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We operate on a truly global scale, bringing together over 40 nationalities across three dynamic hubs in Switzerland, Panama, and Malaysia. You will make a difference by collaborating closely with procurement teams, marketing stakeholders, supply chain partners and suppliers. 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You will make a difference by collaborating closely with procurement teams, marketing stakeholders, supply chain partners and suppliers. This is your chance to drive innovation, sustainability, and impact at scale, ensuring value creation through responsibly sourced supply across diverse categories.\nHow you’ll make an impact as a Regional Procurement Manager - Consumer Activation\nDefine and deliver the category strategy using strategic sourcing processes, tools and policies, ensuring compliance with Nestlé’s Corporate Business Principles and standards\nPartner with marketing, sales, supply chain and procurement teams to understand business needs and translate them into projects with measurable value.\nBuild a strong network across market procurement teams to scale best practices, drive consistency and accelerate category impact.\nLeading complex supplier negotiations to secure best commercial outcomes, service levels and competitive advantage for Nestlé\nManage strategic agencies and activation partners to improve performance, transparency, innovation and value delivery.\nDrive sustainable value creation through total cost of ownership (TCO) optimization, risk mitigation and continuous improvement initiatives.\nUse data, analytics and market insights to identify opportunities, measure performance and support fact-based decision making.\nDeliver procurement projects and transformation initiatives that improve efficiency, effectiveness and execution across the category.\nWhat will make you successful\nBringing strategic sourcing expertise and commercial judgment to identify opportunities and convert them into measurable results.\nApplying strong negotiation and supplier management skills to secure value and build productive partnerships.\nStrong project and change management capabilities, with the ability to lead transformation and deliver sustainable improvements.\nExcellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across procurement, marketing, supply chain and other functions while navigating ambiguity and competing priorities.\nStrong analytical and data-driven decision-making capabilities to identify opportunities and support strategic recommendations.\nCommunicating fluently in English; using Spanish with professional working proficiency.\nAt Nestlé Global Procurement, we place people at the heart of everything we do\nOur benefits are designed to support your growth and wellbeing, so you can thrive at work and in life:\nFlexible working options, including hybrid work possibilities (for office-based roles)\nPaid holidays beyond legal requirements\nLearning and development opportunities to grow your career\nPerformance based bonus\nHealth insurance and access to the Employee Assistance Program\nStrong employer contribution to your pension plan\nGenerous parental leave and comprehensive family support solutions\nAttractive employee discounts across various products and services\nWhat to expect from our hiring process\nWe are committed to an inclusive and respectful hiring experience and are happy to provide reasonable accommodations if needed. 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