Due to a maternity leave of the permanent officer we are looking for a dedicated Operational/Tactical Procurement Assistant Packaging, acting globally for a total portfolio of packaging flexible materials/artworks.

Main job purpose:

Category, Sourcing unit and Supplier management, Stakeholder management towards Factory planners, R&D

Key Accountabilities:

• Category Ownership:

• Develop strategies which are aligned to the business direction;
• Business partnering: manage internal and external stakeholders (e.g. R&D, logistics, operations, sourcing units);
• Ensure competitive buying through industry benchmark, should-cost analysis, product innovation, market price movement monitoring;
• Work with cross-function teams to achieve product spec and manufacturing optimization;
• Be the Go-to Person for the assigned categories for procurement and supplier related tasks & questions.

• Supplier E2E (end-to-end) Management & Ownership:

• Strengthen business partnerships;
• Lead business reviews: together with cross function teams, measure and manage overall supplier performance to meet business KPI's;
• Commercial & Contract Negotiations Innovation projects: OTIF (on time in full) deliveries;
• Savings: smart buying, product logic, cash, e-tender, volume rebate, 5s workshop, optimization projects;
• Onboard and partner with suppliers on Unilever sustainability agenda;
• Account management: onboarding, RSP, USQS compliance, contract management (creation, update, signatures, systems administration), service level maintenance/improvement;
• Other operations: e.g. incident management, product specification confirmation.

• Procurement Activities:

• Take part of the overall sourcing strategy of Flexibles in Europe;
• Supporting the team to achieve its goals and objectives and monitor target delivery;
• Owning and co-ordinating procurement/supply chain projects whereas required
• Price forecasting (of assigned categories & suppliers);
• Invoice management: DCIW, payment resolution;
• Support WoW (way of working) improvements: identify metrics, tools (e.g. digitalization), process, align and collaborate with cross-function teams to optimize WoW;
• Support the Procurement Manager whereas required.