Global Category Buyer

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc.; Slough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer goods company is seeking a Buyer to oversee strategic sourcing of marketing spend areas such as content creative and production services. This role involves building procurement strategies, delivering efficiency savings, and managing supplier relationships, requiring a minimum of 2 years' experience in a fast-paced environment and a bachelor's degree in a related field.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' work experience.
• Proven experience in a fast-moving and result-driven environment which demands working under pressure.
• Experience with leading cross-functional sourcing projects.
• Experience in negotiation techniques with strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement of global category sub-sections.
• Build sustainable procurement strategies.
• Deliver year-on-year efficiency savings.
• Design and implement sourcing strategies.
• Identify and develop suppliers, negotiate and contract.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Relationship Management

Business Acumen

Productivity management

Improve business processes

Distribution Logistics

Logistics Management

Management Third-party Logistics Providers

Supply Chain Planning

Vendor Negotiation

Contract Negotiation

Supply Management

Procurement

Category Management Expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing, finance, business or procurement / supply chain management

Job description

Overview

Indirect procurement is leveraging Reckitt's overall spend scale and its drive for global marketing excellence. With the restructuring of Reckitt and the new business models being deployed across Core, EH and Nutrition, the Buyer role will oversee the strategic sourcing of a sub-section of the following areas of marketing spend for the group: content creative and production services. The role will have interfaces with our indirect supplier base to provide Reckitt with a competitive advantage globally. The job holder will also work closely with Area Procurement, CGO's Marketing Excellence organisation, as well as marketers from all parts of Reckitt.

Responsibilities

• Lead the procurement of a sub-section of the global category under the supervision of the Global Category Lead.
• Build and accelerate sustainable Procurement strategies for Global Categories under scope (across all KPIs including total cost, NWC, quality, service & innovation) through understanding of, and supporting internal stakeholders' needs, professional sourcing approach, building effective relationships and alignment with stakeholders, increasing spend coverage by Procurement, and the development of Procurement skills in the Indirect Procurement team.
• Deliver year on year efficiency savings projects through a mix of strategic initiatives, ideations, mix and demand management, suppliers' initiatives, procurement events, Consolidate the spend and manage the spend category holistically, each with a vision and a playbook to co-author with the business partners.
• Work closely with business partners and Procurement leadership in understanding needs, objectives and priorities to optimise total cost, NWC, quality and service.
• Use standard category management tools to organise and structure knowledge, develop objectives and measure against agreed KPIs.
• Design and iImplement sourcing strategies for identified sub-sections of the Category in order to achieve optimal supply base that will generate competitive advantage.
• Identifying, selecting and developing suppliers, negotiating and contracting. Makes sure that the Reckitt business is fully leveraged with its Global scope.
• Report in a timely manner on activities within the subsection of the Category and escalation to the right forum to gain support.
• Identify risks and opportunities involved in each sourcing process. Drive the organisation to mitigate identified risks using state of the art techniques. Push the organisation to move towards opportunities adopting creative solutions.
• Identify, gain support for, and drive quality and service improvement strategies.
• Support in the Preparation of assumptions to support business budgeting, where applicable. Support in the over-delivery against those assumptions.
• Follow marketing trends and innovation space and scout for insights.
• Build and maintain a strong relationship with suppliers in scope. Motivate suppliers to treat company as a preferred customer.
• Build appropriate templates and utilise various metrics to provide better insight into the subsection of the category. Leverage appropriate external sources to strengthen the viewpoint and problem solve situations.
• Embed DEI and sustainability goals into the roadmap for the category sub-section.

Experience

• Delivery of sustainable results in a rapidly changing category, implement spend discipline and bring savings to the bottom line.
• Proper usage of global leverage and sourcing, maximising global results while keeping a good balance and distribution of results among the Areas/regions/local markets.
• Rapid and substantial digital transformation of marketing solutions.
• Management of 3 Business Units individual needs whilst striving to deliver global solutions.
• Balancing a heavy workload with multiple priorities.

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor's degree in a related field such as marketing, finance, business or procurement / supply chain management.
• Minimum 2 years' work experience.
• Proven experience in working in a fast moving and result driven environment which demands to work under pressure.
• Experience with leading cross-functional, sourcing projects.
• Experience in negotiation techniques with good interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• High degree of fluency in English is required for negotiation and internal communications.
• Communicates in a very clear and structured way verbally and in writing.

Skills

• Supply Chain Management
• Relationship Management
• Business Accumen
• Productivity management
• Improve business processes
• Distribution Logistics
• Logistics Management
• Management Third-party Logistics Providers
• Supply Chain Planning
• Vendor Negotiation
• Contract Negotiation
• Supply Management
• Procurement
• Category Management Expertise