Procurement Manager

Reckitt Benckiser LLC; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global hygiene and health company is seeking a Procurement Manager in Johannesburg to manage a significant procurement portfolio. This role involves strategic sourcing, team leadership, and ensuring high-quality supplier relationships. The ideal candidate has at least 10 years in procurement, strong negotiation skills, and experience managing large teams. The company offers comprehensive benefits, a performance-based pay structure, and a commitment to inclusivity in the workplace.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Performance-based incentives

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in Procurement with medium to large teams.
• Very good communication skills to manage various stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and proactive with a high level of integrity.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract negotiations ensuring clear terms between parties.
• Develop and implement sourcing strategy aligned with business goals.
• Identify and evaluate reliable suppliers, managing ongoing relationships.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Financial acumen

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Supply Chain Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant fields

Tools

Microsoft tools

Job description

Procurement Manager

City: Johannesburg

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

Immerse yourself in the energising atmosphere of Reckitt as our Procurement Manager. Take the lead in managing a significant procurement portfolio and make an impact in how we negotiate, source, and strategize. Your decisions will not only drive efficiency and savings but will shape the overarching procurement experience. As the Procurement Manager you will be responsible and accountable for the delevery of all the Direct activivities and Inderect Supply in South Africa. This role includes management responsibilities and Strategic sourcing and cost optimisation of packaging ,raw material or services in South Africa to dtive margin in the reagion, Manage a team of Buyers to develop,implement and improve purchasing tools and techniques ,driving results in Cost of Goods Sold(GOGS),Gross Margin(GM) and Net Working Capital(NWC). High level contracting activities,developmental and supply of products,intellectual property and third-party investment. If you're looking for a space to exercise your autonomy, showcase your negotiation expertise, and foster your management capability, this is the opportunity for you.

Your responsibilities

• Proven track record as an excellent negotiator with experience managing significant financial responsibilities.
• Strategic planning: Develop and implement the sourcing strategy for contract
  manufacturing to align with business goals & market requirement.
• Supplier management: Identify, evaluate, and select reliable suppliers. Manage
  ongoing relationships and performance through quarterly scorecard. Support compliance and Quality team to ensure full engagement to Human Right and Quality Management
  System. Ensure suppliers adhere to all quality standards, procurement policies, BBBEE legislation and legal requirements.
• Contract negotiation: Lead contract negotiations to ensure clear terms between theparties. 100% of contract implementation.
• Cost optimization: Drive productivity by implementing robust cost-control measures(cost model required) and risk management processes.
  Full delivery of Forecast and Plan expected, Alignment required with global team.
• Process improvement: Continuously develop and implement best-practice procurementprocesses and systems.
• Stakeholder collaboration: Work with internal departments like R&D, production, andfinance to meet business needs & on time productivity delivery.

TRAINING ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

Head of department/ line manager:

Accountable for ensuring that all employees reporting to you involved in any process,operation or activity at any stage of a Reckitt product lifecycle receive the appropriate levelof training, that training is appropriately assessed, and records of training are maintained. Responsible for ensuring the Training Matrix is up to date and any gaps, updates toprocesses are reported on the KPI reports sent to Local Area Manager in the designatedtimescale dependent on the criticality of the training

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelors degree in relavent fields like Business,Supply Chain management ,Finance or Economics
• 10 years of experience in Procurement. Experience in leading medium to large teams (FMCG)with a range of seniority levels and in Senior stakeholders' management is required.
• Very good communication skills & experience to manage various type of stakeholders.
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to interpret financial information.
• Strong negotiation, interpersonal and organization skills.
• Integrity and business acumen. Must be able to take control and be accountable.
• An energetic self-starter with the resilience, pace, interpersonal flexibility and comfort with ambiguity to succeed within the evolving and sometimes demanding contexts;
• Ability to be flexible/adaptable in the face of changing priorities
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, set priorities and support programs;
• Proficiency with Microsoft tools.

KEY COMPETENCIES / PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Educated to a high standard, with significant successful experience in purchasingcommodity materials within a multi-country environment.
• Achievement focused and able to work in a direct and often pressurized environment.
• Significant experience in negotiating and influencing at senior levels.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen when identifying business issues/opportunities.
• Self-Motivated,
• High level of Integrity and Ethics,
• Proactive and Creativity when it comes to problem solving and conflict solving.
• Confident decision making.
• Action-orientated and energetic, with a focused and pragmatic approach to problem solving - driven to achieve even when faced with obstacles.
• Strong interpersonal skills capable of building and influencing strong workingelationships across wide and diverse teams.
• Ambitious and motivated to take on responsibility in an organisation that provides a highlevel of autonomy and individual responsibility.
• Maintain an understanding of innovation needs/pipeline to identify potential procurementneeds.
• Delivering sustainable results in highly volatile feedstock markets and cyclical chemicaland packaging industries.
• Balancing the diverse needs of countries, regions and supply sites and managing remoterelationships with these groups.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business accumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, 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.