Job Position: Procurement Specialist

Business Context and Main Purpose of the Job

Provide support to the East Africa Procurement manager and  Mufindi Team

Job Summary

• • To support the procurement organization to meet goals and objectives in support to the overall Unilever strategy.
  • Support development and implementation of Unilever procurement strategies and policies portfolio
  • To support deliver cost savings based on sourcing strategies and compliance management.
  • Support Procurement Manager with the tendering process and the subsequent analysis
  • Support team activities in accordance with the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan
  • To be custodian of the team material/service and project databases
  • Support the financial analysis of the portfolio, including price benchmarking and total cost analysis
  • Support the periodic Executive Summary for the Team by consolidating and reporting various KPIs (e.g. VIP, Commodity Effect, ADBR, Portfolio and Market updates, Payment Terms Tracker, BDOC, Sustainability, Supplier Performance)
  • To support complexity reduction programs for the Team
  • Continuously improve ways of working e.g. more efficient ways of handling data, thereby close co-operation with Enterprise support and Capability Teams
  • To handle diverse customer, supplier or operational issues when they arise.
  • To ensure the satisfaction of Unilever’s internal customers with the services provided by the procurement organization
  • To support the management and maintenance of supplier relationships
  • Support Procurement Director, Procurement managers on presentations and updates for internal and external audience
  • Support in HR issues (Org Charts, tracking of Team member trainings)
  • Work closely with Procurement Director to respond to requests from CPO, UPLT, Procurement VPs
  • Support in preparing and executing of team/project meetings/telcons and visits
  • Update of Counterparty Risk Tracker
  • Create and update contracts in the system and ensure they are returned signed from supplier
  •  Prepare information on purchase prices and conditions to enable proper budgeting ,cash forecasting and forecast variance analysis as needed
  • Support security of key materials through the development of contingency plans and alternative materials/suppliers, working with Procurement Materials teams

Key Requirements

3-5 years in procurement in FMCG

Women and People living with a disability are encouraged to apply.

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