Global Rigids & Packaging Procurement Director

Unilever Brasil Ltda.

Hoboken (NJ)

On-site

USD 228,000 - 398,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Unilever seeks a Director to lead the North America Packaging and Global Rigids Procurement function, shaping strategies across a managed spend of approximately €600+ million. You will own the global Rigids strategy and NA packaging performance, partnering with R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, Sustainability and strategic suppliers to drive value, innovation and sustainability.

You will build a high-performing regional/global team, translate portfolio direction into actionable sourcing plans,

Qualifications

University degree with extensive senior procurement or supply-management experience in packaging within a large, complex multinational organization, preferably FMCG or manufacturing.
Demonstrated success defining and executing regional and global category strategies and delivering substantial value, cash, resilience and supplier-performance outcomes, with experience operating at comparable spend and organizational scale.
Deep understanding of rigid-packaging value chains, injection molding, resins, recycled materials, packaging technologies, supplier economics and circularity opportunities.
Strong commercial, financial, negotiation and contracting expertise, including cost modelling, price forecasting, complex agreements and portfolio risk management.
Strong executive stakeholder engagement and proven leadership of regional, global, virtual and cross-cultural teams, with capability-building and succession-management experience.
Enterprise leadership mindset, with the ability to set clear priorities, lead through ambiguity and packaging-market volatility, balance strategic thinking with execution, build trusted senior stakeholder relationships and develop high-performing procurement talent.

Responsibilities

Lead, develop and empower the North America Packaging and Global Rigids Procurement organization of nine FTEs, including this Director role, with four WL2 Managers reporting directly to the Director and four WL1 Assistant Managers reporting through those Managers, responsible for approximately €600+ million managed spend.
Define the global Rigids strategy by combining global scale, market requirements, supplier capability, technology, cost models and value-chain insight.
Own end-to-end North America packaging procurement performance across value, service, quality, resilience, innovation, sustainability, cash and working capital.
Translate global portfolio direction into North America sourcing and business plans, ensuring timely execution of innovations, supplier transitions and strategic initiatives.
Build strategic supplier ecosystems and value-driven agreements, setting joint innovation roadmaps and performance governance across cost, service, quality, capacity, resilience and sustainability.
Create a multi-year value, circularity and innovation pipeline through sourcing, resin and conversion cost transparency, specification harmonization, complexity reduction, recycled content, design for recyclability and lower-impact materials.