Regional Procurement Specialist F/m

At Purina, pets are our passion, safety is our promise and progress is our pledge. We work smarter, not harder. As a result, we’re widely known as a ‘Best Place to Work’. We make some of the world's most popular and trusted food brands and are committed to advancing the science, health and food products for pets.

**Position Snapshot**
- Fixed term contract - 10 months
- Nestle Purina Petcare - Issy Les Moulineaux (92)
- Master’s degree in a Business School / diploma in procurement/supply or equivalent
- You understand the business environment
- You had successfully demonstrated the ability to build strong credibility and strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Attractive package, caring management, flexible working hours or remote work, allow you to evolve in a pleasant environment. You benefit from training throughout your career, aimed at promoting your development towards different roles within the Group.

**Position Summary**

At Nestlé in France, our employees and company performance is measured by the concrete and positive contributions of everyone on its environment.

As Regional Procurement Specialist, you will support the Above Market category teams to define sourcing strategies and implement them at plant level. You will manage vendor and plant relationships. Also, you ensure materials are contracted for supplying NPPE (Nestlé Purina Petcare Europe) plants while meeting their requirements for quality, delivery and performance in line with the sourcing strategies.

**A day in the life of a Regional Procurement Specialist Specialist role**:

- Understand category strategies and sourcing plans and represent these to Nestlé Purina Petcare leadership at relevant stages throughout the category process.
- Define, implement and monitor initiatives with plants to optimize Total Delivered Costs.
- Resolve plant supply issues, identify corrective action plans, coordinate their implementation and monitor their effectiveness.
- Understand Nestlé Purina Petcare strategies and priorities, translate them into needs and integrate the information into procurement category strategies. Ensure this information is provided to all critical levels of Category leadership.
- Actively manage the Procurement part of Innovation & Renovation projects: understand Innovation & Renovation plans and interface with any other functional specific groups developing strategy and supplier needs within Nestlé Purina Petcare. Ensure these strategies are effectively represented and incorporated into category.
- Ensure timely delivery of new materials and phasing out of old materials, validate delivery lead times and escalate potential issues.

**What will make you successful**:

- A person of integrity: you are convinced that you can do your job in a responsible way. You are looking for a company where responsibility is a guideline at all levels.
- Concerned: preserving our planet resources and environmental issues are not only discussions topics with your closed ones. It is for you, a real fight of our time and you would like to contribute at your scale.
- Open minded, empathetic, you are an excellent team player with positive attitude and a strong work-ethic.
- You have a solid analytical and critical thinking and are recognize for your rigor and organization.
- You have an excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal and presentation, capacity of influence), with the ability to effectively work with cross-disciplinary teams.
- You speak both French and English fluently.

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