Senior Director, Global Packaging

Welcome to Haleon. We're a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we've grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter - one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands - including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® - lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it's time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose - to deliver better everyday health with humanity - at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

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, Voltaren, 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, Voltaren 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

The Senior Director, Global Packaging has an annual spend accountability of up to ~£500m (global sourced packaging & provide key inputs for regional packaging) & contribute towards £150m spend in Materials for CMO. This role is a part of Global Direct Procurement.

This role is responsible for leadership of the Procurement teams on a global scope for packaging-related categories of spend, and is accountable for the quality, service/ supply risk and cost of all packaging materials and services procured for the sites.

The geographic scope of the role is Global with an organisation of ~12 resources covering Category scope Primary and Secondary packaging across 3 regions (23 Haleon sites). The role also influences in-directly regional OU packaging buying resources and provides overall guidelines and strategy

This is a high impact, high complexity role with significant scope that spans across multiple categories and suppliers.

In this role you will...

• Drive the creation, execution and management of comprehensive sourcing strategies for spend categories, in a matrix approach with Global Categories in order to best meet the needs of the operating units in region.
• Collaborate and align with other Procurement leaders and teams within the region and/or globally to understand and adopt best practices.
• Manage 3 year category strategy roadmap.
• Be responsible for COGs delivery including Savings, service, Quality
• Strategically engage with and understand the business requirements of stakeholders and business partners and to position the Procurement value proposition, on local, regional and global levels.
• Ensure Haleon Procurement policies, procedures, processes, systems and methodologies are utilized in a compliant manner in the area of responsibility
• Accountable for the quality, service/ supply risk and cost of all packaging materials and services for manufacturing sites and operating units.
• Accountable for creating and implementing Procurement strategies and initiatives which improve quality and service/ supply risk and deliver significant cost savings across business units and supply networks.
• Accountable for ensuring contract coverage for globally owned spend
• Accountable for ensuring ideation with the SCs and Sites of new value creation projects (innovation, savings, quality, service/ supply risk) and for partnering with them for optimal OTIF delivery. Accountable for involving suppliers in this as appropriate.
• Lead, manage and develop a team of professional sourcing staff, located in multiple countries, to ensure effective performance of in the scope of responsibility Direct reports, indirect reports, matrix reports
• Developing capability of staff, technical, leadership and behavioural
• Leading improvements in team performance

Key Responsibilities

People leadership

• Lead and direct a Procurement team across multiple countries within a region
• Develop and implement effective ways of working across the region, OUs and Category team to ensure a cohesive approach
• Ensure appropriate communication strategy across BUs and Category teams is in place and in use
• Devel