Associate Sourcing Manager – Marketing & Business Services – IT Infrastructure and Telecom

Associate Sourcing Manager – Marketing & Business Services – IT Infrastructure and Telecom

Requirements

• Experience in IT Procurement (5+ years)
• Strong knowledge and experience in IT Procurement
• Strong commercial negotiation and contracting skills
• Strong Project Management Skills
• Track record of building and managing stakeholder relationships across diverse stakeholder groups and geographic locations
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills
• Skilled in delivering challenging savings and cash targets
• Ability to understand Procurement workflow
• A skilled negotiator
• Fluency in English is required. Spanish or Portugues (basic level) would be an asset.
• Strong experience in supplier management
• Proven in driving commercial value in a Procurement function
• Bring Procurement value to the stakeholders and influence to change
• Champion digital Procurement in collaboration with stakeholders
• Candidate must have high level of commercial acumen
• Candidate must have significant experience in supply management to strategize, influence and execute the suppliers in the best interest of Unilever in alignment with procurement processes and expectations
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities.
• Candidate must be self-driven and a good team player

Responsibilities

• Leading sourcing projects in line with the IT strategy and wider Unilever business goals
• Collaborate with stakeholders and lead sourcing activities for the projects of the assigned categories and key markets
• Partnering and managing suppliers
• Work within defined Procurement Ways of Working and always adhere to the Code of Business Principles.
• Manage outsourcing relationships in MBS Procurement – IT
• Work in an effective, cohesive team environment
• Support implementation of global projects in the clusters.
• Ensure projects are in line with the MBS Minimum Standards, Procurement Ways of Working and Unilever Responsible Partner Policy.
• Awareness and understanding of local laws and legislation particularly when delivering projects is essential to mitigate risk to Unilever.
• Flexibility to travel as and when required.
• Analyse market trends, benchmark pricing and supplier landscapes to identify opportunities for cost savings, risk mitigation, and innovation.
• Lead supplier performance management, including setting KPIs, conducting regular reviews, and managing contracts.
• Continuously assess and improve procurement processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Identify, facilitate, and deliver benefits through strategic sourcing / e – sourcing / demand management / vendor relationship management / value optimisation techniques working in tandem with the concerned stakeholder/s (Global and Local IT Teams)
• Identify the optimum supplier relationships for the organisation, negotiate value driven agreements that are in line with defined commercial and legal requirements and subsequently manage the supplier relationships/SLA’s along with the stakeholders
• Achieving savings/cash targets through defined methodologies, tracking and reporting on these financial targets to relevant stakeholders
• Achieve defined global and local targets including savings, cash improvement, Preferred Supplier List, vendor rationalization, digital procurement, catalogue, PO penetration.
• Implement the global strategic sourcing processes through CPM (Collaborative Procurement Model) >

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to sourcing tools like Coupa, SAP, eAuctions and other automation tools
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification
• Studying towards or achieved a recognised Procurement certification