Responsibilities

• Manage a spend of [ £20m+ ] for Global Marketing, Creative & Production categories
• Create comprehensive global sourcing strategies for category in scope of responsibility, operating with a truly global and strategic mindset and in close collaboration with the BUs
• Have a clear understanding of how global and regional strategies affect local markets and how global and regional strategies align
• Build an education & communication process for regional and BU procurement leads
• Be the global expert in the spend categories
• Ensure global strategies reflect Haleon’s sustainability and diversity objectives
• Deliver benefits identified in strategies through effective and collaborative strategy execution with the BUs , aligned to assurance of supply (risk management), quality, service, cost and innovation
• Ensure financial benefits are managed in accordance with the Procurement Plan and Savings Methodology approach, ensuring business unit and Finance agreement to financial value delivered and transparency on treatment of benefits in the budgeting process
• Influence key global and regional stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorse recommended strategies, support execution and agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted
• Build strategic relationships with key global suppliers and lead processes to ensure value is driven from these relationships

Requirements

• Minimum Level of Education Required : Bachelor’s Degree
• Preferred Level of Education : Master’s Degree
• Area of Specialisation : Procurement, Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing
• 5 + years of operational Procurement experience across multiple categories
• Excellent knowledge of Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development and others
• Demonstrated expertise in managing categories, particularly category strategy development and implementation, stakeholder management and supplier relationship management
• In-depth understanding of external environment and supplier relationship models
• Strong knowledge of finance (cost benchmark, financial audit with key suppliers) and legal matters (contracting)
• Clear understanding of business value, business priorities, and potential implementation risks
• Significant experience working in a matrix (global/ regional) business environment