Unilever Hiring for Sr Executive – Contract and Commercial Analyst at Bengaluru, India Full Time

Job Title: Sr Executive – Contract and Commercial Analyst

Location: Bangalore

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:

Unilever faces a drastically changing business context, and the demands on the business are going to get more challenging, not less. The business world is changing, and we are working in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world – and so mobility is not an option for Unilever, it is a prerequisite for success.

There are more devices, in more configurations, being used to do an increasing number of activities, with greater integration with cloud services – and so there are more options available to us to unleash the power of mobility than ever before. Employees are importing their behaviours from the consumer devices and services they use in their personal lives – and so our people want, need, and deserve, mobile tools that will help them realise the agile dream.

The need for this increasingly Agile and Mobile workforce is happening while the sheer volume of available devices and services required by the business is dramatically multiplying. However, at the same time the business needs us to deliver robust mobility services whilst relentlessly driving down cost. The Mobile & Devices team plays a pivotal role in enabling the levels of mobility and agility that Unilever needs to succeed

As a part of the Mobile & Devices team, the purpose of the Contract and Commercial Analyst role is to support the Contract and Commercial Manager and ensure all contractual amendments are upto date and commercials are processed to the vendor.

The Contract and Commercial Analyst reports to the Senior Manager- Contract and Commercials.

JOB SUMMARY

The Contract and Commercial Analyst Is responsible as an SME, for supporting the Senior Manager- Contract and Commercials in ensuring all payments to vendors and credits due to Unilever are processed .

Specific deliverables within this role include but are not limited to:

Invoicing and billing

• Work closely with vendor partners for validation of all billing before invoicing

• Work with Geo IT and other stakeholders for any issues on commercials

• Work with account payable team for any payment issues to vendors

• Create dashboard and status updates leadership on payments

• Guide vendors on Velocity, Tungsten, Coupa and other Unilever tools

Contracts

• Manage updated list of all contracts managed by M&D

• Keep sharepoint updated with the contracts

Consumption analytics and reporting

• Maintain consumption reports for usage along with vendors for various services

Governances and audit

• Drive commercial governances with all major vendors

• Work with internal audit teams for providing data for commercial and vendor audits

Purchase orders

• Get purchase orders created and aligned for all M&D vendors

• Track PO status and payments against the same

• Work with Geo IT for local P

RESOURCES:

• This position will require the ability to work as part of a global team

• It will require the ability to work with complex virtual teams and a network of stakeholders within Unilever.

• The position will also involve close collaboration and partnership when working with key Vendors and Suppliers.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Essential:

• 3+ years contract and commercial experience within Unilever or at least one other similar global organisation

Desirable:

• Excellent knowledge of finance processes

• Keen analytical skill and accuracy

• Knowledge of finance tools like Coupa, Tungsten, Tradeshift

• Excellent stakeholder management skills

• Ability to work under pressure

Key Skills

• Business awareness and broader understanding of how finance impacts overall business performance.

• Flexibility to adjust to changing business requirements.

• Experience and awareness of working in a global role.

• Demonstrate awareness and empathy to our many cultures and social needs.

• Customer and service centric mind-set.

General Skills

• Significant self-motivation and focus to achieve the objectives of the role.

• Ability to form strong relationships within Unilever and with key individuals in partner organizations to quickly establish effective virtual teams designed to deliver against demanding objectives.

• Ability to communicate well with people at all levels in the Global IT Team, global finance and relevant Unilever organizations, and to present recommendations clearly and positively to ensure they are accepted and actioned.

• Strong focus on Customer Service, to keep the Customers’ requirements constantly to the forefront, and to ensure that the activities of the team align closely with these requirements.

• Ability to work as part of a complex team of project and technical staff.

• Ability to work well with peers and demonstrate lateral influence.

• Excellent communication and team building skills.

• Ability to escalate and report failures.

• Holds themselves accountable and others for delivery.

• Ability to work and deliver without being micromanaged.

• Ability to use agile working practises and tools to successfully work with remote teams.

• Ability to work on a global scale.

• Able to manage workload and prioritize tasks accordingly without supervision.

• Ability to access risks and make decisions.

• Ability to manage time and work globally without working 24/7.

• Behaves in an honest and open manner with integrity and takes responsibility for actions.

• A lateral thinker.

• Tactful and diplomatic.

• Can communicate complex technical ideas in a straightforward way.

• An excellent problem solver with strong analytical skills.

• Good customer/service focus.

• Sufficient appreciation of Mobile & Devices to identify opportunities for enhancement of the environment, and to assess proposals arising from the team, and others.

• Strong customer service focus to keep customers’ requirements constantly to the forefront, and to ensure that the activities of the team align closely with these requirements.

Professional Skills

• Financial Management Good understanding

• IT Management Working Knowledge

• Customer Management Working Knowledge

• Service Management (ITIL) Working Knowledge

• IT Policy Framework Working Knowledge

IT Technical Skills

• Basic working knowledge of MS excel and other tools

• Basic working knowledge of Power BI

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