Employer: Appcast Enterprise Salary: Date Added: 13/03/2024
Senior Global Procurement Manager (HR & Talent)
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
Global Procurement is one of the Global Support Functions which form the common core of Haleon’s operating model and drive Haleon’s approach. Our contribution to the organization is critical. We enable better buying that drives value for Haleon and the consumers we serve. Our operating model is designed to bring scale, expertise, and a business-first mindset through our global category, cross-business-unit (BU), and strategy & delivery teams working together.
In this role, the role holder will act as the category lead the HR & Talent categories which consist of HR Services, Learning & Development, Employee Services, Talent Acquisition and External Workforce Management. This category supports stakeholders across the HR function to deliver key business services to Haleon. This role is London based and is part of a direct team of ~10, and is part of the wider Global Indirect procurement team. Experience of working within indirect procurement categories is essential, and experience in professional services categories is desirable.
In this role you will…
… be responsible for the development and implementation of global procurement strategies within the HR & Talent categories, which will form the foundation and direction of all regional category strategies and BU strategies. As such, this role will need to work closely with our regional procurement teams to ensure the global strategy accounts for regional and local market requirements while leveraging the global view and opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy and execution
Create comprehensive global sourcing strategies for the HR & Talent categories, operating with a truly global and strategic mindset and in close collaboration with the BUs
Have a clear understanding of how global and regional strategies affect local markets and how global and regional strategies align
Managing complex sourcing projects and leading negotiations with suppliers on commercial and technical matters
Educate and communicate with regional and BU procurement leads through effective communications
Be the global expert in the spend categories
Ensure global strategies reflect Haleon’s sustainability and diversity objectives
Benefit delivery
Deliver benefits identified in strategies through effective and collaborative strategy execution with the BUs, aligned to assurance of supply (risk management), quality, service, cost and innovation
Ensure financial benefits are managed in accordance with the Procurement Plan and Savings Methodology approach, ensuring business unit and Finance agreement to financial value delivered and transparency on treatment of benefits in the budgeting process
Partner closely with finance stakeholders to ensure cost objectives of Haleon are achieved and impacts to the P&L are understood
Business partnering & stakeholder management in Haleon
Influence key global and regional stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorse recommended strategies, support execution, and agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted
Develop relationships with key stakeholders at senior levels to develop, agree and execute procurement strategies at a global & BU level
Understanding of the market trends
Partner with key stakeholders in Finance & Legal to ensure Haleon financial, commercial & legal objectives are met
Be the Business Partner main point of contact and lead initiatives such as monthly reviews, QBRs, etc.
External supplier relationships
Build strategic relationships with key global suppliers and lead initiatives to ensure value is driven from these relationships, as well as mitigate risk in the supply base
Ensure global and regional considerations are accounted for in supplier relationships
Manage the supply base for the categories within scope through robust performance management. Ensure supplier performance is understood and measured.
Lead all 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.
Supply chain & risk management
Transform the supply chain to release value and make Haleon more responsive to business and customer needs – for example in cost control, complexity reduction, simplification, best practice procurement and use of KPIs
Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.
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:
7+ years of operational Procurement experience
Knowledge of Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development and others
Demonstrated expertise in managing categories, particularly category strategy development and implementation, stakeholder management and supplier relationship management
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 valu
