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About the Role

The Senior Manager, Global Marketing, Creative & Production, within the Global Indirect Procurement organization, will oversee all category management and sourcing activities for the Creative & Production category globally. This role is crucial for developing and implementing global category strategies that align with regional and local market needs, leveraging a global perspective to drive opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement global category strategies within the area of spend.
• Manage a spend of [£20m+] for Global Marketing, Creative & Production categories.
• Create comprehensive global sourcing strategies with a global and strategic mindset, in collaboration with Business Units (BUs).
• Understand the impact of global and regional strategies on local markets and ensure alignment.
• Build an education and communication process for regional and BU procurement leads.
• Serve as 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 execution with BUs, focusing on assurance of supply, quality, service, cost, and innovation.
• Manage financial benefits in accordance with the Procurement Plan and Savings Methodology, ensuring agreement from BUs and Finance.
• Influence key global and regional stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorsement, execution, and budgeting of benefit delivery.
• Build strategic relationships with key global suppliers to drive value.
• Ensure global and regional considerations are accounted for in supplier relationships.
• Manage the supply base for the categories through a robust performance management process.
• Lead contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation, and maintenance with global suppliers.
• Develop and implement Operational Excellence strategies and plans for key global suppliers to drive improvements against KPIs.
• Transform the supply chain to release value and enhance responsiveness to business and customer needs, focusing on cost control, complexity reduction, simplification, best practice procurement, and KPI utilization.

Requirements

• 5+ years of operational Procurement experience across multiple categories.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing categories, particularly category strategy development and implementation, stakeholder management, and supplier relationship management.
• Significant experience working in a matrix (global/regional) business environment.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks across multiple projects using project management skills.
• Ability to work in a high-pressure environment, often under tight deadlines.
• Motivation for professional development and willingness to coach, mentor, and train others.

Skills

• Excellent knowledge of Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development.
• 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.
• Strong networking skills and a proven ability to build productive and collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders and business partners.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to work in partnership with others to drive, implement, and support change.
• Strong analytical, written and verbal communications, and influencing skills.
• Experience with risk management.

Location

• Global

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior Manager
• 5+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

About the Company

• Haleon is a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company focused on everyday health.
• Our trusted brands include Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum®.
• We combine deep human understanding with trusted science.
• Our Win as One strategy places our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the core of our operations.
• We foster an agile, performance-focused culture.

Equal Opportunity

• Haleon is committed to mobilizing its purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on its brands.
• We strive to create an inclusive culture where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected.
• We aim for Haleon to be a place where all employees feel they truly belong.
• Personal information shared during the application process is voluntary and used to meet regulatory obligations and support inclusion and belonging programs.
• Personal information provided will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making employment decisions.
• Reasonable adjustments or accommodations are available upon request to assist with the application process.
• Information provided for adjustments or accommodations will be treated in confidence.