Indirect Procurement Manager, Northern Europe Business Unit

Job Description

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltarol, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltarol and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

Role Overview :

Based in London, the Procurement Manager you will be responsible for indirect procurement categories in the UK & Ireland - with the scope to grow their ownership into other Northern Europe markets.

In this role you will have the unique opportunity to drive procurement excellence for the local markets, in close partnership with the global procurement category teams. This role will partner closely with local stakeholders to generate and execute ideas for productivity savings that will drive value for Haleon. With strong analytical and project management skills, you manage multiple projects simultaneously and influence a wide variety of stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities :

Sourcing execution

• Become the local expert in the Indirect spend categories within your scope of responsibility, including Marketing, Logistics and Corporate Services

• Create effective local/regional sourcing strategies aligned to local business requirements and market nuances, while collaborating with global category leads to implement global best practices in region

• Lead tendering activities, contracting, and supplier management – including ‘deep dive’ analytical exercises in cost control, complexity reduction, process simplification and best practice use of KPIs

• Ensure financial benefits are tracked transparently with Finance and added value is demonstrated tangibly with stakeholders

Business partnering & stakeholder management

• Build strategic relationships with a network of senior Haleon stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and position Procurement’s value proposition.

• Influence key stakeholders to support strategy development, endorse strategy recommendations, support execution and agree how benefits delivery will be tracked and budgeted

External supplier relationships

• Lead all contract negotiations and contract management with local/regional suppliers

• Manage the supply base for the categories within your scope through a robust supplier performance management process.

• Ensure assurance of supply (risk management), quality, service, cost and innovation

When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

Qualifications & Skills : 

Education Required : Bachelor’s Degree (Preferred)

Area of Specialisation :

• Minimum 5+ years of professional experience within related Indirect procurement roles preferred;

• Knowledge of Procurement processes and tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier performance management and innovation gathering;

• Ability to prioritise multiple tasks and multiple projects using structured project management skills;

• Ability to work in high pressure environment, often under tight deadlines;

• Essential to have very strong analytical skills (use of Excel, etc), and ability to solve complex problems;

• Excellent networking and influencing skills to manage stakeholders and engage with people;

• Fluency in English is essential.

It would also be a bonus if you had

• Experience outside of the UK

• Knowledge of Ariba or SAP

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information, and we will treat your information confidentially.

Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.