Easter Seals Jobs

Company: Nespresso

Qualification: Master’s degree in business management or equivalent.

Experience: Minimum 10 years’ professional experience in business transformation and proven experience in stakeholder management and strategy definition and implementation.

Closing date: 27 December 2024

Position Summary

You will support the coffee program regional manager as a trusted co-pilot on day to day and long-term strategic view in delivering the coffee sustainability targets of the region. The main priorities will focus on: managing the sourcing capacity of the region and steer the yearly target delivery via a strategic performance based sourcing; provide visibility around regional status of coffee sustainability target and budget (status and projection) and orchestrate key transformative projects and lighthouses.

A day in the life of a Coffee Strategic Planning Manager

As the successful candidate, you will:

• Act as the co- pilot of the regional coffee program manager:

• Co-Lead the operational strategy in line with coffee global strategy at regional and country level

• Consolidate data and scenario to support decision making in multi stakeholders’ meetings

• Consolidate insights from strategic transformative projects and escalate to HQ

• Gather intelligence on the region: Risks (deforestation, human rights, gender), opportunities, volume, farmgate price ...

• Equip the team with consolidated dashboards for strategic planning

• Implement performance-based sourcing and consolidate learnings on key lighthouse initiatives:

• Implement the performance-based sourcing strategy, smooth deployment of digital traceability and control achievements of supplier’s targets

• Oversee the coffee supplier’s performance on ESG topics

• Secure the seamless execution of budget and target cycles with HQ team

• Ensure sustainability excellence with UpToDate reference documents to be used for audits

• Create and/or contribute to strategic communication assets of coffee flagships (initiatives, product ranges).

• Innovate and Fund:

• Contribute to business cases development in collaboration with HQ, with tangible considerations from the field and supply chain structure.

• Identify funding opportunities, design and implement when possible.

• Consolidate the learnings of test and learn with pilot projects.

• Management and Engagement:

• Chair the monthly operational review and represent the region during HQ meetings.

• Ensure efficiencies with Nestlé coffee brands local strategy in alignment with global approach.

• Support the regional manager with local institutions engagement and advocacy.

• Activate when relevant LinkedIn Posts on key outcome /events in the region.

What will make you successful

• Master’s degree in business management or equivalent.

• Minimum 10 years’ professional experience in business transformation and proven experience in stakeholder management and strategy definition and implementation.

• Business mindset with P& L management experience.

• Strong passion for sustainability and upstream agricultural related initiatives.

• Proven track record in project management and ability to deliver results by working with cross-functional teams.

• Strong project management & communication skills.

• Demonstrable leadership to build structuring tools and processes for change management.

• Credibility to coordinate business with multidisciplinary teams.

• Proven ability to coach and develop people to become the leaders of tomorrow.

• Expertise in sustainable sourcing or in agricultural related projects would be a plus.

• Credibility to coordinate business with multidisciplinary teams.