Cadbury Nigeria Plc Packaging Sourcing Specialists Jobs Vacancies

Mondelez
International LLC is a whole new company that has been re-imagined with a
single focus in mind: create delicious moments of joy by sharing the world’s
favorite brands. Launched on Oct. 1, 2012, and employing around 100,000 people
around the world, MondelÄ’z International comprises the global snacking and
food brands of the former Kraft Foods Inc.

We
are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job
Title: Packaging
Sourcing Specialist
Job Number: 1709215
Location: Lagos
Job: Procurement Packaging
Schedule: Full-time

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)
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.
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,
Collaborate/manage
effective relationships with the regional stakeholders to drive sourcing
& productivity initiatives.
Manage
cost optimization pipeline building upon local/regional/global ideas &
leverage best sourcing practices across BUs
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,
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,

Operating
Environment:

High
level of operational complexity, driven by the regional geographic span
& multiple business categories
Non
homogeneous legal and political environment across regional countries
High
trade barriers between the countries with frequent changes in local
legislations
Developing
suppliers and quality standards
Regional
remote organisation spread across 28 countries

Qualifications
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.