Global Procurement Manager

hace 4 días


Panama Nestle A tiempo completo

**Position Snapshot**

Location: Panama City, Panama

Business: Nestrade Procurement Division,

Contract: Permanent contract, 100%

Travel rate: from 5 to 10%

Genuine opportunities for career development, training, and personal development

Modern “smart office” locations providing flexible & collaborative workspaces

Dynamic international working environment

Attractive additional benefits

**Position Summary**

We are currently looking for a highly competent Global Procurement Manager based in Panama, responsible for managing the commercial and sourcing activity for ingredients used by Nestlé worldwide.

Reporting directly to the Category Lead, you will be responsible for defining and implementing the category strategy for the spend in scope on a global level, utilizing strategic sourcing processes, tools, and policies.

**Procurement at Nestlé**:
As strategic partner of the business, we help the company achieving sustainable growth and we ensure responsibly sourced supply and value creation. Located in hubs in Switzerland, Panama and Malaysia, our division provides a range of services, including the management of procurement for specific raw materials, packaging, indirect materials, and other services. We also support markets with managing local spend. For you, this will be the opportunity to become a real strategic partner - delivering sustainable value and working with the business, for the business.

**A Day in the Life of a Global Procurement Manager for Poultry and Eggs**:

- Define and implement a strategy relevant to your spend responsibility and region
- Present the strategy to the local markets, get the buy-in from internal stakeholders, and support them in implementing the strategy.
- Perform supplier market/category/supply risk analysis and develop Total Cost Ownership (TCO) models to identify improvement opportunities.
- Negotiate contracts ensuring the most beneficial commercial agreements with suppliers in line with the strategy.
- Manage the relationship with various stakeholders to integrate category plans and outcomes in local budgets and price planning.
- Ensure compliance to Nestlé's Corporate Business Principles, policies, and standards.

**What will make you successful**
- University degree in Procurement, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Economics or Finance.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in sourcing Ingredients, preferably Meat and Poultry.
- Ideally exposure to several market regions, experience with US and Canada is a plus.
- Demonstrated success in risk management, responsible sourcing, and supplier relation management.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills - with the ability to influence and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders across a complex organization.
- Strong analytical skills to be able to manage a high degree of complexity in the category
- Understanding of National and International Procurement Regulations.
- Fluency in English, another language will be an asset.

**in English**.

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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