About The Role
A fantastic opportunity is available for a Senior Procurement Manager to join our team.
The Sr Procurement Manager – Global Capex and R&D will be part of the Global Capex Procurement team and will be responsible for driving strategic sourcing and procurement activities for:
- R&D: outsourced testing, Lab equipment and Lab consumables globally
- Capex
The Sr Procurement Manager – Global Capex and R&D will be collaborating closely with global engineering, R&D and local manufacturing operations to meet business objectives. He/She will lead and facilitate the strategy and execution of cost saving activities, adapting short- and long-term foresight to ensure Reckitt is protected contractually and service levels are delivered.
He/She will be comfortable with managing multiple priorities and adjusting negotiation styles to get the desirable outcomes. He/She must work effectively with internal parties, manufacturing sites, third parties, external bodies and corporate personnel. Operate with a high-level view, driving strategy, compliance, and efficiency with a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) mindset.
Your responsibilities
Strategic Procurement Leadership Across Capex and R&D
- Vendor Management: Define and drive Supplier Relationship Management strategy across Capex and R&D categories brining transparency and highlighting opportunities for value delivery and risk management.
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Focus: Lead all sourcing strategies through a TCO lens—considering lifecycle cost, risk, service levels, and future scalability, ensuring value generation goes beyond short-term savings.
- Contracting & Risk Mitigation: Lead contract negotiations and reviews, ensuring language aligns Reckitt goals and risk is appropriately managed. Partner closely with Legal, R&D and Engineering stakeholders.
- Governance & Demand Management: Implement robust governance across the Capex and R&D procurement lifecycle. Improve demand visibility and challenge requirements to enable more strategic spend decisions and reduce waste.
- Technology-Enabled Procurement: Leverage Procurement Excellence toolset tools like Celonis, Ecovadis, and upcoming platforms to enable real-time insights, transparency, and sustainability in procurement operations.
R&D specifics:
- Tight Cost Control & Budget Management: Play a critical role in achieving cost targets by challenging demand enforcing procurement discipline, driving down external spend, and identifying opportunities for further cost avoidance and demand management.
- Procurement fully embedded in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), ensuring sourcing and supplier strategies align with each stage of the product and R&D lifecycle, from early discovery through commercialization and retirement.
- SmarBuy (Tactical Buyer desk): Lead and support with roll out of SmarBuy the tail spend - leveraging best practices to support further adoption across Indirect ProcuremenACt
Capex specifics:
- Lead negotiations with suppliers, managing contracts, framework agreements and pricing models, to ensure favourable terms and conditions.
- Provide expert advice and guidance on procurement strategies and support in decision-making processes related to the project Capex.
The experience we're looking for
- Bachelor/master’s degree in business, science/engineering, supply chain or equivalent.
- 8 to 12 years of experience in Capex Procurement in FMCG. Experience in managing senior stakeholders and a team is advantageous. Additionally, experience in R&D is a plus.
- Leadership: Inspiring and motivating
- Communication: Clearly conveying goals and feedback.
- Empathy: Understanding and addressing team needs and concerns.
- Delegation: Assigning tasks effectively to leverage team strengths.
- Adaptability: Being flexible and responsive.
- Accountability: Taking responsibility for outcomes.
- Excellent oral and written English communication & influencing skills, second language is a plus
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