Sourcing Specialist - Manufacturing Equipment & Services at Mondelez International LLC - Cadbury Nigeria Plc

Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is a whole new company reimagined with a single focus in mind: create delicious moments of joy by sharing the world’s favorite brands.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Sourcing Specialist - Manufacturing Equipment & Services

Job Number: 1701718
Location: Lagos
Job: Procurement Logistics & Manufacturing
Schedule: Full-time

Job Description

• The Sourcing Specialist - MES drives and supports the development of Spend Area practices for related Spend areas in his country, across all manufacturing locations and head offices.
• The incumbent reports to the regional Manager Sourcing MES, actively support to manages the regional FM, MRO, U&E  spend in the complex, multi-cultural environment of businesses.
• He works in close collaboration with Regional  FM, MRO Sourcing Manager to leverage business needs, market insights, risks and opportunities, and drives Regional and local Procurement goals.
• The incumbent will be responsible of the deployment of Global /Regional sourcing strategy, and stakeholder management, to maximize total cost of ownership savings and Procurement value contribution.
• The role will involve leading sourcing activities including ‘request for information/quotation/ proposal, negotiation and contracting as well as benchmarking activities for existing contractual relationships. Relationship Management with selected global/regional /local suppliers forms an important part of the responsibilities.
• The MES Sourcing specialist is accountable to drive Procurement value contribution to MondelÄ“z International while ensuring compliance with policies, strategies and processes.

Other specific tasks include:

• Market intelligence / overview of supply markets / business need analysis
• Attent or lead meetings within their assigned geographical and/or material group responsibilities
• Support development and execution of appropriate regional /local sourcing strategies in support of Global strategies
• Development and / or roll-out of relevant procurement tools (benchmarking, templates, etc.) and relevant best practices
• Execution of contracts and ultimate owner of supplier relationships
• Delivery against financial targets

Responsibilities
 Assist Regional Spend Area Manager with strategic planning and the execution of sourcing practices:

• Define requirements and templates for analytics and market intelligence support from the Sourcing Analyst Pool.
• Support the continous improvement and standardization of the strategic sourcing processes.
• Analyze spend baseline, Spend Area profile, and market insights to support development of Spend Area and supplier strategies.
• Support the development of Go-To-Market and negotiation strategies in alignment with the Regional Spend Area Manager and ensure proper documentation thereof.
• Coordinate with off-shore Sourcing Analyst Pool to provide support on sourcing events (e.g. bid event preparation, supplier communication package, negotiation decks).
• Perform supplier analysis including supplier screening, financials and capability assessments to  support supplier selection process.

Execute end-to-end sourcing projects for less complex Spend Areas in alignment with the Regional Spend Area Manager:

• Manage the Procurement strategy implementation or sourcing execution for less complex Spend Areas.
• Perform supplier selection and fact-based negotiations, validated by the Regional Spend Area Manager.
• Provide support to regions and countries on a case-by-case basis to offset local or regional skills gaps (bring specific Spend Area or technical knowledge to key stakeholder meetings and negotiations).
• Build up knowledge repository and encourage active enhancement by Regional Spend Area Managers based on local experience.

Assist and drive stakeholder alignment:

• Support the Regional Spend Area Manager in the identification of the stakeholders in the initiation of the strategy development and sourcing execution projects.
• Actively engage with stakeholders as defined in alignment with the Spend Area Manager throughout the strategy development and sourcing execution process.
• Ensure that the input from the stakeholder is considered in the process.
• Prepare the stage gate documentation.

Responsible for regional productivity projects that ensure delivery against agreed financial targets:

• Identify potential and realize productivity/savings strategies and levers
• Obtain buy-in / endorsement from regional management and stakeholders for proposed initiatives
• Track project execution and report progress and achievements to Spend Area Manager.
• Execute initiatives within the areas of responsibility such as supplier performance evaluations, etc.

Propose sourcing solutions that streamline and optimize buying  processes  in line with overall sourcing strategies:

• Ensuring full compliance to Procurement Policy and procedures
• Ensure streamlined and timely process to execution in systems
• Responsible to develop & Maintain Spend area card sourcing  for each GMCS with LPR support

Coordinate operational interfacing and interactions:

• Interface between the global Procurement organization and the product development, planning and
• supply teams in the regions or countries in alignment with the Global  Spend Area Manager and the Regional Spend Area Manager.
• Provide insights on Procurement analytics and data to support the new product development cycle.
• Escalate issues to the Spend Area Manager or Spend Area Director.

Qualifications
Education, qualifications:

• Appropriate University Bachelor's Degree 
• MBA, Procurement Professional Qualification 

Skills/Leadership Competencies:

• Strategic Sourcing and Negotiation 
• Project Management and Communication
• Relationship Management
• People and Change Management

Experience:

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in Procurement and Supply Chain
• Extensive knowledge of Spend Area at hand

Languages:

• Fluent spoken / written English

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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