Senior Procurement Manager Global HR Services

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Sector: Human Resources, Supply Chain and Procurement

Role: Senior Executive

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

JOB PURPOSE
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 functionally 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 delivers with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
• You are 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.

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
• PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves.
• CONSUMER & CUSTOMER LOVE: Brings the voice of the consumer into everything we do.
• PURPOSEFUL IMPACT: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others.
• 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 is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities.

Company: Be part of the most successful purpose-led business in the world. Have the opportunity to see the true impact that you're having in the work you do - every small thing counts. The personal contribution you make means you feel good about what you do and proud that you have a career with a higher purpose.

Our policies & flexible working: At Unilever, we have a range of market-leading, family-friendly and flexible working policies, which enable our employees to balance their day-to-day responsibilities.

These policies and practices include:

• Agile working, which gives employees the possibility to work remotely and flex their own hours, whilst ensuring business needs are met.
• Flexible working arrangements including, but not limited to, part-time and job share opportunities.
• Enhanced leave policies - all employees taking maternity or shared parental leave have up to 16 weeks' paid leave.
• Practical support including, nursery benefits and back-up care for parents and carers.
• A constant focus on wellbeing for employees, including regular health checks, mental health support and our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a strong culture of mentoring, training and learning across the organisation, with a range of resources and initiatives available:

• Mentoring and coaching
• Leadership and general business skills training, including unconscious bias
• Learning for all, via access to internal and external resources
• Workshops which support personal and team development.

Our ambition: unlocking talent through disability inclusion: The World Health Organization estimates that there are one billion people in the world currently living with a disability. Removing the barriers facing people living with disability is a priority for our business.

We cannot be an inclusive organisation unless we ensure that we have created the conditions and the culture for people with a disability to thrive.