Procurement Specialist - Direct Materials

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.

In this role, you are the single point of contact for local leaders in a specific geographic or plant location. You manage the interactions between business stakeholders and sourcing teams and collaborate across the manufacturing, supply chain and the commercial business. You also manage the local implementation of regional and/or global projects.

How you will contribute

You will execute the daily procurement agenda by acting as the single point of contact for the procurement function at a site, in a country or country cluster, and will oversee the daily interaction with plants, supply chain, commercial teams, quality assurance, sourcing teams and suppliers. You will also deliver service-level targets by ensuring material availability, escalating when needed, and support business continuity planning implementation, activating when needed, support the execution of sourcing projects and execute sourcing/spot-buying or contracting activities as agreed with the accountable spend areas, and own the source-to-pay process compliance key indicators and take corrective action when necessary.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:

• Procurement
• Communication and interpersonal skills that help you be proactive and manage stakeholders
• Problem solving to ensure timely resolution of challenges
• Customer service orientation
• Working well under pressure, managing multiple priorities, dealing with ambiguity, and the willingness and ability to learn

More about this role

You will execute the daily procurement agenda by acting as the single point of contact for the procurement function at a site, in a country or country cluster, and will oversee the daily interaction with plants, supply chain, commercial teams, quality assurance, sourcing teams and suppliers. You will also deliver service-level targets by ensuring material availability, escalating when needed, and support business continuity planning implementation, support the execution of sourcing projects and execute sourcing/spot-buying or contracting activities as agreed with the accountable sourcing teams.  

What you need to know about this position:

• Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for the Procurement function.
• Manage the interactions between business stakeholders and sourcing teams and collaborate across the manufacturing, supply chain, product change management (PCM) and the commercial business.
• Support with the local implementation of regional and/or global projects.
• Ensure compliance with the Mondelez Global Buying Policy.
• Work closely with various departments to ensure the fulfillment of all required services and materials within the scope of Direct Materials.
• Support in New Product Development (NPD) projects implementation.
• Act as the first point of escalation and drive resolutions in line with Regional and Global Procurement Teams.
• Coordinate and participate in the execution of project’s implementation plan: Know the legal compliance responsibilities of the role
• Provide insights on local supplier market; Support local supplier qualification assessments.
• Support sourcing teams with preparation, analysis and execution of sourcing practices
• Analyze spend profiles and market insights to support development of sourcing strategies
• Maintain Supplier Relationship Management and organize and prepare regular meetings
• Support production by leading problem solving on supply issues and coordinating responses between sourcing, planning teams and suppliers.
• Build regional best practices, exchange experience with other regions

Education / Certifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Management, Accounting…

Fluency in English

Job specific requirements:

Minimum 3 years of experience

Work schedule: Full time

No Relocation support availableBusiness Unit SummaryMondelēz International in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan serves the Middle East and Africa markets as well as Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, we have more than 2600 employees working across seven plants and six commercial offices; we make, bake, sell and deliver our products to customers. We are market leaders in key snacking categories with iconic global and local brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Milka, Oreo and belVita biscuits, Barni Cakes,Tang powdered beverage, Chiclets and Trident gum and Halls candy. 

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job TypeRegularProcurement OperationsProcurement