Senior Procurement Manager Global HR Services

Find your purpose at Unilever. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you. If you are  Indirect Procurement and its link to buying HR services then this role is just for you.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Understand the business needs related to functional areas of spend in HR Services and bring deep expertise and insights across the value chain and supply base to translate the business requirements into effective future-fit procurement strategies.

• Connect strategy & execution aligned to Unilever Compass, Global Divisions, Functions & Markets goals, and priorities, aligned with Procurement with Purpose and OneMBS strategies and principles.

• Deliver transformational sourcing strategies, operating models, and supplier relationships to redefine our procurement approach to HR Services including a focus on Sustainability and Responsible Sourcing strategies

• Work with senior stakeholders to deliver complex globally led projects across multiple geographies.

• Deliver against financial targets and other KPIs (including value delivery) as per business plan objectives.

• Be a central team player for HR Services by translating strategies to executable projects within the markets.

• Lead Supplier relationships and implement Partners with Purpose strategy with critical suppliers.

• Lead a central HR Services procurement team to inspire, develop, and support our people, deliver results, and create and promote a healthy business culture.

• Ensure Portfolio fundamentals (i.e., data consistency, data insights, recurring stakeholder communications, contracts, etc.) are all put in place.

• Future proof the portfolio by driving digital approaches, while building technology enablers to help manage selected portfolio and scope.

• Lead internal performance management and reporting including creation and stewardship of relevant key performance indicators

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• 10+ years of procurement experience, including proven and deep experience in procuring professional services or related field or indirect procurement portfolios.

• Strategic sourcing, portfolio strategy expertise, with experience in managing complex portfolio/category, at global or multi-regional level.

• Expert in negotiation and contracting.

• Experience in strategic supplier relationship management

• Experience on large-scale project management

• Demonstrated and proven leadership capabilities to lead a virtual global team.

• Experience in shaping and leading transformational business process reengineering, with experience driving Change Management initiatives.

Skills

• Ability to work under pressure and in a complex global environment balancing a broad spectrum of stakeholder requirements.

• Comfortable working in conditions of ambiguity and leading through change.

• Able to create and drive adoption and execution of a shared vision and strategy for change.

• Ability to interact with senior stakeholders cross effectively and efficiently functionally (including Business Services Procurement, HR, Finance, Legal, etc.) to understand their needs and deliver effective balanced solutions.

• Delivers change whilst managing the interface between “day to day” and improvement projects.

• Passion for continuous improvement

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including creation and delivery of effective presentations.

• High financial and business acumen

• Strong in selling ideas and concepts.

• Inspiring, motivational, and accountable people leader, able to lead remote and cross-cultural teams and connect people and ideas.

• Strong in project and time management for complex global projects

• Stakeholder management and people skills

• Passion and practical creativity

• Tenacious and resilient in the pursuit of challenging goals

Leadership

• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.

• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching. You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed.

• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.

• CONSUMER & CUSTOMER LOVE: Brings the voice of the consumer into everything we do, always.

• PURPOSEFUL IMPACT: 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.

• TALENT CATALYST: Inspire people to grow, with support and honesty.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants 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 es una organización comprometida con la equidad, la inclusión y la diversidad para impulsar los resultados de nuestro negocio y crear un futuro mejor, cada día, para nuestros diversos empleados, consumidores globales, socios y comunidades. Creemos que una fuerza laboral diversa nos permite igualar nuestras ambiciones de crecimiento e impulsar la inclusión en todo el negocio. ¡En Unilever estamos interesados en que cada individuo traiga su 'Whole Self' al trabajo y esto te incluye a ti! Por lo tanto, si necesita algún requisito de soporte o acceso, le recomendamos que nos avise en el momento de su solicitud para que podamos apoyarle a través de su viaje de reclutamiento.