Unilever is currently hiring for Procurement Operations Manager SEAIbased inGrha Unilever, Indonesia

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.

Job Purpose

Find your purpose at Unilever. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you. If you are excited by daily challenges and love to work with internal and external partners to find creative solutions then this role is just for you!

Your role as a Procurement Operations Manager is to be the face of Procurement in business partnering the supply chain on all service and quality related topics. Manage capacity reviews for key materials and drive resilience process to pro-actively identify risks in the supply base and the implementation of counter measures. Handle and resolve occurring supply issues and calamities in collaboration with procurement portfolio colleagues, SC Planning and R&D. Leading the Procurement Operations organisation across SEA & Indonesia on Mould Health including investment and Cap-ex management.

Create growth and value for Unilever and our strategic suppliers from a deep understanding of our Category strategies and deployment of our Procurement strategies in our business.

Next to this, this role involves business engagement across functions like R&D (GDC&RDC), Brand and SC leads (CCBTs), SC (cluster & global), QA and global procurement networks as well as suppliers.

Exceptional communication skills, stakeholder management up to WL4&5, bias for action, influencing and project management skills are key elements for the successful delivery in this role.

Main Responsibilities

Driving and delivering Unilever programs to improve service and Supplier / Material resilience, while constantly looking for operational efficiency through programs like Digital Procurement.

Manage and minimize service risks driven by material supply issues

Lead the EU supplier resiliency program development and implementation

Proactive stakeholder communication to minimize service impact

Build strong Procurement networks to deliver fast and brilliant saving / innovation projects

Partner with product group quality to lead quality improvements with worst performing suppliers and support quality interventions

Manage capacityutilization reviews including Mouldutilization, Mould health and capex budget management

Support Quality improvement programs and coordinate quality loss claims caused by material non-compliances

Candidate Criteria

Experience & Qualification

3-5 years in FMCG Supply Chain (planning) or Procurement related roles

English language skills

Managing stakeholders

Effective trouble shooter – able to remain calm in times of crisis and creative mindset to identify solutions

Self-starter with strong accountability & responsibility standards

Skill

Business partnering

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Supplier Relationship management

Strategic influencing

Financial Acumen

Fully operational in Excel - being able to extract, analyse and present data in a clear and understandable format

Project management skills

Leadership

You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.

You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.

PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.

TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.

PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

Note: Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicates from all walks of life! We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment journey. If you require any support to complete your application or any subsequent stage throughout your recruitment journey with us at Unilever, then please specify how we may be able to assist you.

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.