North America Procurement Coordinator

Unilever is currently hiring for North America Procurement Coordinator

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. 

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 Coordinator is to be the face of Procurement in business partnering the Supply Chain on all service and quality related topics. Coordinating capacity reviews for key materials and drive resilience process to proactively 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.

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.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

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 minimise service risks driven by material supply issues
• Proactive stakeholder communication to minimise 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 capacity utilisation reviews including mould utilisation, mould health and capex budget management
• Support Quality improvement programs and coordinate quality loss claims caused by material non-compliances

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

 Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree completed in related areas.
• Experience in FMCG Supply Chain (planning) or Procurement-related roles.
• Skilled in negotiation and critical problem-solving, especially in production-related subjects.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Portuguese (Spanish is a plus).
• Effective trouble shooter – able to remain calm in times of crisis and creative mindset to identify solutions.
• Self-starter with strong accountability & responsibility standards.
• Exceptional communication skills, stakeholder management, bias for action, influencing and project management skills.

Skills

• Business partnering.
• Risk management.
• Stakeholder management.
• Supplier Relationship management.
• Strategic influence.
• Financial acumen.
• Fully operational in Excel.
• Project management skills.

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.

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.