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Position Overview:

Position Snapshot

• Nestrade Procurement Division, Panama City, Panama
• Genuine opportunities for career development, training, and personal development
• Modern “smart office” locations providing flexible & collaborative workspaces

Position Summary

Reporting directly to ESG in Procurement, the successful candidate will be a part of the Sustainability Acceleration Team, and work closely with the Procurement Category Managers in managing projects with suppliers. These projects will support our targets around the positive impact on Climate and Regenerative Agricultural practices. You want to know more about Nestlé’s exciting roadmap to Net Zero and the projects you could be part of? This website is for you! : Our road to net zero | Nestlé Global (nestle.com)

Procurement at Nestlé

As strategic partner of the business, we help the company achieving sustainable growth and we ensure responsibly-sourced supply and value creation. Located in hubs in Switzerland, Panama and Malaysia, our division provides a range of services, including the management of procurement for specific raw materials, packaging, indirect materials and other services. We also support markets with managing local spend. For you, this will be the opportunity to become a real strategic partner – delivering sustainable value and working with the business, for the business.

A day in the life of a Sustainability Procurement Analyst

• Manage and lead sustainability projects together with suppliers, procurement managers and Nestle’s agronomists
• Track project progress and milestones with suppliers through different financial and environmental KPIs (e.g. CO2 reduction, Plastic Reduction…) and reporting systems (Vendor Portal / Service Now / PowerBI), while keeping internal stakeholders informed.
• Support the Global/Regional Procurement Managers in organizing and defining the negotiation strategy with suppliers.
• Forecast cost impact when projects are being implemented
• Develop and execute requests for information on environmental and sustainable sourcing topics
• Support the development of training material
• Ensure compliance to Nestlé’s Corporate Business Principles, policies and standards.

What will make you successful

• University degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain , Engineering or Environmental Sciences. Agronomy / Sustainability experience is a plus.
• 1-3 years of experience in an analytical / project management role ideally related to Procurement.
• Ability to work in an international , complex, ambiguous environment
• At ease with different IT systems (SAP Ariba, Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI)
• Understand business objectives and ensure alignment with your work
• Communication skills towards external (Suppliers) and internal stakeholders
• Strong Project Management skills and result focus mindset
• Fluent in English, another language will be an asset

If your profile matches our needs we will be looking forward to receive your application in English.

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win.

We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.

Be a force for good. Join Nestlé and visit us on www.nestle.com.

Panama, PA