Position Snapshot
Business areas: Nestlé Canada
Job title: Manager, Local Strategic Procurement
Location: North York, Ontario
Grade: 19
Position Summary
We are looking for a Manager, Local Strategic Procurement, based at our North York Office. The Procurement manager will develop procurement strategies on a specific business scope, specifically Capital Expenditure (factory & Logistics), as well as other factory spend. He/she will work in the market, ensuring good information flow between the procurement support teams, local sourcing teams and the Above Market category teams. He / she has to ensure the development, management and prioritization of procurement activities servicing the Business Units & Functions at market level to oversee effective delivery against the corresponding business strategies as they appear at market level. He/she will understand the local market business goals as well as present & clearly articulate them to category leadership and help shape strategic and flexible scenario planning. He will monitor success towards the local level GMB/BU/Function business goals delivered by the category teams and procurement resources.
A little bit about us
Nestle is the world’s largest food and beverage company. We have over 2000 brands ranging from global icons to local favorites and are present in 190 countries worldwide. In Canada, excelling means sharing our passion for our purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. It also means living up to our exemplary values which are rooted in respect for ourselves, others, diversity and the future. We will support your personal growth with a people-focused culture and a flexible and diverse working environment. Join our team to support our purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.
A day in the life of a Manager, Local Strategic Procurement:
As a Manager, Procurement Business Partner, you will:
- Understand BU/Function strategies and priorities, translate them into needs and integrate the information into procurement category strategies. Ensure this information is provided to all critical levels of Category leadership.
- Involved at early stage of products development within the market level work. Understand innovation and renovation plans for Business Units at market level and interface with any other functional groups developing strategy and supplier needs within the NiM. Ensure these strategies are effectively represented and incorporated into category and operational work with partners.
- Manage/Negotiate contracts with key suppliers/Co-manufacturers. Ensure Service Level, Cost
Optimisation & Sustainability targets are meeting the agreed expectation.
- 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 market Business Units and Functions leadership, and effects are collaboratively 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
Business Units and Function needs and deliver best results. Ensure the Integration of GMB/BU/Function NiM level business needs into procurement category strategies considering market evolution and expected innovations.
- Set own goals and objectives and deliver demonstrable, agreed service level of response to changing requirements and project environs.
What will make you successful?
As the successful candidate you will need to be passionate, courageous, tenacious, results focused and really enjoy working in a highly energetic and exciting environment. You will also:
- Experience in Capital expenditure & Factory spend procurement
- Demonstrated skills of entrepreneurship
- Demonstrated agility to adapt to a dynamic environment
- Demonstrated courage to challenge the status quo, and proposed out of the box and flexible solutions.
- Gained successfully the trust of stakeholders through proactive collaboration
- Demonstrated the ability to successfully lead projects.
- Transformed successfully business needs into procurement strategy through management of procurement for at least one spend category.
- Recognized as value adder in key business unit meetings.
- Represented successfully procurement in key meetings (i.e. Mancom, business units meetings, new product launching)
- Food industry experience
We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are concrete opportunities for future development and progression – this could be a move towards the exciting career you’ve always wanted.
What you need to know
We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.
Nestlé is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.
A little bit about us
Nestle is the world’s largest food and beverage company. We have over 2000 brands ranging from global icons to local favourites and are present in 190 countries worldwide. In Canada, excelling means sharing our passion for our purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. It also means living up to our exemplary values which are rooted in respect for ourselves, others, diversity, and the future. We will support and improve your tasting skills with a people-focused culture and a flexible and diverse working environment. Join our team to support our purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Bringing our brands to life and making them as relevant for today’s consumers as they’ve always been takes vision, passion, and an innovative mind-set. If you can bring that into the mix, we know the magic will happen.