Assistant Procurement Manager

2 weeks 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.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- Support Procurement Manager 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
- Provide market intelligence to portfolio manager and business leaders to assist in strategic decision making
- Connect with R&D, brand teams and other business partners as well as with suppliers, to understand future technology and capability roadmap that supports value delivery and USLP. Assist in delivering the roadmap
- Allocate new services 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 annual budgets with suppliers. Implement into new CTC. Communicate/process changes in pricing as required
- Regularly connect with global counterparts to ensure the Africa portfolio is link with the global strategy.
- Successful implement global strategic plans in Africa
- Manage relationships with Supply chain and other business partners, to leverage and land strategic plans
- Good understanding of the portfolio cost models as well as the indicies link to the material types.

Professional Skills:

- Procurement Insights and Analysis: Understand category and functional strategies and procurement requirements; Industry, global S&I teams, economic, competition and supplier insights
- Procurement Strategy Formulation: Developing 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, Supplier Diversity and Digitilisation through Procurement: Services Supply Chain analysis and risk assessment; Evidence-based measurement for sustainability

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

- At 3-5 years’ experience in Procurement, Supply Management or Finance
- Experience on large-scale change management projects
- Experience in Packaging portfolio or FMCG

APPLICATION PROCESS:



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