Global Procurement Manager Elida Beauty
Unilever
Lewisville, Texas
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January 13, 2023
Unilever
Lewisville, Texas
Global Procurement Manager Elida Beauty
Location: Lewisville, TX Office Based/Remote Hybrid
Job Type: Full-time
Who we are we are Elida Beauty
Elida Beauty is a very exciting new beauty and personal care business within Unilever. We re-found iconic brands by remixing them for today s generation, making them even bigger beauty hits than they were first time around. Our remixes democratize beauty, because we want everyone on the beauty dance floor with our top-quality products at a great value.
Driven by our colleague s creativity, agility and close connection with consumers, customers, and suppliers we are able to unleash the true potential of our loved brands with a fresh start. We Re-Found them using a start-up mentality that always finds a way . Our no silos , one team approach drives both personal and business growth so that together we deliver outcomes that are music to the ears of consumers, customers, colleagues and the planet alike.
Background & Purpose of the Job
This position provides strategic and analytical support to the procurement activities for 3rd Party manufacturing operations for the Elida Beauty as well as participation in the innovation projects planned to be launched in 3rd party manufacturers.
This includes but is not limited to: executing small, medium and large sourcing activities with a focus on data retrieval and analysis, market research, negotiation and relationship with suppliers, benchmarking activities, manage contracts, work in innovations, savings and improvement initiatives.
Selected individual must collaborate with the various functions throughout Unilever organization, such as R&D, Planning, Finance, Brand and other procurement or supply chain groups in the diverse procurement activities.
Who You Are & What You ll Do:
3PM Procurement activities:
Participation in the sourcing and bid process, supplier selection, negotiation of prices, terms and conditions, awards and contract management
Support and participation on the design of the Procurement Strategies
Manage and control the contract of the incumbent suppliers
Relationship with the suppliers (meetings, evaluation, scorecard, Partner to Win)
Develop improvement projects to delivery savings, cash, cost avoidance and service level improvements
Participation in innovation projects, representing procurement in the extended team
Baseline analysis, and understanding of the current cost, prices and total spend
Special Projects
Control of the internal KPIs such as VIP, Cash, Cost Avoidance, USQS, etc.
Challenges
Ability to work quickly with great accuracy.
Ability to be self-directed in researching market trends, benchmarking & intelligence.
Ability to prioritize and escalate issues that may affect key business objectives.
Negotiation with suppliers and communication skills.
Understanding of operations and business requirement.
Working cross-functionally across teams with varying priorities
What You ll Need To Succeed:
REQUIRED
University degree Commercial, Technical in background.
Experience in Procurement.
At least 2 -3 years experience in Procurement, Supply Chain.
Experience in setting in place and managing supplier contracts
Stakeholder management experience and exposure
Negotiations capability and success
Capable to feel comfortable and grow in a digital world
Excellent communication & networking skills
Proven ability to manage and lead in volatile, diverse and challenging situations.
PREFERRED
Experience in managing value chains for sustainability and traceability
Experience in digital supply chain management and the use of digital supply chain solutions.
Please apply online. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements and we will be in touch to provide you with an update on the status of your application.
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