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Skills
Recycling
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Microsoft PowerPoint
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Education
Trade school
Bachelor's degree
Associate's degree
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Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow.
At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.
Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
As an Associate Sourcing Specialist, you will play a key role in ensuring compliance with state statute reporting requirements related to Deposit Return Systems (DRS), Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), State Post Consumer Responsibility (PCR), and other mandatory packaging and recycling laws. You will identify and implement cost improvement projects with a strong focus on maintaining effective fraud prevention checks through data analysis and KPI monitoring. Your contributions will support our broader sustainability initiatives aimed at enhancing packaging diversion and recyclability.
Job Duties/Deliverables:
Vendor Management & Site Visits
Serve as the primary contact for recycling and scrap vendors, managing contracts and agreements to ensure compliance with Nestlé standards.
Lead sustainability vendor onboarding, performance reviews, and assessments to maintain high-quality service levels.
Communicate effectively with vendors to resolve invoice discrepancies prior to posting and payment, ensuring adherence to vendor payment terms.
Conduct onsite audits and maintain relationships with recycling vendors, while also visiting major grocery chains to assess the conditions of bottle redemption areas and RVM machines.
Compliance & Reporting
Analyze, process, and rationalize multiple BRO vendor invoices weekly, ensuring a formal month-end handoff to finance for state compliance and reporting.
Maintain and update the "Deposit Tracker," an Excel tool used for tracking invoice processing and state reporting.
Support the monthly scrap recovery process by correlating scrap volumes with container redemption rates and billed units, identifying potential fraud as needed.
Financial Oversight
Analyze, process, and rationalize multiple BRO vendor invoices weekly, ensuring a formal month-end handoff to finance for state compliance and reporting.
Maintain and update the "Deposit Tracker," an Excel tool used for tracking invoice processing and state reporting.
Support the monthly scrap recovery and reporting process by correlating scrap volumes with container redemption rates and billed units, identifying potential fraud as needed.
Support the annual spend forecast and PO creation process for vendor invoices, including parked and blocked for resolution.
Critical Experiences/Education:
Bachelor’s degree, associate/technical education, or equivalent work experience preferred
Minimum 2 years sourcing, purchasing and/or material management, technical/manufacturing experience and/or or equivalent experience required. Internal Development Trainee candidates on second and third rotations will also be considered.
SAP experience highly preferred.
Ariba and I-Nexus experience preferred.
Required proficiency in Microsoft Suite products, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Qualifications/Certifications:
Proficient understanding in material management, and recycling solutions with a curiosity to help evolve our packaging to support our Best Planet passion.
General negotiation skills for contract agreements.
Ability to interface, influence, and collaborate within the organization at various levels.
Candidate must be quick at study, proven ability to adapt to change, ability to work across boundaries and borders, strong decision making.
Demonstrated analytical skills in environmental, market, and vendor analysis.
Courage to hold suppliers and vendors accountable to set of expectations and standards.
#procurement2026
It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.
To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.
The Nestlé Companies are equal employment opportunity employers. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, ****** orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-80XXXXXX.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
Review our applicant privacy notice before applying at https://www.nestlejobs.com/privacy.
Job Requisition: 357194
Here’s how the job qualifications align with your profile.
Skills
Recycling
(Required)
Microsoft Word
(Required)
Microsoft PowerPoint
(Required)
+ show more
Do you have experience in Recycling?
Education
Trade school
Bachelor's degree
Associate's degree
Do you have a Trade school?
Full job description
Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow.
At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.
Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
As an Associate Sourcing Specialist, you will play a key role in ensuring compliance with state statute reporting requirements related to Deposit Return Systems (DRS), Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), State Post Consumer Responsibility (PCR), and other mandatory packaging and recycling laws. You will identify and implement cost improvement projects with a strong focus on maintaining effective fraud prevention checks through data analysis and KPI monitoring. Your contributions will support our broader sustainability initiatives aimed at enhancing packaging diversion and recyclability.
Job Duties/Deliverables:
Vendor Management & Site Visits
Serve as the primary contact for recycling and scrap vendors, managing contracts and agreements to ensure compliance with Nestlé standards.
Lead sustainability vendor onboarding, performance reviews, and assessments to maintain high-quality service levels.
Communicate effectively with vendors to resolve invoice discrepancies prior to posting and payment, ensuring adherence to vendor payment terms.
Conduct onsite audits and maintain relationships with recycling vendors, while also visiting major grocery chains to assess the conditions of bottle redemption areas and RVM machines.
Compliance & Reporting
Analyze, process, and rationalize multiple BRO vendor invoices weekly, ensuring a formal month-end handoff to finance for state compliance and reporting.
Maintain and update the "Deposit Tracker," an Excel tool used for tracking invoice processing and state reporting.
Support the monthly scrap recovery process by correlating scrap volumes with container redemption rates and billed units, identifying potential fraud as needed.
Financial Oversight
Analyze, process, and rationalize multiple BRO vendor invoices weekly, ensuring a formal month-end handoff to finance for state compliance and reporting.
Maintain and update the "Deposit Tracker," an Excel tool used for tracking invoice processing and state reporting.
Support the monthly scrap recovery and reporting process by correlating scrap volumes with container redemption rates and billed units, identifying potential fraud as needed.
Support the annual spend forecast and PO creation process for vendor invoices, including parked and blocked for resolution.
Critical Experiences/Education:
Bachelor’s degree, associate/technical education, or equivalent work experience preferred
Minimum 2 years sourcing, purchasing and/or material management, technical/manufacturing experience and/or or equivalent experience required. Internal Development Trainee candidates on second and third rotations will also be considered.
SAP experience highly preferred.
Ariba and I-Nexus experience preferred.
Required proficiency in Microsoft Suite products, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Qualifications/Certifications:
Proficient understanding in material management, and recycling solutions with a curiosity to help evolve our packaging to support our Best Planet passion.
General negotiation skills for contract agreements.
Ability to interface, influence, and collaborate within the organization at various levels.
Candidate must be quick at study, proven ability to adapt to change, ability to work across boundaries and borders, strong decision making.
Demonstrated analytical skills in environmental, market, and vendor analysis.
Courage to hold suppliers and vendors accountable to set of expectations and standards.
#procurement2026
It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.
To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.
The Nestlé Companies are equal employment opportunity employers. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, ****** orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-80XXXXXX.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
Review our applicant privacy notice before applying at https://www.nestlejobs.com/privacy.
Job Requisition: 357194
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Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Sustainable Sourcing Associate position is now open for candidates interested in the Helper Jobs sector. This role in Solon offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Helper Jobs is a plus.