Procurement Director Logistics Asia and Global Ocean Freight

Job Title: Procurement Director Logistics Asia and Global Ocean Freight 

Function: Supply Chain

Location: Mumbai, India

Req ID: R-1185601

PROCUREMENT
Part of the Supply Chain family, Procurement is responsible for over 30B Euro of material and services spend globally with more than 60,000 suppliers, over half of them in Customer Operations, Technology and Business Services. Getting the right services and materials, sustainably sourced and ensuring responsible procurement is critical to ensuring our brands with purpose grow.

Our teams work closely with the business to understand stakeholders needs, bring innovation to meet changing consumer, employees and customer’s needs, and drive financial value for Unilever through competitive buying. We’re at the forefront of digital procurement, bringing new tools and analytics to drive data-based decisions.

CUSTOMER OPERATIONS, TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS SERVICES (COTBS)
COTBS is responsible for Unilever’s sourcing and supplier strategy and execution for all third-party spend across Logistics, Real Sate, Technology and Business Services, supporting the business requirements of Brands, Divisions, Markets, and functions to drive 4G growth through strategic supplier management, cost and value management, sustainability and innovation, aligned with Unilever strategy. The team manages an annual spend of ~6B Euro with a supplier base of about 40,000.

JOB PURPOSE

The role of the Logistics Procurement Director, Asia and Global Ocean Freight is responsible for the development and execution of the sourcing strategy for procurement of logistic services for all operations of Unilever in Asia including transportation, warehousing and pallets services as well as Global Ocean & Air Freight. This position business partners the Customer Operations VP’s of Asia and his team as well as Global Ocean & Air Freight Operations team.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

This Procurement Director is responsible for the architecture of the Asia and Global Ocean & Air Freight Procurement Logistics Strategy. This includes negotiation strategies, partnership engagement models, logistics cost modelling, fuel indexing strategies, bidding strategy development, contracting systems deployment, and cultivation of external logistics innovation.

• He/she will also be the guardian for execution/ overall KPI delivery of this strategy/ annual plans;
• Lead Asia Procurement team and Business partner Great Asia, North Asia, India and Indonesia CO VPs
• Lead Global Ocean Procurement team, business partnering Global CO VP
• Drive capability development into new areas: E-Com, Net Zero solutions, best commercial practices, automation road maps, etc;
• Liaise with other senior stakeholders across the organization to ensure procurement strategies and activities are integrated with other parts of the business and aligned with the overall objectives;
• Conduct joint business development plans with key suppliers and manage ongoing relationships;
• Provide market level strategy support for warehouse and transport procurement;
• Create multi-year, cost savings program funnel for market deployment;
• Leverage market 3PL benchmarking to identify areas of commercial opportunity across markets;
• Co-develop the logistics sustainability roadmap and deploy Electric vehicles in capable markets;
• Identify and deploy key logistics innovations such as DFM, automation, & sustainable fuels;
• Drive the agenda of automation, modernization or warehouses and all logistics operations under his/her responsibility
• Support the business delivery and professional development of direct & indirect reports;
• Active member of COTBS leadership team, sponsoring cross portfolio squads
• Active member of PCLF (Procurement Change Leaders Forum), leading cross procurement squads
• Active member of IPLT- India Procurement Leadership Team

Travel: Flexibility to travel as per job requirements

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is mandatory; 
• Fluency in English 
• Demonstrated success in developing and implementing a global and regional Logistics’ Operations Strategy and Portfolio; and Logistics’ Procurement Strategy; 
• Demonstrated experience on Business Partnering multiple stakeholders/ virtually as well; 
• Strong experience on developing people & teams; 
• Problem solving & decision making - Defines problems, systematically gathers and analyses; 

Leadership

• You are now a Leader of Change. People look to you to provide safety in a storm, and you also appropriately challenge to get even better results. You role model resilience and care. You navigate these uncertain times by flexing plans and your leadership style, always with authenticity.
• You are still responsible for delivering to the highest standards. You must be resilient so you can lead others to deliver with passion through uncertainty and create opportunities through the core and beyond. You must be able to flex your style and your plans to guide others through difficult times.

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