Asst Proc Mgr

**Assistant Procurement Manager - Capex and MRO Project Specific**

**Scope: Processing, Packaging and ancillary Machinery & Equipment**

**Work Level: 1 C or D**

**Hiring Manager Name: Jose Francisco Pineda**

**Location: Mexico City or Monterrey (preferred)**

**Main job purpose**

Within this challenging role you will be responsible for the Procurement function in a specific project, which entails following up all strategic sourcing activities as well as operational and tactical activities, related to processing, packaging and ancillary machinery and equipment, which will be directly under your responsibility.

**Background & Purpose of the Job**:

- ** Perform Buying** of all Capex and MRO equipment and materials.
- Responsible for contracts and all P2P activities related to suppliers.
- Perform E- Tender/Bids for all items above 50K.
- Support stakeholder on all project timelines, cost, and issue resolution with suppliers.
- Oversee delivery of own share of procurement targets, driving and supporting the implementation of savings and creditor terms.
- To be the contact person for Global Capex Buyers. Support them in local implementation of supply arrangements and sourcing strategies
- Manage supplier interactions during the term of all pertinent supply contracts, supported by the Cluster Procurement Manager.
- Manage local partnerships/relationships with key local suppliers, supported by the Cluster Procurement Manager.
- Timely and transparent communication to suppliers
- Address / escalate supplier non-performance as appropriate
- Accountable for **stakeholder management** and develop and maintain working relationships with business stakeholders, providing a key point of contact for the business.
- Ensure relationships with the relevant business stakeholders are fostered: engage and manage business stakeholders, ensuring
- efficient, timely and transparent communications with key stakeholders
- provision of timely supply market knowledge to regional stakeholders, relaying current and future impactful events and their potential consequences
- satisfaction with the Procurement goods or services provided by suppliers
- Act as escalation point of contact for the business for issues/questions relating to the assigned areas of scope.
- ** Provide Buying Support**, such as driving compliance and automation, new vendor master set up, driving simplification and resolve local supplier/supply issues as required.
- ** Provide Spend Support **by helping to promote portfolio sourcing strategies in the Business, driving spend to preferred suppliers, complying with the No-Po-No-Pay policy, support as required and provide specific project procurement related data not readily & automatically available and ensure data integrity and quality of PO transaction through rigor of commodity coding.
- Report Cluster savings in tool (SRS) and the implementation of Savings and Cash (via payment terms extension) targets, in the assigned scope.

**A successful procurement professional is expected to be**:

- Outstanding in idea generation, ideas that are forward thinking, and that contribute to creating sustained competitive advantage.
- Strong at selling ideas to his/her business partners, internally and externally, translating these into effective proposals conveying value and communicating it accordingly.
- Appreciative of the value and impact of outstanding execution - an eagle eye for detail.
- Act as an entrepreneur, treats business as his/her own, sets trends and is willing to lead, follow or get out of the way.
- Behave as a Partner to Win ambassador and demonstrate the value Procurement adds to the business.
- Genuinely committed to Unilever’s sustainably lead business model, connected with Unilever and the business agenda.

**Challenges**
- Ability to work under pressure and in a complex environment
- Helping translate the business needs and requirements and share within the procurement organization
- Negotiation of complex contracts
- Working cross-functionally across project teams with varying priorities
- Strategic thinking and medium/long term view
- Results driven and strong analytical capability
- Ability to present and explain complex ideas to a senior audience
- Understanding of the financial aspects related to procurement activities (spend, payment term impacts, savings and cost avoidance, P&L, etc.)
- Ability to work quickly with great accuracy
- Implementing Unilever best practices without compromising flexibility and speed

**What You’ll Need **to** Succeed**:

- Bachelor’s degree in any of the following areas: Engineering or Business Management
- Minimum of 5 years of Procurement experience, preferably on capital projects related to processing and packaging machinery for FMCG industries
- Excellent English, written and verbal communication skills
- Familiar with business and finance concepts
- Results driven with a strong ethical behavior
- Strong negotiation skills
- Strategic thinking and business v