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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. If you have a passion for procurement, and more specifically logistics and cross-border transportation procurement, you want to develop innovative and disruptive procurement strategies, you thrive on owning the end to end sourcing process, you actively utilize market intelligence to develop new suppliers and technologies and most importantly you have thrive on implementing the right carrier and network strategies to ensure our products reach our customers, then this role is just for you!
Job Responsibility
Lead end-to-end sourcing activities, including procurement strategy, RFx, negotiations, contracting, and approvals
Develop market intelligence on cost drivers, inflation trends, supplier capabilities, and emerging technologies
Collaborate with European stakeholders to develop network optimization strategies
Partner with logistics operations teams to support growth initiatives, achieve cost and service targets, and drive benchmarking activities
Develop and implement annual procurement strategies for international and inbound suppliers, contributing to 3-year strategic planning
Identify and deliver savings, mitigate inflation, and improve cash flow through continuous improvement and cost optimization initiatives
Support annual business planning and performance reviews in partnership with global procurement and finance teams
Manage strategic supplier relationships, lead joint business planning, and drive supplier performance and continuous improvement
Act as the key contact for portfolio-related business queries, supplier escalations, and operational disruptions
Lead sustainability and digital transformation initiatives across the logistics procurement portfolio
Lead, coach, and develop a team of 6 employees
Requirements
Extensive experience in Procurement or Supply Chain roles, with exposure to logistics and logistics procurement (minimum 7 years of experience)
Understanding and experience of logistics and logistics procurement
Procurement sourcing strategy (development and implementation)
Supplier analysis and relationship management
Stakeholder management and influencing
Experience working in regional or multi-country roles, managing diverse stakeholder environments
Experience leading, managing, and coaching teams, or demonstrated readiness to take on people leadership responsibilities