Hindustan Unilever (HUL)
Location
Bangalore | India
Job description
The UniOps organisation provides the resilient digital platform for the Unilever business. UniOps spends more than 1B each year with external vendors, and the quality and value of vendor services are critical to the success of Unilever.
About the role
The VMO will:
Coordinate the change to a new proactive operating model, building collaboration across functions to maximize value from our supplier spend.
Be the engine that amplifies delivery of value from a new Collaborative Procurement Model that plans supplier decisions much further ahead, across whole areas of spend rather than individual contracts, and ensures best alignment with our business strategies.
Assure the performance and compliance of suppliers and will ensure that we have the right data to deliver ever more value year on year.
Provide end-to-end orchestration, and governance of vendor management activities across UniOps.
Objective
Key Accountabilities
Renew & Support renegotiate of 10+ key Contracts with Value of 30+M
Manage relationships with at least Four Global Portfolio Directors and multiple IT Leads across countries & Functions.
Change management and lead transition of Contracts from Service line to VMO
Deliver Analytics & Dashboards to support continuous process improvement for 3rd Party spend management and reporting
Accountable for tracking and managing the 3rd Party Budget & Spend across all Contracts working with VMO & SL Leadership, Service owners, SL Finance teams & FBP s
Billing Validation, dispute resolution, approvals, and reporting and proactively seeks to deliver savings across TS Contracts.
Performance management: KPI tracking, governance, and independent Dispute resolution for Tier 2 /3 vendors.
Lead market-based Cost baseline and benchmarking for respective contracts
Contract management: Obligation management, contract insights and analytics, support procurement, service line in defining overall contract strategy
Highlight risks and escalate to VMO leads / other channels when necessary
Participate / Lead in larger VMO initiates and land TO BE state for VMO
About you
At least 5 years experience of contract management in a global organisation, with a strong track record of delivering programs of strategic change.
Experience of partnering / governance cross a complex stakeholder landscape
Strong commercial / excel skills
A strong team player, with the ability to grow effective relationships across a complex organisation.
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
Attention to detail, supported by sound financial and analytical understanding.
Behaviour
A Passion for High Performance through Accountability - Strive for high quality and success, hold yourself and others accountable for decisions. Challenging the status quo, be bold & passionate about value, think outside of the box and be keen to improve.
Demonstrate Consumer Love through a Customer First approach - Think about our customers constantly and strive to providing the best services and experiences.
Be a Talent Catalyst through Collaboration - Work in an openly creative culture, where all ideas are welcome, encouraging innovation and transparency.
Show Agility through Empowerment - Always be one step ahead, embrace change and challenges, initiate solutions and make decisions in good faith.
Reports
This role will assist the TS Lead in managing VMO IT team, responsible for end-to-end delivery of contract management office, ensuring delivery of Unilever and supplier activities to drive value.
Interfaces
Service Lines
Global Procurement
Supplier Operations
Finance
Preferred Education
Masters or Advanced Business Degree
Finance certifications
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