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Join us as Procurement Coordinator – Resin Latam. 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. If you are passionate about developing and executing long-term procurement strategies for resin, building strong relationships with major resin producers, ensuring supply resilience, and driving cost efficiencies while meeting sustainability commitments then this role is just for you! You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet. Because here, we don’t just hire for jobs. We invite you to be part of something bigger. Procurement Coordinator – Resin Latam, is responsible for the buying of HDPE, PP and PET resins, spend of 125 Mln Euros with a resins volumes of 80 K Tons annually. This role is focused on developing business relationships with Global and Local Resin producers and bottle manufacturers. Latam is primarily a local market and Person in this role will interact with Sales Head of big petrochemical companies across suppliers in this region, distributors, and mainly convertors for the price formula negotiation. On the customer front, primary customer will be RIGID packaging team and R&D.You’ll be a part of the RIGID packaging team as well as work very closely with Latam packaging procurement team. Role is focused on developing long term supply partnership, negotiating resin contract and delivery saving projects, buying competitively, leading the forecasting process and driving strategic and digitization projects.
Job Responsibility:
Execution of the global RESIN buying strategy
Responsible for delivering the end-to-end strategic RESIN
Drive sourcing projects which enable delivery on overall goals and objective
Resilience- Alternative supplier and material approvals
Setting up Inventory Programme model
Competitively buy resins
Driving price transparency through directed buy or right to audit, indices change or optimization, competitive resin formulas using structured pricing mechanism on Polymer / Monomer / Logistic Cost / Financing Cost
Alternate suppliers and material approvals, grade harmonization for scale and competitiveness, value chain disruption
Setting up imported supply chain for resin procurement and driving competitiveness in local markets
Creating direct interactions with the appropriate stakeholders / functional / operating teams within the business to drive buying behavior and change requirements
Price Risk management through Paper or Physical Hedge On Resins
Responsible for price forecasting ensuring accuracy and completeness of the forecast economic assumptions and communicating timely to key business stakeholders forecast updates timely
Work with consultants like IHS, ICIS and CDI to deliver key insights
Ensure compliance to defined procurement procedures-contracting, contract management process- contract boards, strategy councils
Close liaison with strategy and insights teams in identifying metrics, tools, and processes to optimize sourcing, supplier activities and efficiencies
Launching RFP’s/ e-tenders within appropriate timelines
Ensuring Commercial Terms Contracts are signed off with Suppliers
Measuring and managing overall supplier performance
Ensure compliance to our responsible sourcing policy
lead the rationalization of suppliers, materials and services that meet Unilever's business requirements
Support service, resilience, and quality strategies
Requirements:
Bachelor´s degree completed
Experience in a Packaging Material Buying (Procurement) Function
Deliver on Cost, Saving and Portfolio related project
Experienced in stakeholder and supplier management
Experience in managing business stakeholder’s relationships
Advanced English, in verbal and written communication
Strategic Sourcing
Spend Analysis
Price Negotiation And Contract Management
Stakeholder & Supplier Relationship Management
New Vendor / Supplier Development
Value Chain Mapping & Optimization to drive cost saving
Experience in releasing and managing Tender And Auction
Experience in cross functional working
Ability to interact with people from different cultures and background