Global Market Research Procurement Manager

Unilever PLC; Województwo mazowieckie; On-site; PLN 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever in Poland seeks a Media & Marketing Procurement Manager – Global Market Research to lead the global MR procurement portfolio, managing €100+ million in spend and translating consumer, brand, innovation and business‑insight needs into category strategies and supplier roadmaps.

You will partner with Consumer and Market Insights, Marketing, R&D, Data and Analytics, Legal, Privacy, Finance and business teams to enable value, insight quality, digital research adoption, supplier innovation

Qualifications

• University degree in Procurement, Business, Marketing, Market Research, Data, Finance or related discipline with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of research methods, supplier markets, panel and data economics, digital research platforms and emerging insight technologies.
• Strong global sourcing, negotiation, contracting, supplier-development, commercial and analytical capability.
• Working knowledge of privacy, consent, research ethics, IP, information security and data-quality requirements.
• Demonstrated success leading global market-research procurement strategies and programmes across multiple markets.
• Strong influencing, project-management and communication skills across global and virtual teams, with fluent English.
• Enterprise leadership mindset, prioritisation, ambiguity handling and stakeholder relationship building.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Global Market Research procurement portfolio, influencing stakeholders and supplier teams for ~€100+ million spend.
• Develop global strategies across quantitative and qualitative research, panels, communities, analytics, testing and supplier services.
• Lead complex global sourcing, negotiation and contracting with clear commercial models and data-protection controls.
• Build a balanced ecosystem of global and regional partners and manage supplier performance on quality, cost and speed.
• Partner with multiple functions to align procurement with innovation priorities.
• Build a multi-year value pipeline through demand management, platform adoption and supplier innovation.
• Ensure privacy, consent, ethical research and information security compliance across the portfolio.

Skills

Procurement

Market research

Sourcing

Negotiation

Contracting

Stakeholder management

English fluent

Job description

Unilever in Poland seeks a Media & Marketing Procurement Manager – Global Market Research to lead the global MR procurement portfolio, managing €100+ million in spend and translating consumer, brand, innovation and business‑insight needs into category strategies and supplier roadmaps.

You will partner with Consumer and Market Insights, Marketing, R&D, Data and Analytics, Legal, Privacy, Finance and business teams to enable value, insight quality, digital research adoption, supplier innovation