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Fragrance Raw Materials Global Assistant Procurement Manager
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Job Title: Fragrance Raw Materials Global Assistant Procurement Manager
Business Function: Supply Chain, Procurement
Location: Port Sunlight
Job Purpose
This role is part of Procurement’s Sourcing team, which is responsible for leading supplier relationships, and possessing and delivering Value Chain Expertise, Scale & Global Leverage, and Sourcing Best Practices. Your role is to help establish Unilever’s transformation of its Fragrance business model to achieve affordable superiority in our fragrance portfolio by establishing an in-house fragrance material sourcing capability. The sourcing of Fragrance Materials is aligned to the Business Group and Supply Chain Strategies for Homecare, Personal Care, and Beauty & Wellbeing. You will be responsible to support and lead sourcing and supplier management activities, helping deliver cost, quality, service, sustainability, and innovation objectives through effective procurement processes. Procurement teams are responsible for sourcing goods and services, negotiating with suppliers, managing supplier relationships, and supporting business operations through competitive buying. The role reports into the Fragrance Raw Materials Global Procurement Manager.
Responsibilities
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Strategy Guru: You help the co-creation of a long-term, strategic sourcing strategy for fragrance raw materials. You can keep on top of dynamically changing market conditions, understand direct and indirect factors influencing prices, and develop a view of future trends. You implement this strategy by deciding what to buy, where to buy, how to buy, and when to buy with multiple global & local suppliers. Set up all contracts with 3rd parties for timely progress of the activities required by the business stakeholders while securing favourable legal & commercial conditions in terms of time, quality, price, cost control, and savings.
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External Facing Expert: You assess, identify, and select the appropriate supplier base and materials that meet the needs of the business. You ensure and manage overall performance of suppliers and surpass stakeholder needs. You will develop and implement a digital Supplier performance programme for fragrance raw materials.
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Decision Maker Under Pressure: You handle complex and diverse customer, supplier, supply chain, or operational issues within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Specific focus is required to ensure that a resilient supply chain is established and that regulatory requirements are proactively assessed and managed through digital tools.
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Leader: You are a leader of procurement projects in your portfolio and for your materials. You take on a role leading portfolio-wide activity such as accurate price forecasting and complexity reduction. You build strong collaborative business partnerships with Brand, R&D, Finance, Quality, and Business Operations.
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Storyteller: You use your strategic influencing skills to drive Procurement considerations and strategic recommendations with Stakeholders.
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Growth Driver: You work closely with Brand, R&D, Supply Chain, Strategy and Insights, and Category Procurement teams to support the launch of innovations and new product development.
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Financial Target Achiever: Delivering the business financial targets for Buying Performance, Product Superiority, Supplier performance, and Complexity reduction for the portfolio materials/services and suppliers. You prepare information on purchase prices and conditions to enable proper budgeting and cash forecasting.
Key Responsibilities
- Support/Lead sourcing events, RFQs, RFPs, and supplier tenders.
- Managing a raw materials, direct procurement portfolio.
- Analyse spend, pricing, and market data.
- Maintain supplier and contract information.
- Track savings, cost avoidance, and procurement KPIs.
- Support supplier relationship management activities.
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies and processes.
- Work with stakeholders to understand business requirements.
- Assist in risk management, sustainability, and responsible sourcing initiatives.
All About You
Key Skills
- Procurement Sourcing Strategy (level 2 - Capable): Ability to find, evaluate, and select the best suppliers to drive savings, increase value, and manage risk.
- Supplier Analysis (level 3 - Intermediate): Ability to assess the weaknesses and strengths of prospective and current suppliers.
- Value Chain Understanding (level 3 - Intermediate): Ability to understand how the company makes value, by understanding all the activities and how they connect.
- Supplier Negotiation (level 2 - Capable): Successful negotiations are not a win-lose proposition.
- Contract Negotiation (level 3 - Intermediate): Ability to come to an agreement on a set of legally binding terms.
- Sourcing Resilience (level 3 - Intermediate): Ability to run procurement operations to focus not only on 'just in time' but also on 'just in case'.
- Stakeholder Management (level 2 - Capable): Ability to identify and understand the motivations and behaviours of anyone who can affect what you are trying to achieve on a project.
- Strategic Partnerships (level 3 - Intermediate): Ability to join forces with like-minded strategic partners to reach objectives.
- Collaboration (level 3 - Intermediate): Enables people within an organization or outside an organization to engage with each other productively and efficiently.
- Program Management (level 2 - Capable): Lead the planning and implementation of key change programmes.
- Additional Skills:
- Cost Models (level 2 - Capable)
- Contract Management (level 2 - Capable)
- Supplier Relationship Management (level 3 - Intermediate)
- Service Risk Management (level 2 - Capable)
- Digital Dexterity (level 2 - Capable)
- AI literacy (level 2 - Capable)
- Excel (level 3 – intermediate), Microsoft packages (level 3-intermediate)
- Data Driven Decision Making (level 2 - Capable)
- Effective Communication (level 3 - Intermediate)
- Change Management (level 2 - Capable)
- Strategic Influencing (level 3 - Intermediate)
- Critical Thinking (level 2 - Capable)
- Business Acumen (level 3 - Intermediate)
- Finance acumen (level 3 – intermediate)
- R&D formulation cost management (level 2 - intermediate)
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Knowledge
- Provide procurement support to project teams and business stakeholders.
- Knowledge of the Fragrance portfolio is essential to be effective in a Raw Materials role.
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What We Offer
- Competitive salary and pension scheme
- Annual bonus
- Subsidised gym membership
- Discounted staff shop
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- Flexible and hybrid working environment
- Opportunity to work directly with renowned and exciting brands
- Support for wellbeing, including hubs, programmes, and development opportunities
- Commitment to a family-friendly and inclusive workplace
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