Manager, OU Buying Marketing APAC

Manager, OU Buying Marketing APAC

Role Overview

Manager, OU Buying Marketing APAC part of the Global Indirect Procurement organization, will be responsible for all category management and sourcing activities for advertising & promotion and sales sub-categories within the specified region.

… have the unique opportunity to drive category excellence within the region through the development and implementation of regional category strategies, in partnership with global category teams. This role will partner closely with the business to represent the needs of local stakeholders and local market dynamics to drive value for Haleon.

• Strategy and execution:
  • Manage a spend of £20m+ for appointed A&P categories within regional scope APAC
  • Create effective regional/local sourcing strategies aligned to local business requirements and market nuances, while collaborating with global category leads to implement global best practices in region
  • Execute sourcing strategies for spend categories in scope of responsibility, including leading tendering activities, contracting, and supplier management
  • Be the local expert in the spend categories within scope of responsibility
  • Ensure regional strategies reflect Haleon’s sustainability and diversity objectives
• Benefit delivery:
  • Deliver benefits to the markets identified in both local and global strategies through effective and collaborative strategy execution, 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 in Haleon:
  • Build strategic relationship with a network of senior Haleon local/regional stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurement’s value proposition.
  • Influence key stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development endorse recommend strategies, support execution and agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted
• External supplier relationships:
  • Build strategic relationships with key regional/local suppliers and lead processes to ensure value is driven from these relationships.
  • Influence category teams to ensure regional considerations are considered in global & regional supplier relationships, negotiations, and contracts
  • Manage the supply base for the categories within scope through a robust performance management process. Ensure supplier performance is understood and measured.
  • Lead all contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation and maintenance with regional/ local suppliers that will allow Haleon to maximize opportunity
  • Develop and Implement Operational excellence strategies and plans for key regional/local 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

Area of Specialisation
:
Procurement, Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing

• 3+ 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, particularly in the media, social & digital commerce space(such as Tiktok / Douyin).
• Strong knowledge of finance (cost benchmark, financial audit with key suppliers) and legal matters (contracting)
• Solid Procurement experiences, knowledge & skills such as supplier negotiations, competitive biddings, clean sheet analysis &…