Assistant Procurement Manager

3 months ago


Durban, South Africa Unilever Full time

**Assistant Procurement Manager - Collaborative Manufacturing**

**MAIN JOB PURPOSE**:
Support Procurement Manager with delivering key targets related to Cost and Cash, Quality, Competitive buying, Service,

Innovation and Sustainable Living for all CM.

**JOB SUMMARY**:

- Support PM in developing and executing supplier strategy for portfolio.
- Assess supply market and adapt strategy according to market conditions.
- Assess CM capability and suitability through regular site visits and reporting back on findings.
- Develop and improve CM 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 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.
- Experience in Supply Chain functions such as planning, procurement, quality etc. will be an advantage.
- Experience on large-scale change management projects.
- The 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 either in Johannesburg or Durban



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