Assistant Procurement Executive - Logistics (Transportation), India

External Job Description

Requisition ID: R-07924

Job Title: Assistant Procurement Executive - Logistics (Transportation), India 

Work Level: 1D

Location: Mumbai, India 

Reporting to: Sr. Procurement Manager Logistics (Transportation), India

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 collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centres around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. 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.

About Procurement:

Part of the Supply Chain’s family, Procurement is responsible for over 30B Euro of material and services spend globally with more than 50,000 suppliers. Getting the right services and materials, sustainably sourced and ensuring responsible procurement is critical to ensuring our brands with purpose grow. Our teams work closely with the business to understand brand needs, bring supplier innovation to meet changing consumer needs and drive financial value for Unilever through cut-throat buying. We’re at the forefront of digital procurement, bringing new tools and analytics to drive data-based resolutions. We support a network of thousands of suppliers, more than 1.5 million smallholder farmers who in turn support communities of over 7 million people. Our Procurement “Lighthouse” Strategy focuses cut-throat buying through various levers like world class buying practices, deeper value chain insights, value chain transformation, partnership with purpose and strong procurement expertise.

Overview: 

At Unilever Procurement, we have big ambitions. Our Procurement with Purpose vision seeks to ensure we are a purpose-led, value-driven and future-fit organisation that creates growth while delivering on Unilever’s commitments to make sustainable living commonplace. 

Procurement sits at the heart of our Compass Organisation. With a €33 billion spend across a diverse portfolio including food and ingredients, packaging, commodities and marketing and business services, our work touches every part of the business, putting us in a unique position to make a positive impact on people and planet. 

Our 1,300+ employees operate at the forefront of competitive buying, sustainable sourcing and purpose-led partnerships. We seek to combine our own technology expertise and insights with our partners, to support the creation of disruptive sourcing strategies and supplier-led innovation that respond to ever-changing consumer needs quickly, flexibly and effectively. 

We are looking for Procurement Professionals who are  

• Outstanding in idea generation, ideas that are forward thinking and that contribute to creating sustained competitive advantage.  

• Strong at selling ideas to his/her business partners, internally and externally, translating these into effective proposals conveying value and communicating it accordingly.  

• Appreciative of the value and impact of outstanding execution – an eagle eye for detail. 

• Act as an entrepreneur, treats business as his/her own, sets trends and is willing to lead, follow or get out of the way.  

• Behave as a Partner to Win ambassador and demonstrate the value Procurement adds to the business.  

• Genuinely committed to Unilever’s sustainably led business model, connected with Unilever and the business agenda. 

• Team players who lead the creation of an inclusive team environment 

Purpose of the Job

HUL spends a huge amount transporting goods from 100+ sourcing units to HUL Warehouses across the country and moving goods from the suppliers to the factory networks. This role is about co-leading Professional sourcing of this spend while meeting the specified needs of the Business at most favourable commercial terms.  

As a co-lead, you will be responsible for buying Competitively, ensuring delivery of service levels, improving safety & sustainability of operations and building purpose-led partnerships for Transportation services in India.

Key Accountabilities:

• Understanding business requirements: Collaborate with business to understand business requirements for Cost, Quality, Safety, Service and sustainability; translate it to sourcing specifications. 

• Spend Analysis: Understand and analyze spend data as well as the total cost of ownership for the company  

• Assess Supply Market & Competitiveness: Collaborate with Internal and external stakeholders to generate competitive insights to benchmark current cost, sourcing specifications & partner base vs market and identify areas of opportunities and risks 

• Develop Sourcing Strategy: Design the sourcing strategy to optimally meet the sourcing specifications; who to buy from, how to buy, when to buy; and align with key stakeholders 

• Execute Strategy: Execute sourcing events leveraging the right negotiation tools, including but not limited to leveraging e-sourcing tools.  

• Contracting and Compliance: Ensure contracts are in place and implemented on ground by collaborating with operations and finance teams  

• Develop & lead Change Management Programs: Collaborate with Customer operations team to co-develop and execute change management to land business benefits 

• Monitor and Improve: Collaborate with Customer operations team to continuously monitor supplier performance and ensure resilience during disruptions. Create pipeline of new opportunities for value creation by building and sustaining a productive relationship with suppliers.  

Key Contacts:

You will work along with multiple Internal and External Stakeholders, key being 

• Internal 

• Logistics Procurement, Excellence and Strategy & Insights Teams  

• Customer Operations Teams 
• Buying teams

• Finance Teams 

• IT Teams 

• External: Suppliers   

Travel: 

The role will involve domestic travel for 10% to 20% of the year  

Skills 

 An ideal candidate is expected to have  

• Strong analytical skills  

• Financial analysis and reporting 

• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and Power Point, Power bi

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills 

• Fluency in spoken and written English and any Indian language preferable 

The below Procurement skills will be an added advantage. 

• Portfolio Strategy Development 

• Negotiation 

• Strategic Supplier Partnerships  

• SAP and Digital sourcing Platforms knowledge 

Education and Experiences

The Candidate should have  

• Either a bachelor’s degree with at least 2 years’ experience in Procurement / Supply Chain Management  

• Or a master’s degree with specialization in Procurement / Supply Chain  

Relevant Experience in Procurement of Logistics Services will be preferable. 

D&I statement:

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

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