Sugar & Grains Sourcing Specialist

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Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng
Entry level
Big Data • Food • Hardware • Machine Learning • Retail • Automation • Manufacturing
We're a global snacking company empowering people to snack right.
The Role
The role involves supporting the development and execution of sourcing strategies for specific spend categories by interacting with cross-functional stakeholders, managing spend and market analytics, and generating insights from bid events. Responsibilities include supplier negotiation, supplier relationship management, and driving compliance within strategic sourcing processes.
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Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.
This is an exciting role where you will learn to use market insights and data analysis to work with different partners to start and shape new market trends. You will support the development and execution of sourcing strategies for spend categories and support the continuous improvement and standardization of the strategic sourcing processes
How you will contribute
You support spend category teams to develop and execute sourcing strategies for specific spend categories. To excel in this role, you interact with cross-functional stakeholders to manage spend and market analytics (for example, conducting "make or buy" analyses). You also generate insights from bid events, prepare supplier negotiation materials, support project execution and supplier relationship management, and drive controls and compliance.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:

  • Procurement - Agricultural Commodity experience
  • Strategic sourcing across multiple countries
  • Supplier relationship management
  • Data Analytics - ability to analyze and visualize large amounts of data
  • Market analysis experience preferred - Supplier and Macro analysis
  • Supply market analysis experience preferred
  • Project management
  • Negotiating, influencing and building collaborative relationships - internally and externally


More about this role
What you need to know about this position:
You will be working with a team of strategic sourcing experts across AMEA region and global commodity experts. You will represent the company when it comes to an expert in sourcing your commodity.
What extra ingredients you will bring:
Willingness to challenge status quo
Education / Certifications:

  • Relevant tertiary qualification


Job specific requirements:

  • Comfortable working with Cost Models
  • Running e-Auction, Parametric bidding
  • Negotiation with supplier
  • Aware of Macros for countries in your domain
  • Deliver productivity via bids and reformulation.
  • Stakeholder management - Supply chain, Quality, finance and R&D


Travel requirements:

  • Occasional Travel


Work schedule:

  • Standard Business Hours


No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
Mondelēz International's Sub Saharan Africa Business Unit is made up of three key focus areas namely Southern Africa, West Africa and the Rest of Africa Markets. The Business Unit is home to approximately 1000 Makers and Bakers who strive to bring only the best quality and loved brands to our consumers. Mondelēz International in Sub Saharan Africa is proud to house global legacy brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk, Oreo, Halls and Bournvita, together with local jewels such as Cadbury LunchBar, Chappies, TomTom and Dentyne. The Business Unit's Markets have consistently been awarded Top Employer certification, and has been recognised as a Top Employer in Africa.
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.
Job Type
Regular
Sourcing
Procurement

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
90,000 Employees
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Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately 90,000 individuals around the world.

Our Purpose
Our purpose is to empower people to snack right. We will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.

Our Brands
We’re leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum.

Our People
Our 90,000+ colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Our Values and Leadership Commitments of Love our Consumers and Brands, Grow Every Day, and Do What's Right shapes our culture – what we believe in, stand for, and what guides our actions and decisions. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are.

Our Strategies
We are uniquely positioned to lead the future of snacking with strong leadership in our categories, an unparalleled portfolio of global and local brands, and a solid footprint in fast-growing markets. Aimed at delivering sustainable growth, our strategic plan is centered around three strategic priorities:

• Growth: accelerate consumer-centric growth
• Execution: drive operational excellence
• Culture: build a winning growth culture

Why Work With Us

We offer passionate, energetic and curious people a huge choice of careers in our fun, fast-paced, global business. We operate in four regions: Asia, Middle East & Africa; Europe; Latin America; and North America. And in over 80 countries our people are united in a common purpose to empower people to snack right.

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