Indirect Sourcing Manager

Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our mission to change the way the world snacks. Make It Matter.
You support sourcing for spend categories-including sourcing execution and stakeholder management-to maximize the total value of ownership for the organization. You also work closely with local business and global spend category teams to ensure best practice sharing and driving value for the organization.
How you will contribute
You will take the lead in creating value through innovation, sustainability, risk management, quality, service, cash and productivity programs all while ensuring compliance with policies, strategies and processes. In addition, you will lead in the development and deployment of sourcing strategies and the ongoing management of supplier relationships, manage the supply base working internal and external stakeholders to ensure Mondelēz International's competitive advantage, completely build a program with the business and suppliers that incorporates best practices, market insights, risks and opportunities, and set a clear vision for various areas, defining and delivering ambitious plans that encourage teams and stakeholders to engage not just in the destination, but also in the journey.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Procurement experience across different market
• Demonstrating a future-focused mindset, showing curiosity about industry trends, digital solutions and innovation for consumers and translating opportunities into business strategies
• Strategic sourcing and risk management
• Business and financials and an understanding of how procurement brings financial value to the overall profit and loss
• Leading and developing teams in a multi-cultural environment
• Organizational agility, influencing stakeholders and interacting effectively with senior leaders based on a deep understanding of business priorities
• Modelling trust, integrity and perseverance

You support sourcing, contracting and buy enablement for all Indirect Materials & Services spend categories- including identification of opportunities, planning of events, stakeholder alignment, productivity achievements reporting, driving a team of buyers doing sourcing execution - to maximize the total value of ownership for the organization.
You also work closely with local business, global spend category leads and procurement capabilities & compliance team to ensure best practice sharing and driving value for the organization. You work with business partner to ensure Global Buying Policy controls and compliance are adhered to.
How you will contribute
You will take the lead in creating value through innovation, sustainability, risk management, quality, service, cash and productivity programs all while ensuring compliance with policies, strategies and processes.
In addition, you will lead Mondelez Tail Spend Management sourcing program operations for your region, by leveraging a business partner Sourcing CoE, to develop a pipeline of initiatives with the business and suppliers that incorporates best practices, market insights, risks and opportunities to ensure Mondelēz International's competitive advantage and deliver productivities.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Proven Sourcing experience across different markets and categories.
• Demonstrating a future-focused mindset, showing curiosity about industry trends, digital solutions and innovation for consumers and translating opportunities into business strategies
• Understanding of how procurement brings financial value to the overall P&L
• Leading and developing teams in a multi-cultural environment.
• Organizational agility, influencing stakeholders and interacting effectively with senior leaders based on a deep understanding of business priorities.
• Modelling trust, integrity and perseverance.

More about this role
What you need to know about this position:

• Position opened to meet a growing demand for Global Business Services to create value for MDLZ business. It is an operational role required as part of a CPO sponsored program to manage tail spend globally.

Education / Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Commercial & Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or Relevant professional certification.
• Ideally MCIPS qualified (not mandatory)
• CI and PM certifications are a plus.

Job specific requirements:

• 10+ years of proven IM&S categories and subpackages spend management experience at regional level.
• Multiple years' experience within a large international business.
• Strong stakeholder management skills; including making complex information simple, accessible and insightful for decision makers.
• Cost & financial acumen with strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Organizational and project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with internal and external teams.
• Strong influencing and decision-making skills, showing clear leadership in driving resolution of problems in a structured manner.
• Cultural awareness and experience of working in international teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Portuguese.
• Fluent Spanish is a plus

Travel requirements:

• Occasional travel

Work schedule:

• In alignment with local regulations, with flexibility to operate in a Global environment, keeping primary focus on region's stakeholders.

This is a hybrid position, based in our São Paulo office.
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
Mondelēz Brasil is Mondelēz International's fourth largest operation in the world, with approximately 7,500 employees proudly producing, selling and distributing some of the most beloved brands of chewing gum, candies, powdered beverages, cream cheeses, chocolates, cookies and desserts in Brazil. We make the Brazilians' favorite products such as Bis, Lacta, Oreo, Club Social, Sonho de Valsa, Trakinas, Trident, Halls, Royal, Tang and many others. We are truly part of the lives of Brazilians: You can find our mouth-watering products in more than 700,000 points of sale and we are present in more than 92% of Brazilian homes. Our factories are located in Vitória de Santo Antão, in the state of Pernambuco, and Curitiba, in the state of Paraná. We are also home to one of the company's 11 technology centers around the world, responsible for research and development, so we can continue to create new and innovative products, offering the right snack for the right time, done in the right way.
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