Global Procurement Manager - HR Services

-; Slough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer goods company is seeking a Global Procurement Manager for HR to lead category strategies worth over £200 million. Responsibilities include supplier relationship management, implementing sourcing strategies, and ensuring savings and budget management. The ideal candidate will have experience in supply chain management, vendor negotiation, and strong problem-solving skills. The role offers opportunities for career growth within a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Parental benefits

Qualifications

• Fluency in English is essential, fluency in other languages advantageous.
• Entrepreneurial skills in innovation and problem solving are key.
• Tenacity, ability to influence, and strong team working abilities are required.

Responsibilities

• Support regional and global sourcing strategies.
• Deliver savings and Net Working Capital targets.
• Analyse category markets and create actionable strategies.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Business Partnership

Collaboration and partnership building

Relationship Management

Vendor Negotiation

Job description

We are Reckitt

Home to the world’s best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It’s how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it’s our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you’re looking for a career in supply chain, there’s no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

You will be responsible on a global scale for HR Services including Benefits, Recruitment, Temp Labour and Learning & Development.

The role of Global Procurement Manager- HR is to lead the category strategies that drive cost savings, spend under management and strategic alignment with key internal stakeholders with combined spend of over £200 million.

The role will utilise spend analytics, sourcing management processes and tools to develop category strategies, rationalise and select suppliers, manage key supplier relationships, as well as negotiate contract pricing, terms and conditions, assess continuity of business.

Additionally, Procurement Manager - HR will support and create category efficiencies that align with procurement processes and policies, while managing internal stakeholder engagement and customer service over multiple business segments.

Your responsibilities

• Supports Global Procurement Director to drive implementation of regional and global sourcing strategies.
• Accountable for delivering saving and Net Working Capital (NWC) targets
• Works closely with organisations in understanding needs, objectives and priorities to optimise total cost, quality and service.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders and works cross-functionally in developing and executing sound sourcing strategies in partnership with internal stakeholders.
• Understands indirect material spends across the business, analyses category markets and translates into actionable strategies and forward‑looking analyses. Identifies, selects and develops suppliers, negotiates and contracts within portfolio and supply based in alignment with Reckitt’s Global strategy.
• Establishes strategic relationships with supply base and implements supplier management strategies.
• Motivates suppliers in presenting innovation and/or cost/efficiency projects
• Becomes a key member of Indirect Procurement RE, FM and HR Procurement team that will drive sustained performance and improve procurement effectiveness.
• Accountable to continuously improve supplier performance including service and quality.
• Work with Finance to prepare and manages budget assumptions for portfolio
• Monitors and identifies risks and opportunities involved in each sourcing process. Drive the organisation to mitigate identified risks. Push the organisation to move towards opportunities adopting creative solutions.
• Owns commercial contractual language and amends contracts in conjunction with Legal Function Special attention is dedicated to protect intellectual property, minimise liabilities, exclusivity period of innovation, ensure availability and cost improvement.

The experience you're looking for

Reckitt is a global business and flexibility to progress and relocate internationally for career development is most desirable.

The business language in Reckitt is English, therefore fluency in English is essential and fluency in other languages advantageous.

In line with Reckitt’s core values, will be achievement focussed and able to work in a direct and often pressurised environment.

Entrepreneurial skills in terms of innovation and problem solving are key along with tenacity, tough‑mindedness and ability to influence and demonstrate strong team working abilities and commitment.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business Acumen, Productivity management, Distribution Logistics, Management Third‑party Logistics Providers, Supply Chain Planning, Vendor Negotiation, Contract Negotiation, Category Management Expertise, Supply Management, Procurement.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt’s potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short‑term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt’s pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.