Procurement Lead, Morocco
Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.
In this role, you are the single point of contact for local leaders in a specific geographic or plant location. You manage the interactions between business stakeholders and sourcing teams and collaborate across the manufacturing, supply chain and the commercial business. You also manage the local implementation of regional and/or global projects.
How you will contribute
You will execute the daily procurement agenda by acting as the single point of contact for the procurement function at a site, in a country or country cluster, and will oversee the daily interaction with plants, supply chain, commercial teams, quality assurance, sourcing teams and suppliers. You will also deliver service-level targets by ensuring material availability, escalating when needed, and support business continuity planning implementation, activating when needed, support the execution of sourcing projects and execute sourcing/spot-buying or contracting activities as agreed with the accountable spend areas, and own the source-to-pay process compliance key indicators and take corrective action when necessary.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:
- Procurement
- Communication and interpersonal skills that help you be proactive and manage stakeholders
- Problem solving to ensure timely resolution of challenges
- Customer service orientation
- Working well under pressure, managing multiple priorities, dealing with ambiguity, and the willingness and ability to learn
More about this role
The Procurement lead has managerial responsibility for end-to-end procurement for Morocco
He/She is responsible for cost and cash as well as execution of day-to-day operational procurement activities to ensure all purchase requirements for business are served with the lowest possible cost, at the right quality and delivery times while complying with Mondelez global procurement policy.
The Procurement Lead will act as a point of contact towards the internal customer for Procurement related questions, support local purchasing requests in collaboration with the Spend Area management organization, to drive productivity and manage efficient contracts implementation and support alignment on site; related to one or several sites. Will work with business, end users, or Master Shoppers in given countries acting as valued and trusted Business Partner.
Works with global or regional Sourcing teams to implement contracts locally and to provide local specifics on demand or requirements. Works with suppliers as needed and partners with the Regional Procurement teams to enable spot purchases, create SAP contracts for raw and packaging materials. Provides support to and coaches Master Shoppers and procurement specialists, as needed. Ensures other regulatory compliance for all processes in scope.
Main responsibilities:
Project Management responsibilities: Business Delivery & Continuity - Be the interface of procurement team and provide procurement input or support in New Product development, Trials and Innovations, and new supplier qualifications
Stakeholder Management: Solve Problems and resolve conflicts to ensure raw materials are supplied into factories at the right price, time, quantity and quality. / Build up solid information sharing and collaboration routines with local stakeholders to facilitate effective cross-functional interactions for direct/indirect materials.
Supply issue resolution: Identify the root cause of supply issues and align with respective stakeholders on the solution. / Assist to fast track the options and liase with stakeholders to get approvals needed Act as escalation point for local business users or Master Shoppers related issues in the plant and drive resolution in line with regional and global Procurement policies
Supplier performance Monitoring: Support in supplier performance monitoring, support monthly Raw & Pack Material Inventory, Support Quality Notifications review process with supplier, supplier quality and plant team
Strategic/Spot Buy, CMAAS Support responsibilities: Provide input on local spend situation and Spend Area practices. Gather local internal customers’ requirements. Identify with stakeholders any local legal requirements that necessitate an adaptation of the contract. And Support local supplier qualification assessment.
Lead Procurement Scorecard Delivery: Deliver KPIs for productivity, Cash, Service, Quality
Education / Certifications: Master degree in business or engineering
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
- Minimum 8 years procurement experience
- +2 years Managerial experience
- Fluency in French & English
- Proficiency in MS Office
Business Unit Summary
Mondelēz International in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan serves the Middle East and Africa markets as well as Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada. Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, we have more than 2600 employees working across seven plants and six commercial offices; we make, bake, sell and deliver our products to customers. We are market leaders in key snacking categories with iconic global and local brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Milka, Oreo and belVita biscuits, Barni Cakes,Tang powdered beverage, Chiclets and Trident gum and Halls candy.
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.