Procurement Support Specialist at Nestle

Purpose of the job:

You will be responsible for understanding, communicating and helping to implement sourcing strategies including new or changing services/ items, procure to pay channel management and of new suppliers. You will also gather data and business requirements and convey local requirements to transmit them to Head of Procurement, local sourcing teams and above market category teams for setting actions/strategies accordingly.

Key Responsibilities will be to;

• Provide the Head of Procurement information and requirements gathered through the daily business;
• Proactively understand the business needs and requirements within the assigned scope for functional and plant level requirements;
• Carry out data retrieval, analysis and representation required, mapping out how ordering required (procure to pay) and channels work within the locations serviced, and identify improvements to be targeted;
• Work with Head of Procurement to integrate sourcing plans and outcomes in local budgets and price planning processes as required;
• As directed by category and sourcing teams, act to integrate innovation, renovation and post award cost improvement elements from suppliers into all in scope functional or site/production processes, ensuring that all supplies to that site adhere to Nestlé’s Suppliers Code and all actions from audit events are acted upon;
• Provide information and support for Procurement Ensure Supply process;

The ideal candidate should possess the following minimum skills and competencies;

• Honors degree from a recognized university;
• Minimum 3 years demonstrable experience in delivering competitive advantage to the business through development and implementation of sourcing strategies;
• Demonstrable successful use of risk management, responsible sourcing and supplier relation management;
• Ability to successfully lead projects and negotiate successfully in cross-functional and cross-market teams;
• Ability to thrive in a network organization.