Director Media Procurement

We are seeking an experienced, influential, and highly strategic Procurement Director to lead Global Media Procurement at Reckitt Ltd. This pivotal role oversees a global media investment covering all paid media channels, media agencies, media technology, measurement partners, and evolving digital ecosystems. Reporting to the Global Director for Indirect Commercial Categories, you will drive value creation, commercial governance, and media effectiveness across the Source-to-Contract process.

You will lead a high-performing global procurement team and partner closely with senior stakeholders across Marketing, Media, Finance, eCommerce, Global Brand Teams, and regional business units. This is a high-impact leadership role charged with elevating Reckitt's media capabilities, strengthening agency and partner ecosystems, and ensuring our media spend drives maximum ROI, transparency, and performance.

• 1. Strategic Leadership & Category Management:
  Develop and execute global category strategies for Media, covering offline, digital, performance, retail media, data partnerships, and media technology. Expand global spend coverage and optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of Reckitt's media investment. Define and lead the global media sourcing roadmap, including agency pitch cycles, value tracking, contract governance, and performance frameworks. Balance global standardization of media models with local market flexibility to support brand and commercial growth.
  
  Build, lead, and inspire a global team of media procurement specialists, fostering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement. Manage a global spend of ~£750 million, ensuring delivery of financial and strategic business objectives. Actively contribute to the broader procurement vision by sharing best practices, supporting global process harmonisation, and participating in the development of the procurement roadmap.
• 2. Supplier Management & Negotiation:
  Own and strengthen relationships with global and regional media agencies, audit partners, media measurement firms, retail media networks, and digital platforms. Drive agency commercial negotiations, including compensation models, rate cards, value-based agreements, and transparency frameworks. Oversee governance of global and regional media agency scopes, MSAs, and contractual protections. Implement Joint Business Plans (JBPs) with priority partners to unlock innovation, performance, and value.
  
  Benchmark global media agency performance to maintain competitiveness, accountability, compliance, and service quality. Lead complex negotiations across media technology stacks, data solutions, and measurement capabilities.
• 3. Stakeholder
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner with global Media VP, regional Marketing Directors, Media Directors, and Brand Teams to embed procurement into strategic decision-making. Align procurement strategy with Marketing, Finance, eCommerce, and Insights to shape the future of media investment. Collaborate with Global Brand Teams on major media strategies, annual planning cycles, and transformation initiatives. Support business strategy across digital acceleration, retail media growth, precision marketing, and effectiveness measurement.
  
  Build strong and trusted relationships with cross-functional leaders including Legal, IT&D, Finance, Marketing, and Executive Leadership. Provide expert guidance on media procurement, agency ecosystem design, and long-term sourcing strategies.
• 4. Market Intelligence &
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Maintain a deep understanding of global media markets, agency dynamics, regulatory environments, and emerging technologies. Anticipate changes in media consumption, audience trends, data privacy, and platform economics to inform agile sourcing strategies. Develop and maintain risk management frameworks to safeguard business continuity, data integrity, and transparency across the media value chain.
• 5. Performance Reporting & Compliance:
  Define and monitor KPIs related to media value, agency performance, commercial savings, operational excellence, and governance. Ensure full compliance with global procurement policies, contracts, audits, and ethical sourcing…