Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.
This is an exciting role where you will learn to use market insights and data analysis to work with different partners to start and shape new market trends. You will support the development and execution of sourcing strategies for spend categories and support the continuous improvement and standardization of the strategic sourcing processes
How you will contribute
You support spend category teams to develop and execute sourcing strategies for specific spend categories. To excel in this role, you interact with cross-functional stakeholders to manage spend and market analytics (for example, conducting “make or buy” analyses). You also generate insights from bid events, prepare supplier negotiation materials, support project execution and supplier relationship management, and drive controls and compliance.
What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career with experience and knowledge in:
- Procurement
- Data Analytics – ability to analyze and visualize large amounts of data
- Supply market analysis experience preferred
- Project management
- Negotiating, influencing and building collaborative relationships
Sourcing Specialist – Corporate & Professional Services (CPS) Procurement, Latin America
The CPS Sourcing Specialist supports the development of Corporate & Professional Services (CPS) procurement for Mondelez in the Latin America region. Working closely with business units, regional, and global teams, the role maximizes savings and value contribution while safeguarding supplier service levels and ensuring full policy compliance. Beyond traditional sourcing and negotiation duties, the position leverages modern digital and analytical tools to transform data into actionable insights that enhance decision‑making and financial performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead strategic sourcing events across a diverse range of indirect categories including HR, Consulting, Temp Labor, R&D, Company Vehicles, Travel, and other CPS categories.
- Ensure all sourcing activities comply with legal requirements, MDLZ procurement processes, quality, and environmental standards; supporting internal and external audits as needed.
- Identify and propose initiatives to generate cost savings, improve service levels, and enhance MDLZ's financial performance.
- Maximize negotiation performance through the application of procurement best practices.
- Drive continuous alignment with Business Unit (BU), regional, and global strategies.
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams for key projects, global tenders, and knowledge sharing.
- Monitor supplier service levels, investigate root causes of performance issues, and drive the implementation of corrective actions to ensure optimal supplier performance.
- Support the implementation of MDLZ and CPS data initiatives. Enhance the data quality for future automation and interactive Power BI dashboards to provide comprehensive procurement analytics.
Expertise:
- Strong sourcing focus and commitment with demonstrated negotiation skills.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field.
- Experience with e‑sourcing suites such as Coupa CSO and their analytics modules preferred.
- Language: Fluent Portuguese, Fluent English and intermediate Spanish, written and oral.
- Advanced analytical skills: Excel and Power BI (or Tableau) dashboard development.
- Familiarity with Python or R for statistical analysis is a plus.
- Knowledge of spend‑cube, TCO, cost‑to‑serve frameworks, and savings methodologies.
Skills and Competencies:
- Stakeholder management and influencing across multiple functions and cultures.
- Prioritization and strong sense of urgency; able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Commitment, accountability, and execution excellence.
- Problem‑solving and root‑cause analysis with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Data storytelling: ability to distill complex data into clear, executive‑ready insights.
- Curiosity for automation, AI, and new digital tools in procurement.
Business Unit Summary
Mondelēz Brasil is Mondelēz International’s fourth largest operation in the world, with approximately 7,500 employees proudly producing, selling and distributing some of the most beloved brands of chewing gum, candies, powdered beverages, cream cheeses, chocolates, cookies and desserts in Brazil. We make the Brazilians’ favorite products such as Bis, Lacta, Oreo, Club Social, Sonho de Valsa, Trakinas, Trident, Halls, Royal, Tang and many others. We are truly part of the lives of Brazilians: You can find our mouth-watering products in more than 700,000 points of sale and we are present in more than 92% of Brazilian homes. Our factories are located in Vitória de Santo Antão, in the state of Pernambuco, and Curitiba, in the state of Paraná. We are also home to one of the company's 11 technology centers around the world, responsible for research and development, so we can continue to create new and innovative products, offering the right snack for the right time, done in the right way.
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
