Expires soon Nestlé

Global Strategic Buyer / Filling & Packing Equipment

  • Brisas del Golf, Panama
  • Procurement

Job description

Global Strategic Buyer / Filling & Packing Equipment


“I want to stand out while being part of an outstanding challenge”


Nestrade, Panama

Undefined period of time, 100%


Who are we?

The Nestlé Group is the world's largest food and beverage company with 89,8 billion Swiss Francs in sales in 2017. It is present in 191 countries around the world, has 418 factories and its 328,000 employees are committed to Nestlé's purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Nestlé offers a wide portfolio of products and services for people and their pets throughout their lives. Its more than 2000 brands range from global icons like Nescafé or Nespresso to local favourites. Company performance is driven by its Nutrition, Health and Wellness strategy. Nestlé is based in the Swiss town of Vevey where it was founded more than 150 years ago. Learn more about our Group and reasons to join us on www.nestle.com .

Procurement at Nestlé:

To ensure that Nestlé achieves its objective of sustainable growth, a Procurement Division has been created with hubs in Switzerland, Panama and Malaysia. They provide a range of services, including the management of procurement for specific raw materials, packaging, indirect materials and other services. The hubs also support markets with managing local spend.

In order to drive the success of our new procurement model, we are looking for an experienced buyer to join the Filling and Packaging team in Panama.

Are you ready to join a high performance team?

Reporting directly to the Procurement Category Manager, you will be responsible for defining and implementing the category strategy for the spend in scope, utilizing strategic sourcing processes, tools and policies.

What will be your key responsibilities?

· Define and implement the category strategy , utilizing Strategic Sourcing processes, tools and policies.
· Present the strategy to the local markets, get the buy-in from internal stakeholders, support them in implementing the strategy.
· Negotiate contracts ensuring the most beneficial commercial agreements with suppliers in line with the strategy.
· Perform supplier market/category/supply risk analysis and develop Total Cost Ownership (TCO) models to identify improvement opportunities.
· Manage the relationship with various stakeholders to integrate category plans and outcomes in local budgets and price planning.
· Bring-in innovation through regular interaction with suppliers.
· In partnership with Supplier Relationship Management Experts lead the planning and regular contract SLA reviews with suppliers and other functional partners.
· Ensure compliance to Nestlé's Corporate Business Principles, policies and standards.
What is required?
· University degree in Procurement, Business Administration and/or Supply Chain.
· Minimum 3 years in sourcing for different spend categories, ideally gained in the category or in packaging.
· Demonstrated successful use of risk management, responsible sourcing and supplier relation management.
· Understanding of National and International Procurement Regulations. Regional or global expertise is a must have.
· Strong skills in negotiation, influence, convincing, building long term relationship , independence.
· Fluency in English , another language will be an asset (Spanish and/or Portuguese).
What's on offer?
· A role with responsibility and across several businesses.
· We offer an attractive and dynamic international working environment.
· Consistent opportunities for training and development.
What we are looking for?


Excellent negotiation and communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate with individuals across a complex organization.

We enhance lives with science-based nutrition and health solutions for all stages of life, helping consumers care for themselves and their families. This reflects our conviction that the people are our most important asset. We make sure our employees feel this every day.

If you want to make a difference apply directly in English at www.nestle.com/jobs .

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