Global Procurement Manager - Industrial Cleaning And Water Treatment
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• Company: Nestlé Global Procurement Division
- Act. Rate: Full-Time, 100 %
- Type of contract: Permanent
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. Learn more here (link can be taken out depending on market)
- 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
- We are currently looking for a highly competent Global Procurement Manager based in Kuala Lumpur, responsible for supporting the commercial and sourcing activity for the Industrial Cleaning and Water Treatment Category used by Nestlé worldwide.
- Reporting directly to the Global Category Leader, you will be responsible for implementing the category strategy for the Industrial Cleaning and Water Treatment Equipment spend in scope on a global level by using strategic sourcing processes, tools and policies.
- 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 – Industrial Cleaning and Water Treatment Equipment:
- Collaborate closely with the Global Category Leader in defining the category strategy.
- Execute key global sourcing projects to deliver expected cost reduction levels.
- Implement key Strategic Sourcing processes, tools and policies such as catalogue pricing, supplier management, standardization, aggregation, and best cost country sourcing.
- Negotiate contracts ensuring the most beneficial commercial agreements with suppliers in line with the category strategy.
- Perform supplier market/category/supply risk analysis and develop Total Cost Ownership (TCO) models to identify improvement opportunities.
- Create a competitive environment for Nestlé’s needs.
- Introduce / develop new suppliers.
- Manage the relationship with market stakeholders to integrate the category strategy.
- Ensure compliance to Nestlés Corporate Business Principles, policies and standards.
What Makes You Successful
- Honours university degree in either an engineering or a scientific subject or in Procurement/Supply Chain with relevant technical experience.
- A Solid and well-established experience in a strategic sourcing role procuring Industrial Cleaning and Water Treatment or alternatively categories related to chemical or manufacturing in an international environment.
- Strong flexibility and the mental agility to work in a cross-functional environment in a highly complex global organization.
- Demonstrate successful use of effective category sourcing, risk management, responsible sourcing and supplier relationship management.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders across a global network.
- Fluency in English
- If your profile matches our needs, we look forward to receiving your application in
English
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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.
Be a force for good.
Join Nestlé and visit us on www.nestle.com.
Job Details
Role Level: Executive-Level Work Type: Full-Time Country: United Arab Emirates City: Dubai Company Website: http://www.nestle.com Job Function: Supply Chain & Logistics Company Industry/
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