Unilever UK Careers – IT Software Procurement Manager

Job Description:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a world leading global organisation, our client – a leading Global FMCG company with Brands such as Dove, Knorr, Persil & Magnum are currently looking for an IT Software Procurement Manager, to be based in Kingston-upon-Thames. This is a full-time temporary role to last until the end of May 2025, working 36.25 hours per week, paying up to £58,000 pro rata, per annum, depending on experience.

Job Responsibilities:

• Enable and facilitate the implementation of the approved sourcing strategies with appropriate functional and operational teams within the business.
• Develop appropriate sourcing strategies for cluster of spend within area of responsibility.
• Develop and align own workplan, objectives, priorities, and processes within the context of the overall IT supply management and stakeholder community priorities and processes.
• Lead global and regional strategic sourcing activities to professionalize the sourcing of materials/clusters of external spend within area of spend responsibility.
• Conduct data gathering and analysis of internal needs. Develop and follow supply market knowledge and insight (e.g. suppliers, price trends, cost drivers, acquisitions & disposals etc.).
• Provide input, influence and linkage to business transaction tools (as appropriate) e.g. SAP BW, Ariba Buyer.
• Execute the sourcing strategy, including tendering, analysis, selection of and negotiation with suppliers, including crafting and placing of legal agreements/contracts and confidentiality agreements and ensure that all are conducted in accordance with UL’s code of business ethics and corporate social responsibility requirements.
• Have input to the development of a Supply Management Team workplan for area of responsibility, to deliver the required objectives and within this context develop own strategic sourcing team priorities.
• Identify, initiate and sustain direct interactions with appropriate internal stakeholders/functional/operating teams within the business to drive “buying” behaviour change required to meet business project objectives and facilitate implementation of the approved sourcing strategies.
• Ensure that supply agreements, commercial terms & conditions, specification information and pricing information including changes is communicated accurately and in a timely fashion to appropriate operational teams/individuals.
• Responsible for ongoing supplier relationship management, monitoring, review and continuous improvement as well as leading supplier side of innovation/sustainability/cost savings projects.
• Identify need for and support design of business processes to facilitate use of appropriate “buying channel” (e.g. Ariba Buyer, spot buying desk etc.) within UL stakeholder community.
• Develop a deep understanding of and rigorously apply the UL strategic sourcing process and tools, including being fully operational and actively use e-Sourcing tools e.g. use of e-RFIs, e-RFPs, cost modelling and others.
• Participate in or lead Regional/Global Teams (as appropriate) for area of responsibility.
• Respond proactively to information demands and questions from supply management operational teams and other internal parties as needed.

Job Requirements:

• Must have the confidence to “sell’ need for behaviour change to sceptical and resistant internal stakeholders’ expectations.
• Must be able to find new ways of tackling supply management and change the current “buying” paradigm.
• At least 5 years general business procurement experience in any function at appropriate work level, including some Software and IT services procurement experience.
• Must be confident in crafting and placing legal agreements/contracts.
• Needs to show a high degree of team commitment, working co-operatively with others across the organization to achieve shared goals, required to work with internal business teams.
• Proven track record of strategic analysis, negotiation and team leadership.
• Global experience essential, preferably in a complex matrix organisation. Foreign tax and currency knowledge would be beneficial.

Job Details:

Company: Unilever

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Southampton, England, UK

Application Deadline: N/A

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