Procurement Finance Manager
- 4707 Unilever RFM Ice Cream, Inc.
- 100VE
- 1w ago
- Full-Time
- On-site
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Job Title: Procurement finance manager
Job Location: 100VE
Work Level: 2A
Reports to: Osmar Machado, Head of SCF B&W BG
JOB SCOPE
At Unilever’s Beauty & Wellbeing (B&W), we lead some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Dove, Sunsilk, Clear, and Vaseline. We also house a premium portfolio of luxury brands like Dermalogica, Hourglass, and Living Proof, alongside health and wellness brands such as Liquid I.V., Nutrafol, and OLLY. Our commitment is to lead a new era of beauty that’s inclusive, regenerative, and positive for both people and the planet.
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Critical to enabling this will be expanding Gross Margin to provide fuel to reinvest in growth. This will require a reset in all aspects of our supply chain cost base and cash, for which this role will be critical to unlock value across the procurement and cash space.
The role brings great exposure across BG and BUs, and will report to the Head of BG SC Finance Beauty and Wellbeing, partnering the Procurement supply chain and value creation teams. They will also be a key member B&W BG Finance leadership team and Global Supply chain Finance Network.
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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES/ DELIVERABLES
Value Creation
• Partner with the Procurement Vice President and their global Leadership Team to shape sourcing strategies that deliver cost savings, resilience, and innovation.• Influence supplier negotiations and investment decisions through robust financial analysis and risk assessment.
• Support make-versus-buy decisions, supplier transitions, and long-term sourcing models.
Performance Management & Value Creation
• Lead forecasting, budgeting, and actuals tracking for procurement spend across B&W.
• Identify and quantify value opportunities (e.g., cost avoidance, cash optimization, inflation mitigation).
• Drive transparency and accountability for procurement KPIs and savings delivery.
Decision Support & Analytics
• Provide financial modelling and scenario planning for strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Use data-driven insights to challenge assumptions and improve decision quality.
• Co-Lead Product Logic and benchmark formulations and cost reduction formulation actions.
Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership
• Build strong relationships with cross-functional teams including R&D, Supply Chain, and Marketing.
• Present insights and recommendations to LT and global category teams.
• Mentor junior finance professionals and contribute to talent development.
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KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Internal:
- Network LT
- Network & Market Procurement Teams
- Global Categories & Global SC Team
- Procurement Finance Leadership Team
- Procurement Market FET
- Procurement Central FET
- BU Procurement teams
External:
- Supplier (where relevant as part of a project)
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SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
- Degree in accounting/finance with 5+ years of experience
- Resilience (ability to cope with time pressure and challenges)
- High degree of flexibility and ability to quickly understand new topics
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other key stakeholders and business partners
- Strong engagement, presentation and communication skills
- Ability to present complex information in a simplified manner (Material insights, link to P&L)
- Strong analytical skills, Excel modelling skills and attention to detail
- Creative and innovative
NOTES
Location
In September 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London. This site will house some employees who currently work in 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars together with colleagues who are currently located in Lever House in Kingston. We are excited to be creating our own Unilever sustainable, agile work environment. The campus is due to be completed in 2026.
What We Offer
Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.
Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.
Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.
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