Category Manager - Facilities Management in London

About Haleon

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.

Role Overview

The Senior Manager, Global Facilities Procurement sits within the Global Direct Procurement organisation and is responsible for developing and implementing the global facilities strategy that supports Haleon’s facilities goals and growth ambitions. This role leads global category sourcing for facilities spend and works closely with manufacturing excellence, site and supply chain teams to deliver effective, sustainable and commercially strong solutions.

About the Role

In this role, you will manage approximately £200m of facilities spend across QSC sites and commercial operations. You will lead the implementation and execution of the global facilities strategy, ensuring it is effectively cascaded to Operating Units and tailored to regional and local market requirements. You will collaborate with key stakeholders to deploy global and regional strategies, supported by robust implementation and transition plans. The role requires strong commercial judgement, supplier market insight and the ability to balance strategic priorities with operational requirements to protect supply continuity and support Haleon’s business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy and execution
  • Develop a strong understanding of facilities solutions, market drivers and Haleon’s business needs.
  • Create and implement a comprehensive roadmap of activities for the Operating Units and categories within scope, partnering with cross-functional teams across R&D, brand leads, procurement and the Operating Units.
  • Build education and communication processes for Operating Unit procurement leads.
  • Ensure global strategies reflect Haleon’s sustainability and diversity objectives.
  • Lead the global scope of facilities categories and drive consistent execution across facilities spend.
• Benefit delivery
  • Deliver benefits identified in roadmaps and strategies through effective, collaborative execution with the Business Units, aligned to assurance of supply, risk management, quality, service, cost and innovation.
  • Ensure financial and non-financial benefits are managed in line with the Procurement Plan, including savings methodology, Innovation Net Sales KPIs and Sustainability KPIs.
  • Secure agreement from Business Unit, Finance and Sustainability teams on value delivered and maintain transparency on how benefits are treated in the budgeting process.
• Business partnering and stakeholder management
  • Influence global and regional stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorse recommended approaches, support execution and agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted.
  • Work closely with Operating Unit teams to ensure category strategies reflect regional and local market needs.
  • Develop business cases and secure Operating Unit endorsement for innovative facilities solutions.
• External supplier relationships
  • Support strategic relationships with global suppliers and lead processes that enable new technological solutions through these partnerships.
  • Build a strong network of external partners to bring new capabilities into Haleon.
  • Ensure global, regional and local considerations are reflected in supplier relationships.
  • Manage the supply base for categories within scope through a robust performance management process, ensuring supplier performance is clearly understood and measured.
  • Lead high-value, long-term negotiations in areas of spend that can significantly impact business performance.

Qualifications and skills

• University degree in procurement, business, finance, supply chain, engineering or a related discipline.
• Master’s degree in procurement, business, finance or supply chain is preferred.
• Strong experience developing sophisticated commercial procurement strategies aligned to business needs.
• Ability to solve complex problems, make timely decisions and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, including Finance leaders.
• Strong understanding of supplier markets, commercial analysis and business case development.
• Experience delivering quality, compliant and well-specified agreements that generate clear return on investment.
• Ability to adapt to changing business requirements while maintaining focus on supply continuity, cost, quality and service.

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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