Ice Cream Procurement Specialist_Soft Commodities & Ingredients South Africa needed at Unilever

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the development and lead the implementation of the portfolio procurement strategy.
• Develop strong relationship with suppliers and analyze their capabilities to develop long term supplier strategies.
• Lead frequent negotiations, delivering of savings and cash targets via excellent market understanding, strategy implementations and negotiation skills
• Create a savings pipeline for the portfolio and aling on execution with relevant teams
• Implement contracts and ensuring high service levels to sourcing units in South Africa
• Ensure compliance of RSP, Contracting, Quality and service in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Initiate portfolio initiatives (e.g., ASA/AMA, Resilience, market development, etc) to create more leverage, ensuring strong connection with the market and MET’s.
• Support innovation projects through strong collaboration with R&D team, providing market intelligence, supplier capabilities and capacity
• Work closely with the finance community to support the business with accurate price forecasting, including market price trends and future market trends to enable proper budgeting and price forecasting
• Continuously seeking for new opportunities and always open for improvement
• Work closely with the global team to make sure insights from local players are taken into account when executing the cover strategy

EXPERIENCES & QUALIFICATIONS:   

• Minimal Bachelor’s Degree
• >3 years of experience in Procurement, SC functions (experience in previous buyer roles will be a plus)
• Experience in Cross Functional working / Affinity or working experience with/in R&D
• High level Business acumen and negotiation skills