Sr. Specialist, Procurement Business Partner

Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow. 
 
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. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.
 
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

 

 

The Procurement Business Partners are critical for connecting our global procurement organization with our businesses. This role creates strong connections between Procurement and our US coffee business, which has $1.8 Billion in sales and includes brands such as Stouffers, Lean Cuisine, Vital Pursuit, Tapatio, Yellowstone, and Mings.

 

As part of the Business Partnering team, you will support Procurement in driving strategic value for the Business Unit by aligning business priorities with our procurement category strategies. This will require identifying brand and procurement opportunities, aligning business needs with procurement initiatives, and communicating findings to procurement and business professionals in ways they understand. The role will actively engage with cross-functional stakeholders and communicate to them the business opportunities, sourcing constraints, supply risks, and mitigation strategies.

Job Duties/Deliverables:

• Understand business requirements and challenges, including priorities, must-win battles and key value drivers
  • Demonstrate consumer obsession by understanding key insight about the consumers, business priorities, customers, and competitors within the coffee category.
  • Communicate this understanding to the category management teams at the appropriate level and translating the language so the sourcing strategies and priorities are defined accordingly.
  • Assist in setting the strategic vision for Business Partnering procurement team
  • Serve as the face of Procurement, represent all spend categories (direct and indirect)
  • Promote strong utilization of procurement tools and new digital practices/tools/ways of thinking to maximize efficiency of the procurement function
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the Divisions P&L and how procurement activities impact the key metrics of the business and functions in support of the Operational Master Plan (OMP)
• Liaise with matrixed, cross-functional teams
  • Work with cross-functional teams to achieve ambitious strategies and targets to help grow the business
  • Maintain, build, and grow relationships within both the business and global procurement organization to effectively balance constraints between business priorities and procurement objectives, using creativity to achieve both as much as practical
  • Ensure procurement value contribution to the business, using key performance indicators to track and report progress
• Translate spending strategy into business strategy at brand level – including risks and opportunities based on market dynamics
  • Present material cost forecast reports (data, graphs, commentary) and category insights to Business stakeholders as appropriate
  • Own and measure cost improvement targets and projects; report to business stakeholders as appropriate
  • Monitor business goals delivered by the category teams and help periodically reassess the targets
• Ensure proper alignment and communications between business and category management teams
  • Develop and execute a stakeholder management strategy to align procurement objectives with the bu