Sr. Manager, R&D

The Senior Manager of Procurement Servicesis responsible forthe leadership of Procurement activities across spend categoriesdrivingalignment between business and category strategies. The leader will execute strategic business and industry engagement toestablisha reliableresilientand effective supply base for the company. The Senior Manager of Procurement Services will also be tasked with end-to-end spend management responsibilities including but not limited to Category Management Supplier Management Sourcing Contracting and Innovation.

The Senior Manager of Procurement Services will be accountable todeliveringaggressive financial targets includingcostand working capital improvement. Further the leader will deliver against a balanced value proposition including innovation environmental social and corporate governance (ESG) and procurement process excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of category strategies toestablisha world class organization and supply base that the New Consumer Health Company canleverageto create a competitive advantage

• Align category strategies with the company strategy and goals

• Deliver financial performance and innovation targets

• Steward financial policy and responsible supplier and procurement standards

• Leverage and maximize fit for purpose procurement process solutions including theutilizationof world class digital solutions use of business process outsourcing and deployment of internal resources

• Engage with executive leadership in key supplier relationships

• Cultivate a culture of inclusionlearningand engagement

• Benchmark industry best practices and continuously advance procurement capabilities

• Lead major strategic negotiations for owned categories on behalf of the business

• Promote digital tools and automation opportunities.

• Use procurement systems and analytics to generate insights and drive continuous improvement in supplier and sourcing performance.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree is an MBA or other advanced degree is strongly preferred

• Comprehensive knowledge of R&D industry is

• A minimum of 8 years of working experience in procurement or a related discipline is

• Experience in Procurement and/or Category Management. Experience developing category strategies ormultiyearsourcing roadmaps.

• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of cost drivers market dynamics and risktradeoffs.

• Experiencein sourcing strategy supplier management competitivebiddingand complex contract negotiation

• Proficiencyin Excel with strong advanced analytics skills to analyze insights spend or supplier performance evaluation.

• Familiarity with digital and AI procurement tools

• Strong presentation and executive communication skills with the ability to collaborate with and influence business partners.

• Demonstrated experience leading complexcrossfunctionalsourcing initiatives/projects.

• Leadership communication influencing and collaboration skills are

• Travel up to 10% domestic & international may be

• Strong business acumen the ability to understand challenges through the eyes of the business leaders

• Influencing skills the ability to persuade others to change behavior in pursuit of a common goal

• Strong leadership and collaboration skills at the senior executive level as well as with peers

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to confidently present complex information to senior executives

• Demonstrated learning agility and the ability to improve both yourself and the people around you

Preferred Requirements/Competencies:

• MBA or other advanceddegreeis preferred

• Experience in related industry strongly preferred

• Demonstrated experience in standing up a team and leading teams through organizational transformation is preferred

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