Commercial Operations Specialist

Our client vision is to be the world’s best performing snacks-led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of their differentiated brands.

Powered by their strategy to Differentiate, Drive & Deliver, they are a leading company in global snacking, international cereal and noodles, and North America frozen foods, with iconic, world-class brands and strong underlying growth momentum and profitability.

Our client purpose is to create better days and a place at the table for everyone through their trusted foods brands.

As part of this purpose, they are committed to advancing sustainable & equitable access to food by creating Better Days for 4 billion people by the end of 2030.

Role Description:

• The Jobholder is responsible for the overall management of Turkey supplier base within assigned raw and packaging material categories.
• She/he will be ensuring excellent execution of the Global / Regional Category strategy and lead the COGs saving projects.
• The job holder will handle the day-to day management of her/his materials supply base including supplier performance.
• She/he is responsible for ensuring that materials for the factories are delivered as per the established KPIs by the relevant internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

Maximize value for money

• Establish procurement strategies for raw pack materials in line with global/regional category teams.
• Lead the development and execution of Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) initiatives and specification changes in coordination with the relevant stakeholders.
• Own Resilience program in Turkey in collaboration with SQA & R&D driving dual sourcing target.
• Negotiate and challenge supplier's quality, price (where appropriate, non-regional/global category materials), service, lead times, minimum order quantities & payment terms to get the best value for every dollar spent.
• Provide Commercial leadership for new supplier introductions and approvals.
• Provide local management of Purchase Price Variance (PPV) and buying performance metrics.

Optimize and protect the supply chain

• Contribute to World-class management of Working Capital through Day Raws and Packs Outstanding (DRPO) initiatives (e.g. stock reductions).
• Manage the contracting process including request for quotation (RFQs) & tenders (where appropriate, non-regional/global category materials) and contract creation & PO issuance (samples) in line with the policies and procedures.
• Manage Mars Intellectual Property with the support of the regional IP Commercial representatives, using the appropriate Confidentiality agreements and supply contracts to ensure is protected. Ensure responsible and continuous supply.
• Provide local expertise and market intelligence for the global category teams.
• Provide Commercial leadership for new supplier introductions and approvals.
• Provide necessary support to internal stakeholders in ensuring supply continuity, supplier issues, non-conformance, managing stocks and pipelines. o Ensure zero runouts due to materials availability.
• Support SQA in developing supplier performance scorecards and provide commercial leadership for the proactive measurement of supplier performance (Supplier compliance scorecards).
• Manage & develop day to day relationship with suppliers and provide commercial leadership to resolve disputes, supplier issues and non-conformance when site internal stakeholders are unable to during the contractual period.
• Monitor commodity trends periodically and provide local expertise and market intelligence for the global category teams to anticipate future risks/opportunities
• Provide support to sustainability initiatives (local/regional/global) to ensure compliance to targets in relation to materials.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders & suppliers to ensure the right specifications are purchased.
• Responsible for the requisition-to-pay process for the assigned scope of purchases and ensures that demands are met.

Leverage External Capabilities

• Provide local expertise and market intelligence for the global category teams.
• Provide Commercial leadership for new supplier introductions and approvals.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree - 1-3 years of Commercial/Purchasing experience preferably in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) field - Fluent in English.
• Preferably knowledge of SAP MM Modul Advanced user of MS Office applications especially Excel