Assistant Procurement Manager– CAPEX/MRO

at  Unilever

ABOUT UNILEVER

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. You will work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues who provide mentorship and inspiration so that you can become a better you.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Fluent English/Spanish writing and speaking.
• 5 years’ experience in Procurement or similar
• Experience on large-scale change management projects
• Experience in CAPEX/MRO (Maintenance, Repairs and Operations)
• Experienced in stakeholder and supplier management.
• Strong communicator with experience in working successful in virtual team environments
• Skilled at challenging business stakeholders and driving change
  Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey

JOB PURPOSE

If you want to be part of Unilever´s history, as being part of the creation of a completely new site that has the expectation to be a state of the art and future fit factory, a model for other sites to reference both internally and externally, then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

This role will be responsible to achieve our Capex strategy on new technology/ innovation / automation that the company makes directly and indirectly in all value chain from a Procurement standpoint in support of our business strategy covering Latam region. Support Procurement Manager with delivering key targets related to Cost and Cash, Quality and Service, Innovation and Sustainable Living. This role forms a key business partner with Engineering team at supply chain sites. The Assistant Sourcing Manager will increase efficiency of our Capex & MRO procurement by driving scale where it makes sense, decreasing fragmentation, pooling expertise across Latam region, prioritizing higher impact spend areas, leveraging technology and data, and delivering on best practices.