- Manage a significant spend portfolio of up to $100 million USD, overseeing procurement activities across multiple suppliers and categories with varying levels of complexity.
- Managing assigned categories, including localizing global strategies, developing at-market strategies, and coordinating with suppliers and Nestrade buyers.
- Identifying and managing a continuous improvement pipeline to deliver year-over-year productivity while ensuring a stable supply.
- Ensuring savings tracking in partnership with Finance.
- Conducting market research in various areas to contribute to Category Strategies.
- Staying updated on market conditions and maintaining an agile mindset to meet changing business needs.
- Providing advice on optimal sourcing, supplier selection, pricing, contracting, and commercialization while meeting quality and service level requirements.
- Actively advocating NHS's perspective to Nestrade stakeholders to maximize overall value for the NHSmarket.
- Monitoring supplier performance and proposing improvement plans as necessary.
- Defining a proactive risk management strategy for critical items and ensuring proactive problem-solving of supply issues.
- Clearly communicating issues to key stakeholders and escalating when necessary.
- Supporting new product, new technology, or new initiative launches as applicable.
- Leveraging supplier partnerships to secure differentiated ingredients and technology.
- Supporting the corporate sustainability strategy by representing supply base capabilities and collaborating with the Nestrade and Nestle Sustainability team to achieve sustainability goals and integrate them into the strategic sourcing process.
- Assisting with various transformation projects (such as network optimization and complexity reduction) as needed.
- Ensuring timely and accurate maintenance of procurement data in the ERP system (e.g., quotas, contracts, source lists, etc.).
- Verifying the financial assumptions in the monthly price forecast review process.
- Bachelor's Degree preferred, in Business, Engineering, or Food Science.
- 3-5 years of experience in direct raw material categories, particularly in the food, pharmaceutical, or nutraceutical industries.
- Experience in Procurement, supporting manufacturing, commercial, or corporate functions.
- Ability to work and communicate effectively across various functions.
- Experience in developing and implementing new suppliers and business solutions is desired.
- Experience in change management implementation is also valued.
- Demonstrating increasing responsibility in procurement is a plus.
- Strong self-motivated, capable of following processes and procedures while dealing with some ambiguity.
- Strong ability to lead cross-functional teams to resolve problems.
- Knowledge of the strategic sourcing process and category management is essential.
- Excellent project management skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- SAP experience is required.
- Proven analytical skills, including data analysis and understanding of business processes.
- Strong customer-service oriented, with strong written and oral communication skills.
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Procurement Specialist, Raw Materials - Bohemia, United States - Nestle
Description
At Nestle Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life, Nature's Bounty, Vital Proteins, Orgain, Nuun, BOOST, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Peptamen, Compleat Organic Blends, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.
At Nestle Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.
Position Summary:
We are currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated Procurement Specialist to take the lead in managing the procurement of raw material spend categories for Nestle Health Science. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for establishing and nurturing strong working partnerships with both in-market and Nestrade (global buying organization) stakeholders. Your primary objective will be to optimize sourcing, supplier selection, pricing, contracting, and ongoing supplier management. As the key interface between NHS and Nestrade, you will play a crucial role in developing category strategies, identifying opportunities for value creation, and spearheading cross-functional projects. Additionally, you will serve as a vital resource to manage local supplier relationships with a keen focus on risk management, innovation, and sustainability. The impact of this role will be influencing critical areas such as the Cost Conversion Cycle, Customer Fill Rate, Rejection Rates, Cost of Goods Sold, Strategic Suppliers, Network Optimization, Upstream Sourcing, New Product Introduction, and Portfolio Simplification. We are looking for a candidate who possesses exceptional skills in procurement and supplier management, coupled with a strong ability to drive strategic initiatives and foster collaboration across various teams and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
Education Requirements:
Theapproximate payrange for this position is $65,000.00to $75,000.00.Please note that thepay rangeprovided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location.
Nestle offers performance-based incentives and acompetitive total rewards package, which includes a401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range ofother benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may varydepending on the position. Learn more atAbout Us |Nestle Careers )
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