Director, Ingredients & Oral Health Innovation (Materials) Procurement

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.

The Director, OH Category & Global Ingredients Procurement will have responsibility for Ingredients Procurement, and reports into Materials Procurement Senior Director. The role leads Procurement for Ingredients - a strategic area of the business. The role interacts with senior stakeholders in Materials and directly covers £250m in spend across 30 material categories.

Additionally, the role:

• Develops strategic sourcing strategies for a defined portfolio
• Requires high cultural awareness
• Plans, leads and oversees negotiations
• Builds and delivers a Procurement strategy across global portfolio
• Creates and implements Procurement initiatives/strategies which improve quality of service and supply and produce significant cost savings across business units or supply networks
• Knows and utilises complex business processes in all Haleon supplier transactions, including all risk/regulatory/compliance requirements
• Understands and business partners the customer group in order to deliver relevant strategic procurement solutions
• Significant external supplier and market knowledge
• Leads, manages and develops a team of procurement managers to facilitate delivery of the primary role purpose described above
• Leads innovation procurement for OTC category and interfaces with category stakeholders esp. on input material and packaging innovations

In this role you will:

• Develop a comprehensive strategy for the procurement of Ingredients designed to ensure high quality of services and ensure Haleon's competitive position
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to deploy strategies globally, facilitated by robust implementation and transition plans
• Generate value in terms of quality, delivery, and cost; contribute significantly to organization's goals and objectives

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a spend of £250m by creating comprehensive global sourcing strategies, operating with a truly global and strategic mindset
• Build strategic relationships with a network of senior Haleon global stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurement's value proposition. Align sourcing strategies accordingly
• Create compelling business cases for change and obtain approval to execute from Haleon Material Procurement and/or other support functions (Finance, HR) senior management, and to agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted
• Contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation and maintenance. Negotiate with suppliers and work with legal in bringing a contract from draft form to completion
• Deliver global benefits identified in strategies through effective strategy execution, aligned to assurance of supply (risk management), compliance, quality, service, cost and innovation
• Engage stakeholders, Finance and other relevant functions in the sourcing strategy delivery and execution
• Build strategic relationships with key suppliers at a senior level and lead processes to ensure value is driven from these relationships
• Ensure BU considerations are accounted for in supplier relationships
• Lead and direct category teams within scope of responsibility
• Build the organizational capabilities necessary to implement Haleon strategy, now and in the future
• Ensure appropriate communication strategy is in place and in use within the relevant Procurement and business customer networks

Qualifications & Skills:

• Minimum Level of Education Required: Bachelor's Degree
• Preferred Level of Education: Master's Degree
• 10+ years of work experience
• Area of Specialisation: Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, Finance
• Role requires ability to develop sophisticated procurement strategies in alignment with business needs. A strong understanding of business and financial analysis is a plus.
• Minimum Level of Job-Related Experience: Significant experience in procurement, leading teams
• Subject matter expertise in procurement area of Materials
• Highly developed business acumen with demonstrated success in delivering a multi-year strategy ensuring competitive commercial advantage
• Demonstrated ability to forge close business relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all management levels
• Contracting experience required, including a thorough understanding of contracting fundamentals and experience with contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation and maintenance
• Skilled negotiator adept at leading complex negotiations with both external and internal stakeholders
• Good understanding of market drivers affecting category; strong commitment to keeping abreast of trends
• Finely honed project and change management skills
• In-depth understanding of latest tools for executing sourcing strategies
• Clear understanding of business value, business priorities, and potential implementation risks
• Experience managing the delivery of large projects and with end-to-end service / operations management
• Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills

Equal Opportunities:

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected - all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It's important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

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