For our client, a company in FMCG, we are looking for an Assistant Procurement Manager based in Rotterdam.

Responsibilities

• Category Ownership:
  • Develop strategies that's aligned to the business direction
  • Business partnering: manage internal and external stakeholders (e.g. R&D, logistics, operations, sourcing units)
  • Ensure competitive buying through industry benchmark, should-cost analysis, product innovation, market price movement monitoring
  • Work with cross-function teams to achieve product spec and manufacturing optimization
  • Be the Go-to Person for the assigned categories for procurement and supplier related tasks & questions
• Supplier E2E (end-to-end) Management & Ownership:
  • Strengthen business partnerships
  • Lead business reviews: together with cross function teams, measure and manage overall supplier performance to meet business KPIs
  • Commercial & Contract Negotiations
  • Innovation projects: OTIF (on time in full) deliveries
  • Savings: smart buying, product logic, cash, e-tender, volume rebate, 5s workshop, optimization projects
  • Onboard and partner with suppliers on Unilever sustainability agenda
  • Account management: onboarding, RSP, USQS compliance, contract management (creation, update, signatures, systems administration), service level maintenance/improvement
  • Other operations: e.g. incident management, product specification confirmation
• Procurement Activities:
  • Take part of the overall sourcing strategy of Customer Packaging in Europe
  • Supporting the team to achieve its goals and objectives and monitor target delivery
  • Owning and co-ordinating procurement/supply chain projects whereas required
  • Price forecasting (of assigned categories & suppliers)
  • Invoice management: DCIW, payment resolution
  • Support WoW (way of working) improvements: identify metrics, tools (e.g. digitalization), process, align and collaborate with cross-function teams to optimise WoW.
  • Support the Procurement Manager whereas required

Requirements

• Procurement experience required, minimum 3 years. Contracting and supplier management experience essential
• Experienced in cross-function team collaboration
• Procurement experience required, minimum 3 years. Contracting and supplier management experience essential
• Experienced in cross-function team collaboration
• Self-starter with high accountability & responsibility standards.
• Strong analytical and IT skills: advanced Excel, PowerBI, SAP, iCAT, Aravo, DCIW (Invoice systems), SRS, PLM knowledge essential
• Strong stakeholder management skills: build relationships with people across functions, geographies and companies.
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Good understanding of business economics
• Strong communication and presentation skills: ability to present key findings in a crisp way and get people onboard
• Strong project management and organization skills: strong at execution and proactively finding solutions and improvements
• Comfortable in fast paced, fast changing, complex and ambiguous environment
• Must be able to work independently and virtually

What do we offer

• Contract via Kelly Services of 6 Months
• Start date: 1 April 2021
• An international environment where you can learn a lot in challenging projects

Ellen van Leeuwen
T: 06-519 58 864
When interested please react through the application process with your English resume.