Manager, Global Promo & Market Research

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy and execution:
  Manage a spend of £20m+ for Global Promo & Market Research categories.
• Create comprehensive global sourcing strategies for the category in scope, operating with a truly global and strategic mindset while working closely with the BUs.
• Ensure the global strategy accounts for regional and local market requirements and aligns with regional and local strategies.
• Build an education & communication process for regional and BU procurement leads.
• Act as 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.
• Business partnering & stakeholder management:
  Influence key global and regional stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorse recommended strategies, support execution and agree on how benefit delivery will be budgeted.
• External supplier relationships:
  Build strategic relationships with key global suppliers, lead processes to ensure value is driven from these relationships, and account for global and regional considerations.
• Manage the supply base for the categories within scope through a robust performance management process, ensuring 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.

• Minimum Level of
  
  Education Required:
  
  Bachelor’s Degree.
• Preferred Level of
  
  Education:
  
  Master’s Degree in Procurement, Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing.
• 5+ years of operational procurement experience across multiple categories.
• Excellent 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 the 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.
• Significant experience working in a matrix (global/ regional) business environment.
• 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.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks across multiple projects using project‑management skills.
• Strong analytical, written and verbal communication, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work in a high‑pressure environment, often under tight deadlines.
• Experience with risk management.
• Motivation for professional development and willingness to coach, mentor and train others.

Equal Opportunities. Haleon is committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day.