Packaging Sourcing Specialist at Mondelez International

Job Number: 1706547
Location: Lagos
Industry: Food Production, Food & Beverages Consumer Goods
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Functions: Purchasing Supply Chain

Principal Accountabilities / Responsibilities
Support MEA strategic sourcing agenda in the paper area of the spend across all BUs/Countries to leverage the common scale & maximize value through sourcing:

• Responsible to develop common buying framework within the given area of spend across all BUs/countries (including KPIs, processes, R&R, performance measurements)
• Responsible to develop & implement sourcing strategies for respective groups of materials and services in collaboration with regional stakeholders and Local Procurement Leads
• Lead tenders, sourcing reviews applying the different sourcing techniques from analysing markets and suppliers to leading implementation of developed sourcing strategy.
• Manage cost optimization pipeline building upon local/regional/global ideas & leverage best sourcing practices across BUs
• Support global/regional/x-country contract governance for the implemented sourcing strategies,
• Develop and coordinate supplier relationship management programs. Responsible for regional supplier relationship initiatives,
• Coordinate & enable supply risk management program across BUs
• Responsible to forecast prices as requested for budgeting and financial forecasts.
• Contribute to leveraging scale with the global suppliers in assigned materials,
• Leverage global best practices & tools in the Paper area of external spend,
• Support global/x-regional decomplexity programs,
• Collaborate/manage effective relationships with the regional stakeholders to drive sourcing & productivity initiatives.

Leverage geographical existence to support all packaging sourcing activities within the location:

• Represent packaging tower spend area in Nigeria
• Support all souring activities lead by other Packaging Categories within Nigeria
• Support in troubleshooting any sourcing related turbulence in Nigeria.
• Support regional contract governance for the implemented sourcing strategies,

Operating Environment:

• High level of operational complexity, driven by the regional geographic span & multiple business categories
• Non homogeneous legal and political environment across regional countries
• High trade barriers between the countries with frequent changes in local legislations
• Developing suppliers and quality standards
• Regional remote organisation spread across 28 countries

Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:

• University Degree (Business Administration, Economics or technical degree is preferred)
• Good computer skills (MS Office, MS Project), business applications (SAP, MFGPro)
• Excellent knowledge of English language
• Excellent knowledge of KFI Procurement processes and procedures, packaging environment
• Presentation Skills, Advanced Negotiation and Communication Skills
• Risk Management, Strategic Decision Making
• Customer Orientation, Business Planning
• Project Management, Information Management, People Management
• Market Intelligence, Supplier Selection, Product Innovation
• Buying Strategy, Buying Negotiation, Buying Management
• Business experience of > 5 years
• Experience in managing people
• Team coordination/ team mgt (remote teams)
• Experience of leading multi-functional projects