Digital Supply Chain/Procurement Internship (Start ASAP)

About Unilever Malaysia

Unilever plc is a British multinational consumer goods company with headquarters in London, England, and is the world's largest soap manufacturer where its products are available in around 190 countries. Its products include food, cleaning agents, toothpaste, consumer health products, tea, beauty products, personal caring product, and many more.

Your role

Key Features

Third-Party/Collaborative Manufacturing (3PM) Operation Support

• Maintain Purchase Information Record database for raw and pack materials across Unilever business divisions to feed into term prices with collaborative manufacturers.
• Coordinate and prepare new quarter transfer price.
• Full involvement in contract life cycle management – end-to-end contract management and creation in the system – for on-time in full contracting.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve payment queries.
• Resolve pricing disputes and update in Data Capture Image Workflow (DCIW) system
• Coordinate with the Purchase to Pay team and update the vendor on the status
• Raise urgent payment requests and follow up on approval
• Reconcile Product Price Variance

Procurement Operating Model Improvement for Malaysia & Singapore

• Support fundamental enhancement, process simplification, and governance within procurement workstreams in line with future-fit procurement ambition and Collaborative Manufacturing Consumer, Occupational, Environment, and Sustainability mandates.
• Supplier Cost book automation and price transparency project.

Training & development

In this internship, you will have an opportunity to work on a really challenging project and experience best-in-class training and development opportunities. You will learn about optimizing the cost and quality of what the company buys through the intelligent sourcing of materials, packaging, and non-production items. The team explores new ways of working with suppliers and plays an important role in technology innovation and driving sustainability through procurement.

Throughout the internship period, you will gain challenging yet rewarding industrial experience in a dynamic multinational corporation. What’s great, you will learn from a highly energetic team of your peers, your line managers and senior leaders will help you develop your skills and competencies.

Compensation & benefits

Unilever doesn't mention the salary for this role, but based on the information submitted by participants on the other career site, the Interns at Unilever Malaysia earn MYR 12,000 per year. So, you may expect a salary that ranges from MYR 11,900 to MYR 12,000 annually or MYR 1,000 per month (source:glassdoor.com)

Career progression

Unilever may not clearly mention what path you'll be in after finishing this internship. However, based on the advertisement, this internship will allow you to gain more insights and real working experience that will help you later in kick-starting your career in Supply Chain Digitalization and getting a closer look at how Unilever's company approaches the areas.

Work-life balance

The regular office working hours start at 9:00 am and end at 06:00 pm, from Monday to Friday. Some employees who left online reviews even state that Unilever let them have flexible hours of work where the employees can opt for WFH or WFO. (source:jobstreet.com.my)

Company culture

Unilever wants a world in which everyone is treated equally. The business is aware that its basis must be an equal workplace that values each and accords them with the freedom and chance to reach their full potential. Meanwhile, based on online reviews, most employees of Unilever Malaysia rate this company highly, stating that the company is a really great place to work. When you work at Unilever, you can expect to have a helpful team, friendly colleagues, and a good working environment.

About you

For this program, Unilever is looking for candidates with the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in any field and have a background in Supply Chain and Digitalization/Digital Solutions/Programming/Data Analytics.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Good organization skills and detail-oriented.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications – Ms. Excel, able to automate worksheets and use power tools (e.g. Power BI).
• Able to commit for at least 6 months, available to start in June/July 2023.
• Early graduates who are seeking internship experience.

How to apply

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