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Supply Chain Equipment & Services Procurement Assistant Manager – Asia

Location: Philippines (Taguig) • Reports to: Procurement Director Business Services, CAPEX & MRO – Global • Employment type: Full-time

Job description – Supply Chain Equipment & Services Procurement Assistant Manager – ASIA

Scope: Full time

Job purpose: Within this challenging role you will manage the BG Engineering Stakeholders and support the Portfolio Procurement Manager for Ice Cream, following up on all strategic activities with some operational and tactical tasks assigned to you.

About Ice Cream

Unilever Ice Cream is the largest global Ice Cream Company in the world, with over 100 years of experience delivering a diverse range of indulgent yet responsible craft food experiences. We have 35 brands, including Magnum, Wall’s, and Ben & Jerry’s, and operate in over 60 countries with annual revenue of over $8 billion. We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of Ice Cream as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen by November 2025.

We are committed to developing and nurturing talent within our Ice Cream company. You will have career growth opportunities and exploration across the new organisation. Our focus is to support your growth journey within the new company.

Job responsibilities Stakeholders

• Participate and lead kickoff project meetings where appropriate.
• Build and maintain beneficial relationships with Global BG Engineering teams.
• Be the main contact between Market capex procurement managers and the Global and Regional BG Engineering teams.
• Support market procurement managers in escalation to portfolio suppliers expedite / claims.
• Lead Red List and Technology Sensitive projects where requested.
• Support Quality, Hygienic and manufacturing Excellence Team with Global Suppliers.

Capex MRO Procurement (CMP) BPO Partner

• Assist the Global Procurement Manager with the management, development and implementation of Capex & MRO Procurement (CMP) BPO Partner strategy and escalation.
• Build and maintain relationships with Market Procurement Managers through periodic meetings and create decks to be shared with CMP BPO Partner.
• Provide feedback on CMP BPO Partner to Ice Cream Procurement manager Portfolio Business Services.
• Lead development and implementation of procurement strategies for relevant portfolios and project execution, including historical portfolio data analysis and negotiation strategy definition.
• Understand legislations / laws and operating context.
• Support the project technology team in identifying new capable suppliers and supplier assessment (commercial, technical).
• Manage multiple stakeholders including internal and external parties (Engineering, Legal, Finance, Suppliers).
• Participate and contribute to project meetings and lead procurement planning processes.
• Run sourcing projects including preparation, assessment and negotiation of tenders (including familiarity with e-tenders).
• Evaluate and facilitate decision making considering costs related to product life cycle, spare parts, service, and consumptions, LCC / TCO analysis.
• Decide on award of business to suppliers in alignment with stakeholders; negotiate legal documentation with suppliers for the project with support from the legal team.
• Ensure compliance to the Schedule of Authority for the project and country.
• Evaluate historical data for portfolio and negotiation strategy definition.

Suppliers

• Develop and implement procurement strategies for relevant portfolios with data from Ice Cream Company and supply market.
• Manage and oversee 7-step sourcing projects managed by CMP BPO Partner.
• Assist Global Engineering team in selecting, piloting and rolling out new suppliers with market and/or global capability.
• Lead, advise, support and approve UPA / CTC negotiations with support of Legal for global technologies; raise and negotiate claims on portfolio suppliers.
• Ensure Single Source Justification Notes are raised in conjunction with CMP BPO Partner.
• Engage with and manage portfolio suppliers at a strategic level, providing feedback and new opportunities.

Opportunities

• Identify and agree cost savings and cash benefit generation based on portfolios / sourcing strategies / compliance management.
• Review and approve CMP BPO Partner analysis considering priorities such as TCO / LCC / PWP / USLP.

Systems

• Continuously improve ways of working and optimize procurement activities with the Ice Cream company and CMP BPO Partner.
• Oversee updates to the portfolio tracker for savings, cash, projects, contracts.
• Support global suppliers in ensuring attention from CMP BPO Partner, P2P, market procurement, finance and engineering teams for overdue payments and onboarding.

What you need to succeed

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
• Personal mastery: sets high standards, emotional intelligence, ability to take feedback and build empathy.
• Passion for high performance: drives results quickly, takes accountability.
• Talent catalyst: coaches teams and fosters inclusion.
• Purpose & service: leadership as service to others.
• Consumer love: understands consumer needs.
• Business acumen: drives sustainable growth through cross-functional collaboration.

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years of experience, preferably in a technical procurement position
• Specific procurement or engineering education preferred
• Superior stakeholder management internal and external
• Ability to operate independently
• Experience in a large organisation with complex decision structures / remote relationships
• Experience in legal contracting, project and relationship management
• Proactive and positive team player
• Strong negotiation skills for external and internal negotiations
• Good communication skills; methodical and organized
• Good skills in MS Office (advanced Excel), SharePoint, SAP and common office/communication tools
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills

Additional Information

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. Equal Opportunity Employer: all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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