Build and Manage Supply Ecosystem: Own senior level supplier relationships, expand volume potential by building a resilient and cost competitive supply chain while enhancing Neste s market positioning.
Develop Sourcing Strategy: Design and implement sourcing strategy for the region, aligning Regulatory and Sustainability agenda along with global feedstock strategy.
Cost Competitiveness: Optimizes overall logistics options and negotiates favorable contracts, reducing costs and improving profitability and EBITA optimization through strategy execution.
Drive Market Advantage: Provide market analysis, identify trading opportunities, and promote sustainability within the supply chain. Develop tools and share information on market intelligence that impact directly or indirectly the feedstock sourced in India.
Operational Excellence: Lead Supplier Negotiations, close collaboration with Feedstock lead on book, drive cross-functional projects and contracts execution.
Feedstock Development: Secures a diverse feedstock supply chain, crucial for Nestes business model balancing the need to ensure a consistent supply of feedstock with the requirement to optimize costs and maintain sustainability standards in a dynamic market environment.
Enhances Nestes market positioning by building strong supplier relationships and identifying new trading opportunities.
Keys to success in this role / The best combination to succeed in this role
Bachelors degree (Masters preferred) in business, engineering, environment, or similar field
8-10 years experience in procurement or biofuel feedstock supply/trading (Oil seed commodity markets knowledge a plus).
Proven track record in business models, partnerships and supply chain management.
Influential leader with strong communication and collaboration skills.
Adaptable, flexible and self-directed with strong leadership presence
Exposure to physical logistics, regulatory sustainability concepts.
Other strengths we value
Neste values:
Support and demonstrate Neste s core values of Responsibility, Innovation, Cooperation, and Excellence that underpin its successful business.
Live up to professional commitments, with a passionate belief that sustainable, low-carbon, and clean-burning fuels are integral to managing both climate change and pollution.
Provide forward-thinking and pioneering solutions, befitting a world-leading renewable fuels company, that give real value to customers and create enthusiasm for Neste s products.
Respect, learn from, and contribute to the international group of employees and customers that enable Neste s success.
Strive for excellence in every professional activity to achieve world-class operational and financial performance.
Achiever:
Consistent leader who leads by example, promoting delivery while maintaining the right level of control.
Establishes concrete targets and leads the way toward achieving those targets, monitoring performance systematically.
Understands that results are primarily achieved through group success, and challenges individuals and teams to exceed expectations.
Cooperation builder:
Builds a trustful and communicative culture, soliciting opinions and inputs to create an optimal working environment.
Bridges management and perspective gaps across organizations (both inside and outside the Company).
Renewer:
Encourages new ideas and methods that continuously work toward long-term goals.
Tolerates uncertainty and promotes learning opportunities and an entrepreneurial spirit.