Manager, Procurement Business Partner

**A little bit about us
**Nestle is the world’s largest food and beverage company. We have over 2000 brands ranging from global icons to local favorites and are present in 190 countries worldwide. In Canada, excelling means sharing our passion for our purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. It also means living up to our exemplary values which are rooted in respect for ourselves, others, diversity and the future. We will support your personal growth with a people-focused culture and a flexible and diverse working environment. Join our team to support our purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.

**Position Snapshot**
**Business areas: Nestlé Canada**
**Job title: Manager, Procurement Business Partner**
**Location: North York, Ontario**
**Grade: 18
**Position Summary**

We are looking for a Manager, Procurement Business Partner based at our North York Office. The Local Business Partner Manager will manage the local procurement specialist teams for their corresponding GMB/BU sites or business function. He/she will work in the NiM, ensuring good information flow between the procurement support teams, local sourcing teams and the Above Market category teams. He / she has to ensure the development, management and prioritization of procurement activities servicing the GMB/BU/Function at market level to oversee effective delivery against the corresponding GMB/BU/Function strategies as they appear at NiM level. He/she will understand the local market GMB/BU/Function goals and represent them to category leadership and help shape strategic planning. They will monitor success towards the local level GMB/BU/Function business goals delivered by the category teams and procurement resources and help periodically reassess the targeting and actions by SRM and category teams.

**A day in the life of a Manager, Procurement Business Partner**:
**As a Manager, Procurement Business Partner, you will**:

- Understand BU/Function strategies and priorities, translate them into needs and integrate the information into procurement category strategies on procurement across Hub and At market teams. Ensure this information is provided to all critical levels of Category leadership.
- Involved at early stage of NPDI project development within the NiM level work. Understand innovation and renovation plans for GMB/BU/Function at NiM level and interface with any other functional specific groups developing strategy and supplier needs within the NiM. Ensure these strategies are effectively represented and incorporated into category and SRM work.
- Manage/Negotiate contracts with key suppliers/Co-manufacturers. Ensure Service Level, Cost Optimisation & Sustainability targets are meeting the agreed expectation.
- Understand category strategies and sourcing plans and represent these to the NiM level GMB/BU/Function leadership at relevant stages throughout the category process. Ensure category strategies and sourcing plans are understood by the NiM level GMB/BU/Function leadership, and effects are debated and discussed with Hub teams/local teams as required. Feedback to the NiM Level leadership supply market evolution and industry outlooks, forward pricing and hedging as and when applicable.
- Monitor and manage the delivery of value to the NiM Level GMB/BU/Function leadership and provide focus, assignments, and motivation, support and coaching to procurement to understand and deliver GMB/BU/Function needs. Ensure the Integration of GMB/BU/Function NiM level business needs into procurement category strategies considering market evolution and expected innovations.
- Agree scope of roles and activities for Procurement Specialist direct line reports. Set team goals and objectives and manage the local Procurement Support Team with demonstrable, agreed service level of response to changing requirements and project environs.
- Ensure all actions are delivered for all NiM GMB procurement support tasking, and work with GC Leads and local HOP to ensure local tasking is appropriately prioritized. Analyse performance and skill gaps and agree development requirements and training plans. Develop procurement specialist skills within the Function. Pass on lessons learned to all other BP leads At Market and HOPs as appropriate

**What will make you successful?**
- Demonstrated skills of entrepreneurship
- Demonstrated the ability to successfully lead projects.
- Transformed successfully business needs into procurement strategy through management of purchasing for at least one spend category.
- Recognized as value adder in key business unit meetings.
- Represented successfully procurement in key meetings (i.e. Mancom, business units meetings, new product launching)
- Co-manufacturing & food industry experience

We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are real opportunities for future development and progression - this really could be a move towa