Job description
Job Summary
As aProcurement Specialistyou will support the execution of market‑level procurement activities, working closely with Procurement Business Partners, Category teams, and factory stakeholders.
The role focuses on implementing agreed sourcing strategies, supporting supply resilience activities, and maintaining discipline and visibility across materials, suppliers, and contracts. It plays an important part in strengthening execution and supplier performance in a dynamic operating environment, and provides structured exposure to procurement execution across operational and commercial activities.
A day in the life
Reporting to theProcurement Business Partner, your responsibilities will include:
- Managing deliveryof procurement‑led sourcing initiatives, coordinating actions across procurement, factories, and suppliers to drive accountability and outcomes.
- Owning day‑to‑day supplier engagement, addressing service issues and performance risks as they arise.
- Ensuringaccurate and timely contract availabilityto enable compliant ordering through SAP.
- Maintainingtrackers, data, and insightsto support cost visibility, supply resilience, and early risk identification.
- Acting as theprimary execution interfacebetween factory teams and procurement to ensure priorities translate into outcomes.
What makes you successful
We’re looking for someone who:
- Is motivated byowning and coordinating visible outcomes, not just completing tasks.
- Is comfortable influencing acrossmultiple stakeholders and suppliersto keep work moving and resolve issues.
- Brings acurious, resilient mindset, with a practical interest in improving processes and ways of working.
- Communicates clearly and is keen tobuild commercial judgementthrough hands‑on experience.
- Has a working understanding ofrisk and issue management, and is comfortable tracking, analysing, and escalating issues when required.
Preferred Experience:
- Success in delivering procurement projects across cross-functional and cross-market teams.
- Experience in FMCG and/or complex multinational operations.
- A proactive approach, with motivation to learn, develop, and build a career in procurement.
Benefits
Joining Nestlé means working with an exceptional and highly engaged team while building and growing your career with a global FMCG leader.
In addition, we offer:
- Varied career experiences and personalised development support.
- Wellbeing benefits including vaccinations and health insurance discounts.
- Diversity and Inclusion initiatives and program.
- Paid parental and partner leave.
- Purchase Leave Scheme.
- Volunteering leave, Sports leave, Emergency Services leave.
- Discounted Nestlé products.
Applicants must have full Australian working rights. Applicants may be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including but not limited to federal police checks, prior to appointment to this role.
Our Story
At Nestlé, we aim to shape a better and healthier world by inspiring people to live healthier lives and delivering impact at scale. We foster an inclusive, diverse, and collaborative environment, embrace innovation, and empower our people and teams to win.
We seek respectful, curious, value-driven, and inspiring individuals who care deeply about the lives we touch every day. Be a force for good.