Procurement Internship

Function: Supply Chain

Location: Binzager Unilever Limited, Jeddah, KSA             

Terms & Conditions: Internship

About Unilever

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

Job Purpose

You will be responsible to make sure we have smooth operation between our factory/supply planning/logistics/quality, and supplier. Making sure we have the needed packaging material in the right time with the right quantity and quality. 

What will be your main responsibilities be:

• Tracking the supplier performance and hold them accountable on service level. 
• Support on mitigating any material risk, by finding alternative solutions. 
• Lead alternative suppliers approval projects. which involve tracking progress with cross functional teams, R&D, Quality, Factory, Marketing, Innovation, Supply planning, demand planning. 
• Assess strategic alternatives for suppliers selections, based on service, quality, and pricing. 
• Maintain good relationship with all suppliers.  
• Solve any operational issue impacting the material availability, payment issues, transportation issues, system issues. 
• Any other projects, requests, related to the scope. 

What to Expect

• 6 months program (extendable to 1 year)
• 1 assigned project to develop & execute
• Formal Training + Informal Learning
• Mentorship + Exposure to Senior Leaders + Peer Network, including MoIAT
• High Levels of Performance and Delivery

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Engineering or Supply Chain
• 4th year undergraduates, and recent Graduates up to 1 year of experience
• Good analytical skills, willingness to learn and strong aptitude for communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively within a cross-functional team
• Ability to extract critical data and generate actionable insights
• Strong business acumen

Skills

• Stakeholder Management
• Collaboration
• Problem Solving
• Negotiation

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicates from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual and the talent they can bring. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

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