delivering roadmap**:

- ** Allocate new materials to suppliers to deliver best cost/ service/ quality in line with supply strategy**:

- ** Lead on-boarding of new suppliers by driving full quality and responsible sourcing compliance**:

- ** Ensure 100% contractual compliance through signing of Unilever Purchasing Agreements and Commercial Term Contracts as well as Special Term Contracts**:

- ** Agree quarterly and annual material prices with suppliers. Implement into new CTC. Submit prices to proc ops colleagues for contract upload**:

- ** Regularly connect with procurement operations and category colleagues to understand GM, service, quality, capacity, WC hot spots. Engage suppliers and adapt strategy to drive improvement in hot-spot areas**:
**KEY REQUIREMENTS**:

- ** Completed Degree or Diploma**:

- ** Understanding of Procurement/ Supply Chain/ R&D/ Marketing/ Sales/ HR will be an advantage**:

- ** Understanding of large-scale change management projects**:

- ** Understanding of listed experience will be an advantage**:

- ** Procurement Insights and Analysis: Understand category and functional strategies and procurement requirements; Industry, economic, competition and supplier insights**:

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

- ** Procurement Strategy Execution and Performance Management: Competitive bidding and tendering; Supplier negotiation; Supplier qualification and on-boarding; Contractual supplier engagement; Supplier performance measurement and management**:

- ** Partnering with Suppliers to Win: Attract, select, manage and motivate partners; Identifying value creating opportunities**:

- ** Driving Sustainability through Procurement: Materials and/or services Supply Chain analysis and risk assessment; Evidence-based measurement for sustainability**:

- ** This role is based in Durban La Lucia Ridge Head Office**:



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