Global Procurement Manager

Position snapshot:

• Location: La-Tour-De-Peilz (Switzerland)
• Company: Nestlé Global Procurement Division
• Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100 %
• Type of contract: Permanent role

What we offer at Nestlé:

• Exciting opportunities to develop your career your way; across different brands, businesses, functions, and regions.
• Flexible working arrangements - facilitating creativity and collaboration.
• A culture of respect, with diversity, equity and inclusion at its core.
• A dynamic international environment empowering you to learn, develop and grow.

Don't hesitate to connect with us during the recruitment process to learn more.

Position summary:

As a Global Procurement Manager for Contract Manufacturing, you will play a central role in shaping and executing the strategic vision of this critical category worldwide. In this high-impact role, you'll define the direction, objectives, and relevant success metrics, ensuring a seamless roadmap from strategy to implementation. With your expertise and influence, you will unlock business value, create competitive advantage, and lead transformation on a global scale.

Global Procurement at Nestlé:

As a strategic partner to our businesses, we drive sustainable growth and unlock long-term value. With over 40 different nationalities based across our three dynamic hubs in Switzerland, Panama, and Malaysia, we operate on a truly global scale. With a strong focus on innovation and deep commitment to sustainability, we're shaping the future of procurement. Our diverse teams lead with purpose, ensuring value creation through responsibly sourced supply across a broad range of direct and indirect categories. Join us and Be a Force for Good.

A day in a life of a Global Procurement Manager for Contract Manufacturing:

• Support the Global Category Leader in implementing the category strategy by using Strategic Sourcing processes, tools, and policies.

• Support the Nestlé business by autonomously managing strategic contract manufacturers to ensure cost improvement plans, sustainable performance, quality, and innovation.

• Lead all sourcing activities related to the launch of new products through contract manufacturers keeping in mind the key business objectives (launch date, scouting potential suppliers, leading the selection process, and driving the commercial negotiation until contract signature).

• Negotiate contracts ensuring the most beneficial commercial agreements with suppliers in line with the contract manufacturing strategy.
• Perform supplier market/category/supply risk analysis and develop appropriate procurement models to identify cost reduction opportunities, so creating a competitive environment for Nestlé's needs.
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of the supplier market related to contract manufacturing for the product portfolio of the appropriate Nestlé business unit.
• Ensure compliance to Nestlé's Corporate Business Principles, policies and standards.

What makes you successful:

• University Honours degree in Procurement/Supply Chain or equivalent.
• Solid and well-established experience in sourcing, supplier management or strategic procurement, ideally in the Contract Manufacturing category or in packaging or commodities.
• Strong flexibility and mental agility to represent procurement successfully and be able to demonstrate added value in key meetings with business units, R&D, manufacturing, quality and supply chain.
• Rich experience in managing supplier development initiatives to improve supplier competitiveness, cost reduction, and capturing innovation with suppliers in Contract Manufacturing.
• Demonstrate successful use of risk management, responsible sourcing and supplier relation management.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate with individuals across a complex and fast-moving organization operating in multiple countries.
• Fluency in English, any other language will be an asset.

If your profile matches our needs, we look forward to receiving your application in English.

Nestlé is committed to the accessibility of its recruitment process. If you require an adaptation during the recruitment process, please do let us know so we can support you effectively. All information will be treated confidentially.

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win. We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people's lives that we touch every single day.

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