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 will add value to the organization by becoming the single point of contact for local leaders in a specific geographic or plant location. You will enable agility by managing the day-to-day interactions between business stakeholders, sourcing teams and suppliers to collaborate across the End-to-End supply chain operations teams and the commercial business.

You will lead the procure to pay process to ensure both materials and/or services are ordered, and delivered timely and with the right quality and quantity and secure the proper payment for out suppliers. You will also manage the local implementation of regional and/or global projects.

How you will contribute

Your day-to-day activity will contribute to ensure our business meet our customer and consumers expectations. To achieve that, you will execute the procurement agenda by acting as the single point of contact for the stakeholders at a site or region, and will oversee the daily interaction with manufacturing, supply chain, commercial teams, quality assurance, sourcing teams and suppliers. You will also support the Supply Chain Operations teams to deliver service-level targets by ensuring material availability and timely delivery, with right quality and quantity, and taking the lead in problem solving for supply issues and 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 will be the owner of the source-to-pay process compliance key indicators and take corrective action when necessary.

What you will bring

A desire to drive and deliver our company objectives with a zero loss mindset, a proactive approach and learning agility to deal with the daily challenges to properly support our business needs.

 

The incumbent will have experience and knowledge in:

 

Supply Chain functions (materials planning, logistics)Procurement Operations and/or Sourcing.Communication, interpersonal skills and proactivity. Stakeholder management.Problem solving to ensure timely resolution of challenges.First Class Customer service orientationWorking well under pressure, managing multiple priorities, dealing with ambiguity, and the willingness and ability to learn on a daily basis.

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

Main responsibilities:

Supply Issues resolution

Work together with material Managers to resolve issues.Problem Solving, Connect with Suppliers and stakeholders to defuse imminent business disruption.​

BCP (Business Continuity Plan)

Collaborate with Material managers and local stakeholders to define a Plan for the most critical materials.Align with stakeholder’s key prevention actions/activities.Connect with Spend leads, ideate, and align multiple supplier strategy.

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Productivity (savings)/ NA projects

Lead Projects, connect with stakeholders, Align process (I2M/Non-I2M) -ideas to market-Support RFP (request for proposal) implementations, I2M projects where needed, and special projectsSupport Plants with SAP contracts (CMaaS)Be creative and curious to identify losses and develop productivity initiatives.

Quality Notifications   

Develop a zero-defect mindset among supply base. Reinforce with suppliers the Mondelēz’s  Supplier Quality ExpectationsWork with suppliers to develop Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to tackle root causes.Support QA Plant’s team to escalate Quality notifications (QN’s) when needed.Manage Claims and credit notes with suppliers whenever neededDevelop and Track KPI’s to assess, and improve supplier performance.Analysis/Identification of Key Supplier with opportunities and action plan development.

Accounts Payable/ Finance

Support resolution of supplier invoices issues.Follow up on Credit notes application for Material Rejection, Rebate, Material difference in Qty.Resolve Accounts Payable issues across all supply base.

Procure to PAY   

Identify and Resolve. Invoice rejected due to mismatch with PO.

On Time in Full

Ensure the proper flow of materials to secure production continuity.Track and document transportation Incidents with suppliersEstablish frequent communication with suppliers to improve On Time – In Full deliveries and request corrective actions to improve when needed.

External Manufacturers support

Supply chain issues Acc Payable/Finance/Source to Pay/SystemEM Delivery Quantity Variance reconciliationSupplier set-upSAP Contract management – Direct Materials both internal plants and External ManufacturersSourcing requirements – Contract, Source List & PIR management

Procurement Single Point of Contact   

Ease the communication between local stake holders with Spend Area leads or Indirect materials and Service Proc Ops Team

What extra ingredients you will bring: Team player and the willingness to be accountable when times are tough, drive for results, progressively pushes self and others for results. 

Education / Certifications: Bachelor’s in engineering or business administration. Master’s degree is a plus.

 

Languages: Native English speaker / Fluent in Spanish

Job specific requirements: 5+ years of experience related.

System requirements:

ERP Systems (SAP, COUPA, ORACLE, ZYCUS, TUNGSTEN, etc)MS OFFICE (Advanced Level)

Travel requirements: Sporadic, only when needed

Work schedule: From Monday to Friday. This is an On-site job

No Relocation support available, however for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelēz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands—including Oreo and  Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products —are close at hand for our consumers across the country.  

Mondelēz 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.

Job Type

Regular

Procurement Operations

Procurement