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Job Title: Assistant Procurement Manager - Indirect
Job Number: 18000AJD
Location: Oregun, Lagos
Job Field: Supply Chain
Job Type: Regular
Job Schedule: Full-time
Department: Procurement
Main Job Purpose
(A concise statement setting out the main purpose and objectives of the job.)
- Responsible for tactical sourcing of Indirect Procurement goods and services in Country cluster Nigeria for portfolio Business Services
(Please describe the responsibilities and end results that would be expected.)
- Integrating global / regional sourcing strategies with business and category demands, ensuring timely inputs to global/regional project development and OTIF execution of global/regional projects in the cluster.
- Act as first point of contact for the business for issues/questions relating to Indirects Procurement goods or services in assigned portfolio, Ariba Buyer and the service from IP 3rd party service provider (IBM) for Sourcing Unit/business unit
- Work with users in the Country cluster to analyse and collate information regarding current requirements and future needs.
- Efficient, timely and transparent communication to internal customers and suppliers
- Work within defined Procurement procedures (Ways of Working) and adhere to the Code of Business Principles at all times
- Work in an effective, cohesive team environment (Ability to understand all areas of Indirects Procurement)
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Flexibility to travel. Average travel anticipated 2-4 days per month
Procurement Strategies:
- Develop, implement and drive procurement strategies for tactical sourcing in the cluster
- Support the procurement organization to meet goals and objectives in support to the overall Unilever strategy
- Engage with Procurement Managers (Strategic Sourcing team) to understand if a sourcing strategy and strategic contracts are in place for the portfolio.
- Implementation of Tactical and Strategic sourcing agreements at assigned site cluster level within the portfolio
- Support Procurement Managers and Cluster lead by providing timely and accurately assistance on relevant topics and initiatives as required
- Support Tactical and Strategic sourcing projects as required
- Co-ordinate procurement projects him/herself as needed
- Identification and initial assessments of suppliers for assigned portfolio and site clusters
- Prepare and manage supplier selection process for assigned spend and site clusters using available tools (BW) when applicable and standardised templates (RFI’s, RFQ’s)
- Work with the Legal Counsel and/or Patents to finalise commercial agreements using Unilever contractual operating framework of UPAs or MSAs. Manage and maintain contracts for the assigned spend and site clusters.
- Maintain frequent contact with suppliers, to review/resolve day-to-day issues and to develop current insights into suppliers’ business conditions.
- Build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers.
- Develop supplier service Levels, track and analyse supplier performance data, proposing priorities for performance improvement and follow up monitoring actions.
- Address / escalate supplier non-performance as appropriate.
- Ensure the satisfaction of Unilever's internal customers with the Indirects Procurement goods or services provided by the suppliers within the portfolio
- Measure compliancy by business users to Procurement policies and contracts and take corrective actions as appropriate
- Manage individual Ariba Buyer Purchase Requests from the business including escalation from IBM, expedition of emergency orders, facilitation of Goods Receipt processes
- Source and negotiate for assigned spend and site clusters goods or services above €7.5k, where no contract exists and that are not strategically sourced.
- Identify opportunities to standardise purchasing requirements, and enable this in the form of a catalogue that can be loaded into Ariba Buyer
- Proactively identify and deliver Savings and/or Cash (via payment term extension) and Ariba operations in line with set targets
- Identify and propose cost reduction/continuous performance improvement (supplier) opportunities.
- Identify, implement and record Value Improvement Programs (VIP) and/ or Action Driven Buying Results (ADBR) in Savings Tool (ISIS).
- 3-5 years on indirects procurement in FMCG
Procurement:
- Cluster lead for country cluster
- Tactical sourcing team for country cluster
- Indirects Procurement Managers / teams (Strategic Sourcing)
- Procurement Services
- Sourcing Units
- Manufacturing
- Engineering
- UEnS
- Marketing (Brand /Category Teams)
- Customer Development
- Finance
- Enterprise Support
- Legal
- Suppliers
- IP 3rd party service provider (IBM)
- Procurement Manager / Cluster lead
16th July, 2018.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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