Procurement Manager - Marketing Agencies

Reckitt; Slough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hygiene and health company is seeking a Procurement Category Manager on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract to oversee strategic sourcing and supplier management across a global scale. The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of experience in indirect procurement, especially in marketing, and a strong ability to drive transformation initiatives and manage supplier relationships effectively. This role offers a dynamic environment that values creativity, operational excellence, and diversity.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Global share plans

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of work experience in indirect procurement, preferably in marketing.
• Strong understanding of creative agency pricing and operations.
• Ability to work in a global organization and under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Manage an identified sub-section of the Global Category across 68 countries.
• Drive global transformation initiatives implementing new ways of working.
• Track and report on transformation progress, providing insights for improvement.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Vendor Negotiation

Relationship Management

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Procurement or Marketing

Tools

MS Excel

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

This role is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

Reckitt is reimagining how creativity fuels growth - harnessing GenAI and modernising creative and localisation value chain. The position requires a highly motivated, well organised, flexible and pro-active Procurement Category Manager to:

• Play a pivotal role in shaping how Reckitt’s global ecosystem of agencies and studios delivery creative excellence at scale. Driving the transformation of our creative operating model – embedding new tools, frameworks, and ways of working that strengthen collaboration, unlock efficiencies, and elevate creative impact worldwide.
• This is a highly visible role that demands strategic thinking, operational rigor, and an understanding of both how large matrixed organisations and their agency partners work. You will build and accelerate procurement strategies for the sub-category in scope through understanding of, and supporting internal stakeholders’ needs, professional sourcing approach, and building effective relationships and alignment with stakeholders.

Your responsibilities

• Manage, in autonomy, an identified sub-section of the Global Category, spread across 68 countries, including Corporate spending on the relevant categories, across a portfolio of approx. >40 suppliers.
• Drive global transformation initiatives across sub-sections of the Global Category (creative, localisation, technology partners) implementing Reckitt’s new ways of working and GenAI workbench.
• Shape and operationalise creative governance standards, performance frameworks, and KPIs that drive efficiency, quality and measurable return on creative investment. Drive commercial and creative performance,using data and insights to identify optimisation opportunities improve cost efficiency and elevate creative output.
• Directly lead & manage supplier consolidation and negotiation strategies focusing on transformations objectives and driving total value to Reckitt.
• Collaborate with the Indirect Procurement group in markets, to effectively deliver on specific projects (supplier and solution changes, identify and leveraging best practice
• Drive change management in line with business goals.
• Track, report, and communicate transformation progress, surfacing insights that shape continuous improvement and future investment decisions.

Professional qualifications & experience

• Minimum bachelor’s degree, preferably in Procurement or Marketing. A degree in Finance, Business, or another relevant discipline will also be considered.
• Minimum 7 years’ work experience in indirect procurement (preferably marketing procurement), marketing operations, or agency management within global organisations or creative agency environments.
• Experienced with leading cross-functional sourcing projects.
• Ability to work in a truly global organisation. Proven experience in working in a fast moving and result driven environment which demands to work under pressure.
• Strong understanding of the elements of creative agency pricing/operations and how to optimise it for value, performance and impact.
• Experience in complex negotiation techniques with good interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Strong ability to understand, analyse and present data, and assess supplier performance to support a proposed recommendation is essential to this role.
• High degree of fluency of English is required for negotiations and internal communications.
• Knowledge of other languages is an advantage.
• Strong communication skills verbally and written.
• Advanced proficiency of MS Excel.
• Proficient with learning IT systems.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business Accumen, 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.