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Mondelez International Procurement Lead, Direct Materials, SACEA in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.
You lead a team of procurement specialists for a specific business unit or region and serve as the single point of contact in procurement for local business leaders. In this role, you also manage interactions between business units or spend areas and stakeholders at the local level, collaborate with global/regional spend areas, business unit leads and across manufacturing, supply chain and commercial business stakeholders, and ensure the local implementation of regional or global projects.
How you will contribute
As the single point of contact, you will support the interactions between business units or spend areas, business unit stakeholders and specific project teams. In addition, you will deliver on the procurement process through effective management of procurement specialists; take the lead in problem solving for supply and service issues, own the full sourcing activity for a local spend in partnership with regional sourcing teams, ensure regulatory compliance for all processes in scope, and manage local implementation—including service delivery, productivity and cash mobilization—of regional or global projects and agreements.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:
Proven track record of experience in procurement
Communication and interpersonal skills, acting pro-actively and with the ability to manage stakeholders
Problem solving skills to ensure timely resolution of challenges
First-class customer service orientation
Learning and adapting quickly, working under pressure, managing multiple priorities and dealing well with ambiguity
More about this role
What you need to know about this position:
This role is based in Gqeberha and stakeholder-faced with interactions with all plant stakeholders daily. The Procurement lead will also be part of the Plant Leadership Team, liaising with all stakeholders and supporting the Plant director accordingly.
The role has 2 direct reports who are also based in Gqeberha (Raw material and Packaging Specialist), and the scope of the role is SACEA markets ( South Africa and Swaziland), this role reports to the Procurement Director for Sub-Sharan Africa.
This role is both operational managing the day to day activities at plant level in making sure we have all the materials on site on time. The role is also strategic in working with all category leads by providing market intelligence information and educating about the micro and macro challenges faced on the ground, coming up with the right strategy which fits the market.
What extra ingredients you will bring:
Education / Certifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Supply Chain Management/Procurement certification/ CIPS advantageous
At least 8 years procurement experience
At least 3 years’ experience leading procurement teams with a proven track record of delivering leadership outcomes.
Experience in manufacturing – FMCG preferably
Valid SA driver’s License
Valid Passport [At the time of start date] - International Travel
Computer Literacy Proficiency - Proficient with Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
Excellent analytical skills and ability to work independently.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
Key Deliverables:
Financial Metrics – COGS Productivity, Cash & Comm/Fx and Non-COGS Productivity impacting SACEA
Cluster P&L understanding.
Supplier Performance and Development – Enhancing metrics on OTIF, building, and executing robust.
BCP to drive sustained growth (effective use of SLEA). Mapping and developing adequate supplier.
Capacities with efficient geographical network. Focus on localization to optimize imports. Scope
includes Internal and External Manufacturing/co-packing within cluster.
Market Intelligence – Generation and analysis of market data for local commodities, to facilitate.
coverage, pricing, and forecasting
Quality and Food Safety – Ensuring adherence to MDLZ internal standards and compliance to external.
govt/regulatory norms. Effective management of Quality Notifications (QN) and Non-conformances
Partnering closely with the QFS team
Execution Excellence – Partnerships with Global Business Services team to drive third party.
Engagements effectively with stated value delivery on global procurement programs.
Operational responsibility for External Manufacture
Process Excellence – Partnering the global Procurement Capability function to implement new age.
technologies locally, including training and tool adoption. Delivery of best-in-class Source-to-Pay (STP)
process metrics. Adherence to the Global Procurement policy (GPP), Contract excellence with good audit results. Focus on sensitive areas ion, assessment, and closure of control gaps.
People and Engagement – Enabling wider organizational programmes around engagement and careers, providing coaching and relevant exposure to colleagues as needed.
Job specific requirements:
Domain expert in procurement - Exposure to strategic sourcing, operations, financial planning/budgeting, and capability.
Proven track record in relevant study in business economic environment, administration or relevant combination of formal qualifications and added specialized study (master’s degree is a plus)
Ability to navigate a dynamic, fast paced, matrix and multi-cultural environment.
Experience in supplier negotiations and developing/executing sourcing strategies.
More than 5years of Procurement practitioner experience, broad background across different business functions
At least 7 years Managerial experience (3 of which must be in managing teams in Procurement)
Good people Management and Skills Development
Personal Attributes:
Takes responsibility and is accountable.
Highly Analytical
Passion and courage, leads by example.
Effective communicator
Able to build relationship with key stakeholders.
Able to manage upwards and influence.
Abides by the compliance policy.
Ability to coordinate, prioritises and plan effectively with strong execution abilities.
Ethical and works within governance.
Travel requirements:
This role requires one to travel to suppliers within South Africa and Eswatini, and also attending critical meetings/ workshops at the Head Office in Johannesburg.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
Mondelēz International’s Sub Saharan Africa Business Unit is made up of three key focus areas namely Southern Africa, West Africa and the Rest of Africa Markets. The Business Unit is home to approximately 1000 Makers and Bakers who strive to bring only the best quality and loved brands to our consumers. Mondelēz International in Sub Saharan Africa is proud to house global legacy brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk, Oreo, Halls and Bournvita, together with local jewels such as Cadbury LunchBar, Chappies, TomTom and Dentyne. The Business Unit’s Markets have consistently been awarded Top Employer certification, and has been recognised as a Top Employer in Africa.
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 Type
Regular
Procurement Operations
Procurement
At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.
We have a rich portfolio of strong brands – both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum
Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast.
Join us and Make It An Opportunity!
Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.