CMO Procurement Lead, Southeast Asia & Taiwan

Welcome to Haleon. Were a purpose-driven world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of just three years since our launch weve grown evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands including Sensodyne Panadol Advil Voltaren Theraflu Otrivin and Centrum lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now its time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose to deliver better everyday health with humanity at the heart of everything we do. It unites us inspires us and challenges us to be better every day driven by our agile performance-focused culture.

Hello. Were Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together were improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands including Sensodyne ENO Iodex Crocin Ostocalcium Panadol Advil Voltaren Theraflu Otrivin and Centrum through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. Whats more were achieving it in a company that were in control an environment that were co-creating. And a culture thats uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isnt a question.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. Its an opportunity to be part of something special.

The CMO Procurement Lead Southeast Asia & Taiwan sits within the Cross-BU Procurement organization and reports to the Head of Cross-BU APAC Procurement.

This is a critical leadership role responsible for driving procurement strategy and performance across Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs). The role requires strong people leadership deep business partnership external relationship management and the ability to navigate complexity manage risk and handle escalations with significant business impact.

In this role you will...

• Lead the CMO Procurement team responsible for managing Contract Manufacturing Organizations supporting current products and future innovation.

• Develop and implement procurement strategies that improve cost quality service supply resilience and risk management.

• Build strong partnerships with CMO operations regional and global procurement teams to unlock synergies and deliver cost management targets.

• Collaborate closely with CMOs to deliver ambitions across cost service quality lead time working capital and innovation supported by robust supplier performance management.

• Align with regional and global Procurement leaders to adopt best practices and drive continuous improvement.

• Act as a strategic business partner deeply understanding stakeholder needs and clearly articulating the Procurement value proposition.

• Establish and maintain a strong risk management framework to ensure business continuity and effective escalation management.

  Ensure full compliance with Haleon Procurement policies processes systems and governance standards.

Strategy & Value Delivery

• Develop and embed effective ways of working across BU Directs Cross-BU and cross-functional teams.

• Own and deliver cost management strategies including medium- to long-term value pipelines across value engineering alternate sourcing automation and capital restructuring.

• Deploy negotiation standards across CMOs and Direct material suppliers supported by a strong should-cost capability.

• Design and implement agile sourcing strategies to support product innovation and portfolio growth.

• Support annual planning with strong market insights to inform robust budgeting and forecasting.

Supplier & Relationship Management

• Develop and execute supplier strategies that deliver against cost service quality lead time working capital and innovation objectives.

• Negotiate execute and manage commercial contracts with CMOs and suppliers to maximise value for Haleon.

• Build senior-level strategic relationships with CMOs and suppliers.

• Implement structured supplier account management and performance assessment to drive superior outcomes.

• Lead operational excellence initiatives to improve supplier KPIs

Supply chain & risk management

• Transform the supply chain to unlock value through simplification digitalisation automation and best-practice procurement.

• Identify and manage supply chain risks ensuring mitigation plans are in place active and clearly communicated to impacted stakeholders.

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelors Degree preferred

• 12 years of Procurement experience ideally across Direct materials and CMO environments

• Strong expertise in sourcing RFQs/RFIs contract negotiation supplier development and performance management

• Proven track record of delivering significant cost reduction programmes across complex supply chains

• Demonstrated experience in new product launches and integration of new business models

• Experience operating in cGMP OTC and/or FMCG environments strongly preferred

Capabilities

• Strong people leadership and change management capability

• Ability to influence and collaborate within a complex matrixed organization

• Deep understanding of risk analysis option analysis and mitigation planning

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

What We Offer

At Haleon Malaysia none of us should ever feel like we are standing still. Instead we want everyone to feel they are always progressing. We reward your contribution with a benefits package that includes (but is not limited to):

• Annual performance bonuses.

• supporting work/life balance with hybrid working.

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave plus childcare support.

• Life insurance & private medical coverage including preventive healthcare.

• Wellbeing programmes that care for you physically and mentally.

• Development opportunities with future-ready training.

Diversity Equity & Inclusion

At Haleon we embrace diversity and foster an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We respect and celebrate unique perspectives ensuring fair and equitable opportunities for all.

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Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. Its important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process we may ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development refinement and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential used only for legitimate business purposes and will never be used in making any employment decisions including hiring decisions.

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