Unilever Nigeria Plc Job Opportunities for Graduate BA/BSC/HND

Unilever Plc – We create, market and distribute the products that people choose to feed their families and keep themselves and their homes clean and fresh.

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Applications are invited from interested and qualified candidates to apply for the latest job at Unilever Nigeria Plc.

Assistant Procurement Manager, Procurement Logistics

Job Specifications:

Full Time

Required Qualifications: BA/BSC/HND 

Location: Lagos | Nigeria. See other Jobs in Lagos.

Job Description:

Professional and competitive sourcing of products/services meeting the specified needs and working co-developing and implementing Logistics strategy in the West Africa market.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

To develop, implement and drive Unilever procurement strategies for the Logistics Category

To assess, identify and select the appropriate supplier base that would meet the needs of the business

To directly lead or co-ordinate large procurement projects as needed.

To deliver cost savings based on sourcing strategies and compliance management.

To continuously improve ways of working and optimize procurement activities.

To handle complex and diverse customer, supplier or operational issues within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

To ensure the satisfaction of Unilever’s internal customers with the services provided by the procurement organization

To lead the rationalization of suppliers, materials and services that meet Unilever’s business requirements

To develop, coach and mentor resources within a high performing and motivated team responsible for interfacing with internal stakeholders and suppliers.

To support the collaboration with senior functional leaders to establish both short and long-term business objectives.

To lead cross-functional initiatives and represent Unilever’s interests in the management of external strategic relationships.

In the context of Partner to Win, to identify, develop and manage strategic business relationships to enable implementation of the Unilever growth strategy, revenue achievement and new product development initiatives

To support Unilever Sustainable Living Plan in the procurement of materials and services.

Passion for people:

 talent mastery, which includes spotting, fostering, encouraging, and retaining talent is non-negotiable.

Key Interfaces:

Regional Procurement Director and Manager

Finance Business Partners

Planning and Warehouse Managers

Factory Managers. 

Qualifications and Requirements:

University graduate

Minimum 5 to 7 years’ experience in Logistics Procurement

Experiencing working with SAP is desirable

Experience in Logistics (Road Transport is a plus)

Storytelling, data visualising and presentation skills

Strong Excel and PowerPoint Skills

Professional To be Fluent in English

Leadership Behaviours:

Have passion for high performance and ability to drive business performance using insight to drive decision.

Have strong process design and optimisation skills, being able to design and re-engineer core process flows with effective control.

Have demonstrated stakeholders’ management skills to ensure maintaining great relation with people having impact and interest in your job

have ability to clearly prioritise work for effective job delivery.

Have effective communication skills enabling to produce creative, compelling content that engages the audience to make impact and influence

Comfortable working in conditions of ambiguity and learning through change.

Apply here!

Closed date: Not Specified

Source: intelregion.com