Position Snapshot

Location: Changi Business Park, Singapore

Company: Nestle Singapore  

Type of contract: Permanent

Position Summary

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.

We are looking for a Procurement Specialist to communicate and implement sourcing strategies on a local level (at the market) including new or changing items/services, P2P channel management and of new suppliers. You will gather data and business requirements and conveys local requirements to transmit them to Local Business Partners and Local Sourcing teams and Above Market Category teams for setting actions/strategies accordingly. You 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. In addition, you will provide knowledge and expertise collaboratively to suggest enhancements to current solutions & processes and deploy world class solutions required to drive the Strategy of the Functional Stream in the Procurement organization. 

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)
• Develop work plans and monitor timelines to ensure implementation of solutions. Develop work plans and monitor timelines to ensure implementation of solutions. Develop work plans and monitor timelines to ensure implementation of solutions. Develop work plans and monitor timelines to ensure implementation of solutions. Develop work plans and monitor timelines to ensure implementation of solutions.
• Network with groups of Above Market and Markets to deploy solutions, share best practices and drive continuous improvement feedback on Solution implementations. Network with groups of Above Market and Markets to design, develop the right solutions, share best practices and drive continuous improvement feedback on Solution implementations. Network with groups of Above Market and Markets to design, develop the right solutions, share best practices and drive continuous improvement feedback on Solution implementations. Networks with groups of Above Market and Markets to design, develop the right solutions, share best practices and drive continuous improvement feedback on Solution implementations. Network with groups of Above Market and Markets to design, develop the right solutions, share best practices and drive continuous improvement feedback on Solution implementations.
• Understand BU/Function strategies and priorities, translate them into needs and integrate the information into procurement category strategies on procurement across Hub and At market teams. Ensure this information is provided to all critical levels of Category leadership.
• Involved at early stage of NPDI project development within the NiM level work. Understand innovation and renovation plans for GMB/BU/Function at NiM level and interface with any other functional specific groups developing strategy and supplier needs within the NiM.  Ensure these strategies are effectively represented and incorporated into category and SRM work.
• Understand  category strategies and sourcing plans and represent these to the NiM level GMB/BU/Function leadership at relevant stages throughout the category process.  Ensure  )category strategies and sourcing plans are understood by the NiM level GMB/BU/Function leadership, and effects are debated and discussed with Hub teams/local teams as required.  Feedback to the NiM Level leadership supply market evolution and industry outlooks, forward pricing and hedging as and when applicable.
• Monitor and manage the delivery of value to the NiM Level GMB/BU/Function leadership and provide focus, assignments, and motivation, support and coaching to procurement to understand and deliver GMB/BU/Function needs. Ensure the Integration of GMB/BU/Function NiM level business needs into   procurement category strategies considering market evolution and expected innovations.                                                     

What will make you successful

• Bachelors Degree in in a related discipline
• 2 to 3 years of 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
• 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