Senior Manager, Global Promo & Market Research

Senior Manager, Global Promo & Market Research

The Senior Manager, Global Promo & Market Research reports to the Director, Global Promo & Market Research. This role is responsible for all category management and sourcing activities for the Promo & Market Research category globally, ensuring that global strategies align with regional and local market requirements while achieving sustainability and diversity objectives.

• Manage a spend of [£20m+] for Global Promo & Market Research categories.
• Create comprehensive global sourcing strategies for categories, operating with a truly global and strategic mindset and in close collaboration with the BUs.
• Understand how global and regional strategies affect local markets and ensure alignment.
• 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.

• Deliver benefits identified in strategies through effective collaboration with BUs, aligning to assurance of supply, quality, service, cost and innovation.
• Manage financial benefits in accordance with the Procurement Plan and Savings Methodology, ensuring transparency in budgeting.

• Influence key global and regional stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development and endorsement.
• Support execution and agree on benefit delivery budgeting.

• Build strategic relationships with key global suppliers and lead processes to ensure value from these relationships.
• Account for global and regional considerations in supplier relationships.
• Manage the supply base for the categories through a robust performance management process.
• 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.

• Transform the supply chain to release value and increase responsiveness through cost control, complexity reduction, simplification, best practice procurement and KPI use.

• Minimum Level of
  
  Education Required:
  
  Bachelor’s Degree
• Preferred Level of
  
  Education:
  
  Master’s Degree
• Area of Specialisation:
  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 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 value, priorities and potential implementation risks.
• Significant experience in a matrix (global/ regional) business environment.
• Strong networking skills and proven ability to build productive relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to drive, implement and support change in partnership with others.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects using project‑management skills.
• Strong analytical, written and verbal communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines.
• Experience with risk management.
• Motivation for professional development and willingness to coach, mentor and train others.

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