Procurement Specialist

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The Procurement Specialist is responsible for understanding, communicating and helping to implement sourcing strategies on a local level (at the market) including new or changing items/services, P2P channel management and onboarding new suppliers. He/She will gather data and business requirements and convey local requirements to Local Business Partners and Local Sourcing teams and Above Market Category teams for setting actions/strategies accordingly. He/She will work to liaise with the NiM stakeholders for assigned scope focused on functions and plant, production and Co-Man sites in the Market concerned.

A day in the life of...

• Provide the Local Business Partner with information and requirements gathered through the daily business and report to him/her on a regular basis.
• Proactively understand the business needs and requirements within the assigned scope for functional and plant level requirements in the NiM serviced.
• Carry out as directed any data retrieval, analysis and representation required, mapping how ordering (P2P) and channels work within the locations serviced, and identify improvements to be targeted.
• Interface with local suppliers as required to help with any supplier development, or supplier switch out activities as directed by category and sourcing teams.
• Work with HOP and Business partners 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 PES (e.g. Prioritized list of materials for risk analysis, input for criteria for risk analysis).

What Will Make You Successful:

• Demonstrated success in delivering competitive advantage to the business through development and implementation of sourcing strategies for the spend category in charge over a sustained period (2-5 years).
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead projects.
• Demonstrated successful use of risk management, analyses, responsible sourcing and supplier relation management.
• Negotiated successfully in cross-functional and cross-market teams.

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