Specialist, Procurement Category Mgt (Agriculture and Dairy) Job Details | Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA

About the position

At Nestlé USA, we're all working towards the same goal - to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity - and responsibility - to be there for every moment in our consumers' lives. Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. This position is responsible for the development and management of sourcing strategies for local categories and subcategories, directly supporting the execution of Nestlé's 7-Step Strategic Sourcing Process in the North American market, enabling value generation through cost improvements to Nestlé business units. The role involves identifying and implementing cost improvement projects while supporting the tracking of supply and responsible sourcing compliance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Patrons, Factory, and transportation company on issues or concerns on a weekly basis
• Organization of corporate agriculture reports monthly and providing the requested information to the global group
• Managing shutdown diversions of milk during factory shutdowns, updating daily spreadsheet
• Coordination of quota information between factory and patrons
• Managing day to day relationship with the transportation company
• Managing contact lists on vendors and calf farms for diversion purposes
• Operationalize Nestlé's fresh milk sustainable sourcing strategy by engaging with direct-ship farms to deliver sustainability outcomes
• Serve as NMPF F.A.R.M. Certified 2nd party evaluator for all Nestlé direct-ship farms in Modesto
• Conduct regular communications around sustainable sourcing and sustainability activities on dairy farms in Modesto
• Analyze, consolidate and rationalize market spend to highest practical category level across Nestlé North America Business Units
• Collect and review all current local and regional contracts and price agreements
• Engage with Nestlé Global Business Service to prepare and execute the Request for Proposal
• Lead change management activities that support the sourcing strategy and facilitate execution to drive compliance
• Manage Frame and Child contracts in the Contract Life Management tool based on annual volumes by material/plant
• Ensure supply by continued development of incumbent and new supply options on an ongoing basis
• Manage yearly budget process for owned category, including Master Business Schedule and First Look requests
• Generate monthly price forecast reports to meaningful level of spend
• Discover and deliver alternate sources of supply ensuring business continuity and sustainability
• Engage suppliers to conduct Responsible Sourcing audits based on established guidelines and objectives
• Manage and maintain savings projects in the project tracking tool
• Interface and work with Functional Leadership Teams within the Nestlé Organization
• Deliver innovation, exclusivity and first market opportunities to functional areas
• Collaborate with business units to develop and secure category sourcing strategy approvals

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Logistics/Transportation, Agribusiness, or other applicable discipline
• Minimum 3 years sourcing, purchasing and/or material management, technical/manufacturing experience and/or equivalent experience preferred
• SAP experience highly preferred
• Ariba and I-Nexus experience preferred
• Required proficiency in Microsoft Suite products, including Word, Powerpoint, and Excel

Nice-to-haves

• Agricultural experience and is comfortable in on-farm settings and communicating with farmers

Benefits

• 401k with company match
• Healthcare coverage
• Performance-based incentives
• Competitive total rewards package