Palm Oil Sourcing Manager

Main Job Purpose

• Primarily responsible for leading the Indonesian Tropical Oils (Palm & Laurics) team. Own the overall sourcing strategy to deliver key performance and sustainability targets.

Key Accountabilities

• Partner the sustainable sourcing team to deliver Unilever NDPE targets.
• Owns the overall Palm and Laurics sourcing strategy for Indonesia, including supplier selection, inbound logistics and storage development.
• Lead the development of the Indonesian Palm Oil & Laurics sourcing team.
• Coordinate with Commodity Risk Management (CRM) team for effective hedging. Provide timely, accurate and actionable insights to drive decision making
• Manage key stakeholders in Unilever Oleochemicals Indonesia (UOI) and in the global Business Groups (BG)
• Partner Global procurement counterparts to drive synergies

Requirements

• Prior experience in managing an origination team in Indonesia.
• Deep experience with local origination in Indonesia. Strong understanding of different supply chains including top/mid-tier supplier and smallholders origination.
• Strong understanding of palm sustainability requirements, including supplier traceability to plantations and NDPE.
• Solutions oriented, results driven and the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Good communication skills to convey complex market dynamics in simple language to internal stakeholders in a MNC organization
• Ability to generate market views through interaction with local industry counterparts.

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