About Unilever Products:
- Our brands are trusted globally and have grown into one of the world's most successful consumer goods companies.
- 150 million times a day, someone chooses a Unilever product.
- Unilever creates, markets, and distributes products that feed families and keep homes clean and fresh.

Main Business Context:
- The Chloralkalis portfolio (150M spend) includes Caustic soda, Sodium Hypochlorite, Sodium and Potassium hydroxide.
- Key raw materials for Home Care & Beauty & Personal Care business.
- Consumption is spread across regions with numerous global, regional, and local suppliers.
- Requires understanding of value chain: feedstock, energy, utilities, and cost model to identify improvement opportunities.
- Logistics costs, especially inland transportation of caustic soda, form a significant portion of delivered costs.

Main Job Purpose:
- Provide support and contribute to procurement initiatives for the assigned portfolio.

Key Accountabilities:
- Deliver Procurement KPIs: Value Improvement Programs, Innovation Delivery, Cost & Cash Targets,



Gross Margin Improvement, Sustainability, etc., aligned with sourcing strategies and compliance.
- Support security of key materials via contingency plans and alternative materials/suppliers in collaboration with R&D;, BU teams, and suppliers.
- Monitor material reports, market pricing, and supply-demand balances.
- Work closely with suppliers and consuming countries to ensure material availability.
- Ensure pricing accuracy and maintain price forecasts in coordination with Regional/Global teams.
- Engage with R&D; for alternate material approvals or formulation changes; lead regional implementation of global projects involving Inorganics.
- Support cost savings delivery (NMCI) in line with sourcing strategies and compliance.
- Assist Procurement Manager with tendering, benchmarking, and total cost analysis.
- Support operation complexity reduction programs.
- Continuously improve ways of working and handle d

📌 InOrganics Ast. Procurement Manager Chloralakali (Mumbai)
🏢 Hindustan Unilever (HUL)
📍 Mumbai