POSITION SNAPSHOT

Location: Dubai
Company: Nestl\xc3\xa9

POSITION SUMMARY

Joining Nestl\xc3\xa9 means you are joining the largest food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment - passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.

The Local Business Partner Manager will manage the local procurement support teams for their corresponding GMB/BU sites or business function. You will work in the NiM, ensuring good information flow between the procurement support teams, local sourcing teams and the Above Market category teams. You must ensure the development, management and prioritization of procurement activities servicing the GMB/BU/Function at market level to oversee effective delivery against the corresponding GMB/BU/Function strategies as they appear at NiM level.

A DAY IN THE LIFE \xe2\x80\xa6

• Understand BU/Function strategies and priorities, translate them into needs and integrate the information into procurement category strategies on procurement across Hub and At market teams. Ensure this information is provided to all critical levels of Category leadership.
• Involved at early stage of NPDI project development within the NiM level work. Understand innovation and renovation plans for GMB/BU/Function at NiM level and interface with any other functional specific groups developing strategy and supplier needs within the NiM. Ensure these strategies are effectively represented and incorporated into category and SRM work.
• Understand category strategies and sourcing plans and represent these to the NiM level GMB/BU/Function leadership at relevant stages throughout the category process. Ensure category strategies and sourcing plans are understood by the NiM level GMB/BU/Function leadership, and effects are debated and discussed with Hub teams/local teams as required. Feedback to the NiM Level leadership supply market evolution and industry outlooks, forward pricing and hedging as and when applicable.
• Monitor and manage the delivery of value to the NiM Level GMB/BU/Function leadership and provide focus, assignments, and motivation, support and coaching to procurement to understand and deliver GMB/BU/Function needs. Ensure the Integration of GMB/BU/Function NiM level business needs into procurement category strategies considering market evolution and expected innovations.
• Agree scope of roles and activities for Procurement Support direct line reports. Set team goals and objectives and manage the local Procurement Support Team with demonstrable, agreed service level of response to changing requirements and project environs.
• Ensure all actions are delivered for all NiM GMB procurement support tasking, and work with GC Leads and local HOP to ensure local tasking is appropriately prioritized. Analyze performance and skill gaps and agree development requirements and training plans. Develop procurement support skills within the Function. Pass on lessons learned to all other BP leads At Market and HOPs as appropriate

What will make you successful\xe2\x80\xa6

• Demonstrated skills of entrepreneurship
• Demonstrated the ability to successfully lead projects.
• Successfully transformed business needs into procurement strategy through management of purchasing for at least one spends category.
• Recognized as value adder in key business unit meetings.
• Successfully represented procurement in key meetings (i.e., Mancom, business units\' meetings, new product launching)
• Global business understanding
• Cross-functional experience

POSITION SNAPSHOT

Location: Dubai
Company: Nestl\xc3\xa9

POSITION SUMMARY

Joining Nestl\xc3\xa9 means you are joining the largest food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment - passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.

The Local Business Partner Manager will manage the local procurement support teams for their corresponding GMB/BU sites or business function. You will work in the NiM, ensuring good information flow between the procurement support teams, local sourcing teams and the Above Market category teams. You must ensure the development, management and prioritization of procurement activities servicing the GMB/BU/Function at market level to oversee effective delivery against the corresponding GMB/BU/Function strategies as they appear at NiM level.

A DAY IN THE LIFE \xe2\x80\xa6

• Understand BU/Function strategies and priorities, translate them into needs and integrate the information into procurement category strategies on procurement across Hub and At market teams. Ensure this information is provided to all critical levels of Category leadership.
• Involved at early stage of NPDI project development within the NiM level work. Understand innovation and renovation plans for GMB/BU/Function at NiM level and interface with any other functional specific groups developing strategy and supplier needs within the NiM. Ensure these strategies are effectively represented and incorporated into category and SRM work.
• Understand category strategies and sourcing plans and represent these to the NiM level GMB/BU/Function leadership at relevant stages throughout the category process. Ensure category strategies and sourcing plans are understood by the NiM level GMB/BU/Function leadership, and effects are debated and discussed with Hub teams/local teams as required. Feedback to the NiM Level leadership supply market evolution and industry outlooks, forward pricing and hedging as and when applicable.
• Monitor and manage the delivery of value to the NiM Level GMB/BU/Function leadership and provide focus, assignments, and motivation, support and coaching to procurement to understand and deliver GMB/BU/Function needs. Ensure the Integration of GMB/BU/Function NiM level business needs into procurement category strategies considering market evolution and expected innovations.
• Agree scope of roles and activities for Procurement Support direct line reports. Set team goals and objectives and manage the local Procurement Support Team with demonstrable, agreed service level of response to changing requirements and project environs.
• Ensure all actions are delivered for all NiM GMB procurement support tasking, and work with GC Leads and local HOP to ensure local tasking is appropriately prioritized. Analyze performance and skill gaps and agree development requirements and training plans. Develop procurement support skills within the Function. Pass on lessons learned to all other BP leads At Market and HOPs as appropriate

What will make you successful\xe2\x80\xa6

• Demonstrated skills of entrepreneurship
• Demonstrated the ability to successfully lead projects.
• Successfully transformed business needs into procurement strategy through management of purchasing for at least one spends category.
• Recognized as value adder in key business unit meetings.
• Successfully represented procurement in key meetings (i.e., Mancom, business units\' meetings, new product launching)
• Global business understanding
• Cross-functional experience

Dubai, AE, 17327

Dubai, AE, 17327

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