Procurement Manager - Logistics (Warehousing & Transportation), Asia

Unilever (Thailand) (Huai Khwang)

Bangkok, Thailand

Unilever Thai Group of Companies is a fast-moving consumer goods company with a strong presence in Thailand for more than 80 years. Unilever offers Thai consumers a wide range of leading brands in four categories; Home Care, Personal Care, Foods and Ice cream products. Our Thai portfolio includes major brand icons such as: Comfort, Lux, Vaseline, Citra, Sunsilk, Clear, Pond’s, Dove, Axe, Rexona, Close Up, Breeze, Omo, Sunlight, Knorr, Wall’s, Magnum, Cornetto, Lipton and luxury division Unilever Network. Unilever Thailand employs around 4,000 people and generated annual sales of Baht 40,000 million in 2014.

Detail posisi

The Procurement Manager - Logistics (Warehousing & Transportation) at Unilever Thailand HQ is responsible for leading the strategy creation and execution in procurement to ensure world-class service, competitive cost, and sustainable sourcing across the logistics portfolio.

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You are expected Lead the strategy creation and execution with County leads to Deliver on the key matrices of World class service, Competitive Cost and Sustainable sourcing by
• Co-creating and Implementing Procurement strategies for Logistics portfolio.
• Identifying and Implementing tools and process to optimize sourcing practices
• Working closely with Internal Procurement teams and Operations Excellence teams to drive key initiatives.
• Creating an inclusive team environment

Kualifikasi

Experience & Qualification
• Bachelor’s degree with at least 6 years experience in Procurement / Supply Chain Management
• Or a master’s degree with specialization in Procurement / Supply Chain with at least 4 years experience in Procurement / Supply Chain Management
• Relevant Experience in Procurement / operations of Warehousing Services.

Skill
• Strong analytical skills
• Financial analysis and reporting
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and Power Point
• SAP and Digital sourcing Platforms knowledge (advantage)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Fluency in spoken and written English language preferable

The below Procurement skills will be an added advantage.
• Portfolio Strategy Development
• Negotiation
• Strategic Supplier Partnerships

Leadership
• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.
• 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 team leader, 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.