Strategic Sourcing Manager, Marketing

Title: Strategic Sourcing Manager, MarketingFunction: ProcurementLocation: Mumbai (India)Req ID: R-1167036About ProcurementPart 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 MBS. 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.Our ambition is based on three key drivers: being Purpose-Led, Value-Driven, and Future-Fit.About MbsMBS, Unilever’s Marketing and Business Services Procurement team, is responsible for Unilever’s sourcing and supplier strategy and execution for all third party spend across Marketing, Business Services, and IT, supporting the business requirements of Brands, Business Groups, Business Units and functions to drive 4G growth through strategic supplier management, cost and value management, sustainability, and innovation, aligned with Unilever’s Compass & procurement Lighthouse Strategy. The team manages an annual spend of ~9B Euro with a supplier base of about 40,000.Within MBS, the Strategic Sourcing Manager is responsible for the Promo portfolio for India, which is one of the largest BG markets in UL. This role will be responsible for driving Promo Services & Materials global strategy in India. The Sourcing Manager will work together with our Brand team/Customer Development/CSP/Finance functions to increase effectiveness of our promo materials & services procurement by streamlining accountabilities, building capabilities, digital path, leveraging knowledge, relationships, and business strategies across markets.He/she needs to focus on increase efficiency of promo material & services sourcing and creating smooth operation for stakeholders.With PaaS transformation in MBS, this role will play a key role in driving transformation in India, drive stakeholder engagement, governance, be the escalation point and support the global portfolio leads in ensuring right priorities are being implemented. This role is supposed to deep dive into the respective promo portfolios, build an as-is value chain, understand business complexities and asks, tap into external market dynamics and accordingly build market specific priorities and implementation roadmap whilst feeding into global portfolio strategies.Key AccountabilitiesUnderstand the business needs related to promo portfolio; translate the business requirements regarding the markets in scope by working very closely with the Global BG leads, key Market Business Stakeholders and Portfolio Strategy Leads.Connect strategy & execution of Global portfolio into the Market goals and priorities, aligned with Unilever Compass, Lighthouse, and OneMBS strategies.Work together with Local Stakeholders and functions (Brand teams, Customer Development, Finance, CSP) execute the sourcing strategiesDeliver against financial targets and other KPIs (including value delivery) as per business plan objectives, accountable for delivery of results for IndiaLiaise with internal stakeholders, to support business, market, MBS and Procurement priorities and enable rapid alignment and deploymentEnsure Portfolio fundamentals (i.e., data consistency, data insights, recurring stakeholder communications, contracts, quality processes etc.) are all put in place for Markets in scopeFuture proof the portfolio for the Markets by driving digital approaches, while building technology enablers to help manage selected portfolio and scope, via an impactful sustainability agenda.Support internal performance management and reporting including creation and stewardship of relevant key performance indicatorsDrive BG/BU governance to align the savings/value delivery and work closely to influence budget management and brand decision makingDrive change management, transformational projects whilst working very closely with business teams aligned with their business goals and prioritiesQualification/experienceExperience Required: 7+ years of procurement or shopper / trade / marketing portfoliosExperience in managing complex portfolio/category, at global or multi-regional level is desiredGood at negotiation and contractingUnderstanding of supply market, value-chain, and FMCG knowledge. Knowledge of Marketing BTL space and supply markets a strong plusExperience in strategic supplier relationship managementStrategy building & change managementGeneral Skills & CompetenciesComfortable working in conditions of ambiguityDelivers change whilst managing the interface between “day to day” and improvement projects.Passion for continuous improvementStrong verbal and written communication skills, including creation and delivery of effective presentationsHigh financial and business acumenGood at project and time managementStakeholder management and people skillsPassion and practical creativityTravel: International travel might be required. Not projected to require more than 10% on average (may vary based on location)ContactsInternal: ProcurementMBS LTGlobal Sourcing teamsSupplier Operations in UniOpsPortfolio LeadsBusiness PartnersCustomer DevelopmentCSPMarketing BG/BUFinanceLegalExternalExternal PartnersAgenciesReporting ChannelReporting into Global Procurement Director – Marketing Promo & CommerceAll official offers from Unilever are issued only via our Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Offers from individuals or unofficial sources may be fraudulent - please verify before proceeding