Senior Buyer External Manufacturing

6 months ago

Slough, United Kingdom Reckitt Full time

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.

**Procurement**:
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**:
As part of the Health Procurement Team for External Manufacturing, the Senior Buyer will be responsible for a portfolio of External Manufacturing Suppliers in EU. The role is to develop and implement sourcing strategies as well as create strong relationship with the different internal stakeholders in Marketing and R&D to efficiently support and drive the innovation pipeline. The position will also be responsible for managing high profile projects to support business continuity strategies and cost reduction programs as well as the management of COGS and payment terms in support of net revenue, gross margin and NWC improvement.

**Your responsibilities**:
In summary, you'll:

- Directly responsible for a group of External Manufacturers in EU, involving following activities:

- Supplier relationship management
- Responsible for negotiating contractual agreements with support from Legal department
- On-going price negotiations, working closely with Global Procurement to understand feedstock trends and risks (RM, PM, Energy, Freight etc.)
- Creation and implementation of sourcing strategies. Develop in-depth knowledge of the commodity, market, and supply base. Define a strategy to meet Reckitt’s business needs, gain stakeholder support and management approval for these strategies and then lead the implementation.
- Ownership and accountability for financial performance of portfolio. Price change management, monthly Purchase Price Variance (PPV) reporting and financial / budget cycles.
- Strong stakeholder management, both with local and regional teams across functions such as Supply, Finance, R&D, Quality and Marketing.
- Procurement lead for all Health EU Innovation pipeline projects with external suppliers. Launches on time and at competitive prices whilst ensuring compliance to Global Procurement SOPs and processes.
- Supports Productivity and Transformation initiatives to deliver GM improvement through strategic projects and COGs optimisation. Conduct benchmark studies with Reckitt factories and support with “make or buy” analysis.
- Management of small portfolio of NPS spend for local activities, including embellishment.

**The experience we're looking for**:

- Relevant Procurement experience in a fast-paced environment - previous experience with External Manufacturing is a plus
- Ability to work in a truly global organization. Proven experience in working in a fast moving and results driven environment which demands to work under continuous pressure
- Strong negotiating, influencing and effective communication skills
- Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships
- Must have the ability to lead cross functionally with Marketing, Supply, R&D and Finance to promote change, drive efficiencies and make cost savings impact on the business
- Demonstrated success in completing business improvement projects such as cost reductions and business simplification processes
- 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
- Autonomous and self-starter
- Structured, analytical, and results-oriented
- Willing to travel frequently

**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 f

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