Procurement Specialist

3 days ago

Bryanston, South Africa Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA Full time

**Location**: Bryanston
**Company**:Nestlé
**Qualification**:B Degree or equivalent tertiary qualification

**Experience**: 5 years or more in Procurement or Supply Chain

**Position Summary**

With a history spanning over 150 years, Nestlé didn’t become the world’s leading food and beverages brand by chance. Perfection is at the heart of what we do, and our people are always looking for the next big idea to cement our status. We are now looking for a Procurement Specialist to be based in Bryanston.

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 of new suppliers. The Procurement Specialist gathers 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. 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 a Procurement Specialist**:

- 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?**
- B Degree or equivalent tertiary qualification.
- 5 years or more in Procurement or Supply Chain.
- 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 (2-3 years).
- Demonstrated ability to successfully lead projects.
- Demonstrated successful use of risk management, analyses, responsible sourcing, and supplier relation management.
- Negotiate successfully in cross-functional and cross-market teams

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