Purchase Officer - Fixed Term Contract 11 Months

Role & responsibilities

Main Purpose of Job

Provide holistic support to factory for S&IM (Servies and indirect materials) spends, ensuring timely deliveries withing Nestle P2P policies . Building strong and reliable network of diversified venodrs. Demonstrating high servce level of procurement operations, agile in execution, supermative in negotiation skills, strong-willed networking skills, urgency mindset, understanding the needs of the business strong knowledge of technical specifications.

Key Outputs:

Measurements / Performance Indicators

• To formulate strategies and directions to ensure value add to business through the specific area of purchase that the manager is handling.

• Identify potential supply / commercial risks and device and implement risk mitigation strategies

• To ensure implementation of sound procurement processes and strategies to achieve the set objectives.

• PPR savings (which includes negotiations)

• To direct, motivate and guide strategic buyers towards meeting of their individual and hence the departments objectives

• Partnership with business on I&R projects

• Network with the industry / other Nestle markets / zone management to gain an insight into the various spend categories which would help in formulating a sound purchasing strategies

• Identify potential supply / commercial risks and device and implement risk mitigation strategies

• Accountable for driving projects that cuts across various categories of material and pertains to the overall function

• Operational excellence savings

• Closely liase with business to ensure business priorities and the department activities and priorities are closely aligned to each other

• Partnership with business on I&R projects

• To contribute towards overall evolution of the Purchasing function in the direction which ensure long term alignment with market business objectives and development of the department .

• Ensures that he/she adheres to the Nestle India Charter (Nestle India Policy on supply and distribution of Infant Milk Substitutes and Infant Foods in India).He/she must bear in mind that the promotion and protection of Breast Feeding is important for the infants health. He/she is expected to refresh his/her knowledge on the Indian Charter (Nestle India policy on supply and distribution of Infant Milk Substitutes and Infant Foods in India) on a periodic basis.

• Operational excellence savings
  • PPR savings (which includes negotiations) • Partnership with business on I&R projects • Identify potential supply / commercial risks and device and implement risk mitigation strategies • Accountable for “compliance” to the control framework requirements for the section • Special projects to address the key priority areas

Preferred candidate profile