Job Description

Job Title - Asst. Manager - VMO Data & Analytics Job Location - Bangalore About Unilever Unilever is one of the world\'s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann\'s, Lipton, Wall\'s, PG Tips, Ben & Jerry\'s, Marmite, Magnum and Lynx. Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That\'s why our purpose is \'to make sustainable living commonplace\'. Purpose Execute the VMO Digital, Data and Analytics strategy to ensure: Tools for VMO operations including operations are cutting-edge. Best insights are designed, created and socialized for best business decisions. Business Context 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. The Vendor Management Office (VMO) is a new agile, cross-functional organisation that will transform the way that UniOps manages suppliers and the value we gain from our supplier spend. 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. Objectives Proactive, strategy-led planning of supplier investments, aligned consistently across UniOps, coordinated in a collaborative model with Procurement and stakeholders. Data and analytics for continuous improvement in the value that UniOps gains from supplier spend. Sustained performance and compliance of supplier contracts at best-in-class industry levels. Robust and proactive governance, with resources prioritised against highest value activities. Key Accountabilities Engage with Service Line teams to understand their business needs and design deployment solutions. Create detailed functional and data-flow documents to achieve the business objectives of VMO and stakeholder organizations. Create and execute Data Management principles including collation, layering and presentation. Perform data analysis and create insights on the 3P contract, consumption, and commercial information. Manage IT project deliveries including requirements gathering, solution design, delivery management, change management and post-implementation functions. Execute robust data sourcing methodologies to ensure data collection is seamless and consistent. Run continuous improvement projects to improve the data collection, processing, and information collaboration. Create and maintain insightful operational and business dashboards by working with data engineers. About You A results-driven, business focused professional with a passion for working strategically. Strong collaborative working attitude with key stakeholders and business partners Proven experience and functional knowledge in service delivery and the management of outsourced and third-party contracts, with a good understanding of vendor performance and relationship management. Strong work experience in delivering complex IT projects, in a multi-stakeholder environment. Business knowledge in Vendor Management operations like invoice management, billing validations, purchase order creations and cost actualizations. Solid working experience in project governance processes, with a track record of driving improvement over time. Strong analytical expertise, with attention to detail while retaining focus on broader strategy. Ability to grow effective relationships across a complex internal and external stakeholder landscape, and to hold others accountable, including peers and senior leadership. Excellent (verbal and written) communication skills for influence up to C-level. Behaviours Candidates would be required to demonstrate the Unilever Standards of Leadership & live the Values through showing the following behaviours: 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 The role will be a key contributor to the Digital VMO agenda, by designing, implementing and improving digital solutions for a future-ready VMO organization. Interfaces Service Lines Global Procurement Supplier Operations Finance Performance Hub / Data & Analytics functions IT Required Bachelor\'s Degree Preferred Masters or Advanced Business Degree Professional Certifications in process improvement, Agile.

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