MAIN JOB PURPOSE:
- Professional and competitive sourcing of products/services meeting the specified needs and working co-developing and implementing Logistics strategy in the West Africa market.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- To develop, implement and drive Unilever procurement strategies for the Logistics Category
- To assess, identify and select the appropriate supplier base that would meet the needs of the business
- To directly lead or co-ordinate large procurement projects as needed.
- To deliver cost savings based on sourcing strategies and compliance management.
- To continuously improve ways of working and optimize procurement activities.
- To handle complex and diverse customer, supplier or operational issues within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
- To ensure the satisfaction of Unilever’s internal customers with the services provided by the procurement organization
- To lead the rationalization of suppliers, materials and services that meet Unilever’s business requirements
- To develop, coach and mentor resources within a high performing and motivated team responsible for interfacing with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- To support the collaboration with senior functional leaders to establish both short and long-term business objectives.
- To lead cross-functional initiatives and represent Unilever’s interests in the management of external strategic relationships.
- In the context of Partner to Win, to identify, develop and manage strategic business relationships to enable implementation of the Unilever growth strategy, revenue achievement and new product development initiatives
- To support Unilever Sustainable Living Plan in the procurement of materials and services.
- Passion for people: talent mastery, which includes spotting, fostering, encouraging, and retaining talent is non-negotiable.
Key Interfaces:
- Regional Procurement Director and Manager
- Finance Business Partners
- Planning and Warehouse Managers
- Factory Managers
Relevant Skills:
- University graduate
- Minimum 5 to 7 years’ experience in Logistics Procurement
- Experiencing working with SAP is desirable
- Experience in Logistics (Road Transport is a plus)
- Storytelling, data visualising and presentation skills
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint Skills
- Professional To be Fluent in English
Leadership Behaviours:
- Have passion for high performance and ability to drive business performance using insight to drive decision.
- Have strong process design and optimisation skills, being able to design and re-engineer core process flows with effective control.
- Have demonstrated stakeholders’ management skills to ensure maintaining great relation with people having impact and interest in your job
- have ability to clearly prioritise work for effective job delivery.
- Have effective communication skills enabling to produce creative, compelling content that engages the audience to make impact and influence
- Comfortable working in conditions of ambiguity and learning through change.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to Unilever on unilever.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com to apply