Senior Procurement Coordinator for Procurement Operations Center Latam

Unilever is currently hiring for Senior Procurement Coordinator for Procurement Operations Center Latam

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

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. 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!

You will be part of the Procurement Operations Team, taking responsibility for Latin America operational activities to ensure a smooth supply of materials for our production – in-house or at our external Collaborative Manufacturers. In the current challenging times, the Procurement Operations team in Latam is playing a crucial role securing undisrupted continuation of our production operations.

The majority of your time you will spend on troubleshooting in all different aspects of our Latam Operations. You will support our internal sourcing units and/or Collaborative Manufacturers (CMs) in case of material supply issues and any other material related issues that might appear. You collaborate with all relevant internal and external stakeholders and coordinate the communication and issue resolution.

Together with our colleagues from R&D and Supply Chain, you work on projects to proactively prevent service disruption by driving service- and quality improvement as well as resilience for the raw and packaging material portfolio.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Driving service for raw and packaging material supply, mitigating upcoming supply/service risks through innovative and creative solutions (short and long-term) in collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Able to quickly build knowledge on various buying portfolios to take decisions on how to solve problems. Take that extra step to safeguard Unilever’s production.
  Build a solid network within the company and with the main material suppliers and CMs.
• Collaborate with procurement manager on troubleshooting in all different aspects of our Latam Operations.
• Identify and drive contingency and resilience activities; identify and follow up on opportunities to add flexibility to the supply chain.
• Contribute to short and long term service and quality improvement projects together with suppliers.
• Coordinating quality loss claims caused by material non-compliances.
• To ensure the satisfaction of Unilever's internal customers with the services provided by the procurement organization.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• University degree completed;
• Experience in FMCG Supply Chain (planning) or Procurement related roles;
• Fluent in English; Spanish is desireble
• Experience managing stakeholders;
• Experience with Supplier Relationship management;
• Fully operational in Excel - being able to extract, analyse and present data in a clear and understandable format.

Skills

• Effective trouble shooter – able to remain calm in times of crisis and creative mindset to identify solutions;
• Self-starter with strong accountability & responsibility standards;
• Business partnering;
• Risk management;
• Stakeholder management;
• Strategic influencing;
• Project management skills;
• Financial Acumen.

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better. Clearly communicate inflation exposure, mitigating opportunities, and ongoing portfolio performance.

Critical UNILEVER Behaviours

• DELIVER WITH EXCELLENCE: We deliver everything we do with excellence and pace. We take personal ownership and hold each other to account – always finding a way to do what we’ve said we will do.
• CARE DEEPLY: We care deeply about how consumers experience
  our brands every day, everywhere; about our people’s
  growth and development and our impact on the planet.
  We care about our performance, to a point where it hurts when we don’t win.
• FOCUS ON WHAT COUNTS:  We ruthlessly prioritise what really, really matters, allowing us to do better on fewer things. We set clear and stretching goals and recognise maximum performance impact.
• STAY THREE STEPS AHEAD: We think boldly and creatively to make breakthroughs in performance. We are always curious and confident
  ─ anticipating and staying ahead of consumer needs
  and external trends to beat the competition.

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. 

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.