Procurement Manager / Business Partner

Company Name: Nestlé
Location: Turkey

We are currently looking for a Procurement Business Partner to join our Supply Chain Team, who will be the Local Business Partner for selected businesses and manage business connectivity of procurement support teams above and at market for their corresponding BU sites or business function.

 

Main Responsibilities;

• Work in the NiM, ensuring good information flow between the procurement support teams, local sourcing teams and the Above Market category teams
• Ensure the development, management and prioritization of procurement activities servicing the Marketing Communications/GMB/BU/Function at market level to oversee effective delivery against the corresponding Marketing Communications/GMB/BU/Function strategies as they appear at NiM level
• Monitor success towards the local level GMB/BU/Function business goals delivered by the category teams and procurement resources
• Understand Marketing 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
• 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
• Define and manage spend categories in Local market responsibility (Pistachio in particular)
• Agree scope of roles and activities for Procurement Support direct line reports; set team goals and objectives and manage the local Procurement Support Team with demonstrable, agreed service level of response to changing requirements and project environs
• Ensure all actions are delivered for all NiM GMB procurement support tasking, and work with GC Leads and local HOP to ensure local tasking is appropriately prioritized; analyze performance and skill gaps and agree development requirements and training plans; develop procurement support skills within the Function; and Pass on lessons learned to all other BP leads At Market and HOPs as appropriate

Qualifications required fort his position are as follows;

 

• University degree from Food Engineering
• At least 5 years of experience in Procurement, preferably in direct materials
• Core knowledge of Nestlé Corporte Business Principles and expert knowledge in areas under Procurement responsibility
• Quick learner, analtytical thinking enriched with pragmatism, high adapter, enable results through other
• Ability to link topics seen unrelated in way of working, market environment and rules/regulations
• Enjoy discovering and learning as a life style

 

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

• Employment type

  Full-time

• Job function

  Supply Chain

• Industries

  Food & Beverages