Career Opportunity 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: Packaging Sourcing Specialist
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)
• 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,
• 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
• 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

Requirements
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
• 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
• Excellent knowledge of KFI Procurement processes and procedures, packaging environment
• Presentation Skills, Advanced Negotiation and Communication Skills
• Risk Management, Strategic Decision Making
• Team coordination/ team mgt (remote teams)
• Experience of leading multi-functional projects.

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