Director, R&D Procurement

Haleon; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon is seeking a Director of R&D Procurement to lead the global spend across Pre-clinical, Clinical, Lab and Outsourced Services, overseeing £80m+ in spend. The role drives end-to-end sourcing strategies and procurement initiatives across Haleon’s R&D portfolio, partnering with senior stakeholders to deliver cost savings, quality and innovation.

The successful candidate will manage a global procurement team, build strategic supplier relationships, and align procurement plans with regulatory

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree preferred.
• Significant experience in Clinical Studies sourcing and R&D outsourced services.
• Strong understanding of regulatory environments and supplier markets.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive procurement strategy for R&D outsourced services and lab items.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deploy global strategies with robust implementation plans.
• Lead contract planning, negotiation, and maintenance with Legal involvement.
• Deliver global benefits through strategy execution focusing on risk, quality, cost and innovation.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders to ensure value delivery across Haleon.
• Direct category and innovation teams and develop organizational capabilities for strategy deployment.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Leadership

Category management

Sourcing strategy

R&D procurement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Procurement/Business/Science

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity. Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science. Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.The **Director, R&D Procurement** - Global will have responsibility for **our Global R&D spend (Pre-clinical, Clinical, Lab, Outsourced Services)** and reports into Global Directs & Innovation Procurement. The role interacts with senior stakeholders in R&D, Supply Chain, Commercial and Finance and directly covers £80m+ in spend. Additionally, the role:* Develops strategic end-to-end sourcing strategies for a defined portfolio* Requires high cultural awareness* Plans, leads, and oversees negotiations* Builds and delivers a Procurement strategy across the portfolio and cross-BU* Creates and implements Procurement initiatives/strategies which improve quality of service and supply, innovation pipeline and produce significant cost savings across business units or supply networks* Knows and utilises complex business processes in all Haleon supplier transactions, including risk, regulatory and compliance requirements* Significant external supplier and market knowledge* Leads, manages, and develops a team of procurement managers to facilitate delivery of the primary role purpose described above. **In this role you will...*** Develop a comprehensive procurement strategy for R&D outsourced services and lab items that ensures high-quality services and protects Haleon’s competitive position* Collaborate with key stakeholders to deploy strategies globally, facilitated by robust implementation and transition plans* Generate value across quality, delivery, cost and innovation, contributing significantly to the organisation’s goals and objectives **Key Responsibilities*** Manage a spend of £80m+ by creating comprehensive global sourcing strategies, operating with a truly global and strategic mindset* Build strategic relationships with senior Haleon stakeholders to understand business requirements, identify value opportunities and position Procurement’s value proposition* Create compelling business cases for change and secure approval from senior stakeholders across Haleon Commercial, Supply Chain and other relevant functions* Lead contract planning, negotiation, execution and maintenance, working with Legal to take agreements from draft to completion* Deliver global benefits identified in strategies through effective strategy execution, aligned to assurance of supply (risk management), compliance, quality, service, cost, simplification and innovation* Engage stakeholders, Finance and other relevant functions in the sourcing strategy delivery and execution* Build senior-level supplier relationships and ensure business unit considerations are reflected in supplier management* Lead and direct category & innovation teams within scope of responsibility* Build the organisational capabilities needed to implement Haleon’s strategy now and in the future* Ensure appropriate communication strategy is in place and in use within the relevant Procurement and business customer networks **Qualifications & Skills****Education*** Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree preferred* Relevant background in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business or Science **Experience*** Significant procurement experience, including leading teams* Subject matter expertise in Clinical Studies sourcing and R&D outsourced services* Strong understanding of relevant regulatory environments and supplier markets* Proven ability to deliver multi-year strategies that create competitive commercial advantage* Experience managing large projects and end-to-end service or operations delivery **Skills & Leadership*** Build trusted relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders* Lead complex negotiations and manage contract planning, execution, interpretation and maintenance* Apply strong project and change management skills to deliver outcomes at pace* Use sourcing tools, market insight and category trends to shape effective strategies* Bring strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills