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JOB TITLE: Assistant Procurement Operations Manager (Indirects Procurement)
JOB LOCATION: Singapore
RELOCATION TERMS: Local Terms only
Background:
- Marketing materials & services, Workplace, HR & Travel, IT, Professional and Outsourcing services
- Unilever Entities to support: Unilever Asia Pte Ltd and Unilever Singapore Pte Ltd
- Act as champion & change leader in the Indirects Procurement Ariba NO PO NO PAY program
- Conduct 7-steps sourcing, evaluate supply market, conduct bidding, reverse auction, negotiation with suppliers, manage supplier relationship for purchase value between EURO 10K to 100K.
- Negotiate payment terms and e-invoicing with suppliers
- Manage day to day procurement operations – PO approval, Ariba catalogs creation, vendor master approval
- Contract Management and uploading of Contracts in Ariba Workbench
- Post-contract management - Supplier performance evaluation, manage disputes e.g. late payment interest
- Implement vendor accreditation process in line with USQS & Responsible sourcing process
- Ensure local alignment with global/regional buying strategies & processes
- Actively drive PO and Procurement Sourcing policy compliance within the country on an ongoing basis
- Coordinate user training/ refreshers on Ariba to ensure effective & successful change management
- Drive transformation to take over functional managed spend from stakeholders
- Resolve Ariba operations related problems e.g. timely GRN to ensure timely payments to suppliers
- Conflict resolution with suppliers for e.g related to poor performance by supplier
- Implement new ways of working through procurement framework & No PO No Pay policy
- Implement commodity strategy for marketing materials like POSM, Premiums & Gifts & BTL
- Implement hands-free purchasing system to bring about speed & simplicity for procurement operations
- Work with Stakeholders in Marketing, Sales, HR, IT, Enterprise Support etc at different WLs 1-3
- Work with portfolio procurement colleagues to share & compare
- Engage with suppliers & agencies
- Candidate must have minimum a Diploma from a reputable polytechnic.
- Need minimum 6 years of procurement experience with at least 2 years in Indirects Procurement
- Fluent in English – speaking & writing
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TO APPLY:
Please apply online by clicking on “Apply Online” below. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements. Should you not meet our immediate requirements, your profile will be registered in our talent pool system and we will match your profile to suitable future vacancies.
You will be able to access your status update through the candidate tracking link.
Thank you for your interest and application.
For further information about this position please call 8004481479
