Procurement Manager at Reckitt

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 thirdparty 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 the parties. 100% of contract implementation.
• Cost optimization: Drive productivity by implementing robust costcontrol 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 bestpractice procurement processes and systems.
• Stakeholder collaboration: Work with internal departments like R&D, production, and finance 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 level of 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 to processes are reported on the KPI reports sent to Local Area Manager in the designated timescale 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 selfstarter 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 purchasing commodity materials within a multicountry 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.
• SelfMotivated,
• High level of Integrity and Ethics,
• Proactive and Creativity when it comes to problem solving and conflict solving.
• Confident decision making.
• Actionorientated 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 working elationships across wide and diverse teams.
• Ambitious and motivated to take on responsibility in an organisation that provides a high level of autonomy and individual responsibility.
• Maintain an understanding of innovation needs/pipeline to identify potential procurement needs.
• Delivering sustainable results in highly volatile feedstock markets and cyclical chemical and packaging industries.
• Balancing the diverse needs of countries, regions and supply sites and managing remote relationships with these groups.