Procurement Assistant Manager - Raw Material (7 Months contract)

Scope: The position will hold the overall responsibility for Raw Materials (RM) Procurement & Collaborative Manufacturing (CM) for Unilever Vietnam. The primary objective is to ensure smooth flow of Procurement activities ensuring superior service and supporting superior product through driving resilience, savings & partnership programs and maintaining right Quality inline with Unilever sustainable sourcing program for RM and CM. The role reports to Procurement Manager.

Service & Resilience

• Coordinating with Planning team and Suppliers to ensure smooth material delivery n+1 and beyond time horizon

• Coordinate with Global Buyers in ensuring timely placement of material contracts and delivery through effective negotiations & competitive benchmarking.

• Conduct quarterly / monthly Risks and opportunities connect to ensure material delivery risks are addressed with Contingency plans.

• Manage the operations of locally purchased material portfolio.

• Work with Supply Chain, R&D and Global buyers to ensure resilience action plan and execution in place to support business growth.

• Track RM/ CM aspects of Innovation networks to support OTIF Innovation delivery.

Cost & Cash

• Ensure Net Material Inflation Target delivery for the Business Unit & market and enable Gross margin Delivery.

• Responsible for accurate input to market by reviewing the Quarterly Forecasting process with Global procurement and timely accurate short-term input as update to Monthly Material Forecasting process to reflect accurate Material costs

• Coordinate with R&D teams and support smart product/Spec initiatives and Ensure the Company Gross Margin agenda is delivered through Improved buying performance, 5S Savings and special initiatives for Raw Materials/ CM sites

• Conduct Cost benchmarking exercises locally/ globally and derive best value to the business

• Ensure Cash Delivery through Creditor Management

Strategic & Partnership

• Coordinate and execute Partnerships program for local sourcing inline with Unilever sustainability agenda.

• Implementation of supplier strategy, Sourcing Network strategy and end to end management of collaborative Manufacturing (CM) space.

• Manage Cost and Service of CM portfolio by effective assessment of CM partners & through commercial and contract negotiations.

• Value Chain mapping – Work with Strategy & Insights steam on Value stream mapping to enhance supply performance.

Quality & Compliance

• Drive Quality and Compliance standards across Local and global suppliers for Raw Materials & CM partners

• Ensure Responsible Sourcing (RS) Compliance of Suppliers and supply partners

• Conduct Technical Risk Assessment and follow up on actions basis business needs

• Degree Qualification in Finance/ Business Management/ Supply Chain

• Strong Negotiation skills

• People and Stakeholder Management

• Influencing Cross Functional Stakeholders

• Crisis Management

• At least 3 years’ experience in procurement / Supply Chain