Coffee Strategic Planning Manager

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.

Nairobi, KE