Role title: Director Market Operations- Procurement (Europe, Africa & PTAB) and VMD
Function: GBS
Work Location: Bangalore
Scope: Global

JOB PURPOSE
Supplier Operations oversees the entire procurement lifecycle. This includes onboarding and managing master data for ~20,000 suppliers, handling contracts and payments for €38 billion in procurement spend. The team also manages tail spend sourcing for MBS and Capex/MRO, the forecasting process, and the execution of the Responsible Partner Policy. Having achieved peer world-class benchmarks, Supplier Operations is now focused on an ambitious agenda of simplifying, digitizing, and automating processes to achieve digital-native costs and operational KPIs. Additionally, the team is exploring opportunities to build advanced analytics capabilities, leveraging data to provide insights that enable procurement to add even greater value.

The Supplier Operations Director is a member of the Supplier Operations Leadership Team. The role will ensure delivery of the payments operations in his geography and the delivery of contract operations globally.



The role also needs to ensure process governance and performance reviews of the partner/s for the respective services. It is beneficial for the person to have a basic understanding of Procurement strategy, priorities, and role in the broader Unilever organization. The Director will leverage organizational knowledge and work closely with all relevant stakeholders at all levels to address priority business questions, with a focus on costs, service and experience.

You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet.

Because here, we don’t just hire for jobs. We invite you to be part of something bigger.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure service delivery of operational metrics for payments and contracting.
Govern, review and deliver 3rd party service provider performance and overall costs.
- Engage with the procurement and finance stakeholders to dr

📌 Director Market Operations (Bengaluru)
🏢 Unilever
📍 Bengaluru