Global Workplace Procurement Lead — Strategy & Innovation

Unilever PLC; Hoboken (NJ); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Unilever in Hoboken, NJ is seeking a seasoned Global Workplace Procurement leader to translate business and employee-experience needs into multi-year sourcing and supplier strategies across workplace and facilities services.

You will manage a global portfolio, influence cross-functional teams, and drive value, resilience and sustainability through strategic partnerships while aligning with transformation priorities and governance standards.

Formación

• University degree in Procurement, Business, Facilities Management, Real Estate, Engineering or related field with 7–10 years of procurement or business-services experience.
• Substantial responsibility for Workplace, Facilities Management or related indirect categories in a large, complex organization.
• Strong strategic-sourcing, negotiation and contracting capability across complex services, including specifications, rate cards, statements of work, service levels and outcome-based agreements.
• Strong understanding of workplace and facilities-service markets, delivery models, cost drivers, provider economics, performance frameworks and emerging technologies.
• Demonstrated success leading global or multi-regional workplace procurement strategies and programs, with experience operating at comparable spend and organizational scale.
• Strong financial, analytical, stakeholder-management, communication and influencing skills, with fluent written and spoken English.
• Enterprise leadership mindset, with the ability to set clear priorities, lead through ambiguity and workplace-services market change, balance strategic thinking with execution, build trusted senior stakeholder relationships and contribute to procurement capability development.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the Global Workplace Procurement portfolio, influencing cross-functional stakeholders and supplier teams to translate business, employee-experience and operational priorities into sourcing, service and supplier strategies, responsible for approximately €30+ million managed spend.
• Develop and execute multi-year global strategies across workplace and facilities services, applying global scale while accommodating regional, site and business requirements.
• Lead complex global and multi-regional sourcing, negotiations and contracting, establishing robust service specifications, rate structures, statements of work, service levels, governance and risk controls.
• Build strategic supplier ecosystems and outcome-based partnerships, balancing global, regional and local providers to improve service, employee experience, value, resilience, innovation and sustainability.
• Partner with Workplace, Real Estate, HR, Finance, Legal, IT, Sustainability, regional teams and sites to align procurement strategies with workplace standards, operating models and transformation priorities.
• Create and deliver a multi-year value pipeline through competitive sourcing, demand and specification management, service-model redesign, supplier consolidation, benchmarking and commercial innovation.
• Own supplier performance, portfolio fundamentals, KPIs and transformation execution, including data, insights, stakeholder communication, preferred-supplier compliance, digital approaches, analytics, automation and benefits tracking.

Conocimientos

Strategic sourcing

Negotiation

Contracting

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Educación

University degree in Procurement, Business, Facilities Management, Real Estate, Engineering or related field

Descripción del empleo

Unilever in Hoboken, NJ is seeking a seasoned Global Workplace Procurement leader to translate business and employee-experience needs into multi-year sourcing and supplier strategies across workplace and facilities services.

You will manage a global portfolio, influence cross-functional teams, and drive value, resilience and sustainability through strategic partnerships while aligning with transformation priorities and governance standards.