Nestlé Jobs in Jordan: Procurement Specialist

Nestlé is offering a job opportunity in Jordan, as a full-time Procurement Specialist. 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 Support 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. 

The Procurement Specialist sub-regional manages his/her categories for a defined geography within the MENA region. It shares the responsibility of the categories with other Procurement Specialist responsible for the geographies not covered by him/her. This applies to all Services & Indirect Materials categories excluding Marketing & Content.

1. Provide the Local Business Partner with information and requirements gathered through the daily business and report to him/her on a regular basis                                                
2. Proactively understand the business needs and requirements within the assigned scope for functional and plant level requirements in the NiM serviced                                                        
3. 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             
4. Interface with local suppliers as required to help with any supplier development, or supplier switch out activities as directed by category and sourcing teams                                              
5. Work with HOP and Business partners to integrate sourcing plans and outcomes in local budgets and price planning processes as required                                             
6. 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)         

• Bachelor’s degree in any relevant field
• 4-6 years of experience in strategic sourcing
• 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)
• Ability to successfully lead projects
• Successful use of risk management, analyses, responsible sourcing and supplier relation management
• Negotiated successfully in cross-functional and cross-market teams    

About Nestlé:

As the world’s largest food and beverage company it is driven by a simple aim: enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. To deliver on this, it serves with passion, with a spirit of excellence, offering products and services for all stages of life, every moment of the day, helping people care for themselves and their families. Its culture is based on adopted values rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for the future

Today, it employs around 328,000 people and has factories or operations in almost every country in the world. With its headquarters still based in the Swiss town of Vevey, It had sales of CHF 89.5 billion in 2016.

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