Procurement Manager in Korea

• Strategy creation & execution

• Align with appropriate Hub and Global category teams and work in collaboration with these teams to provide local business requirements and market information to support effective collaborative regional and global strategy creation and execution.
• Execute global sourcing strategies for multiple spend categories in scope of responsibility, operating with a truly global mindset and ensuring all applicable LOC or regional dimensions are accommodated.
• Have a clear understanding of how global strategies affect local markets and build an education & communication process for regional Procurement leads and business units.
• Be the local expert in the spend categories within scope of responsibility.

• Benefit delivery

• Ensure financial benefits are managed in accordance with the Spend Management Framework approach, ensuring business unit and Finance agreement to financial value delivered and transparency on treatment of benefits in the budgeting process.
• Create and deliver effective budgets (Plans of Purchase) agreed with key stakeholders and Finance in accordance with the Spend Management Framework.

• Business partnering & stakeholder management

• Build strategic relationships with local Haleon stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurement’s value proposition. Align sourcing strategies accordingly.
• Influence key stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorse recommended strategies, support execution, and agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted.

• External supplier relationships

• Execute and manage effective contracts with suppliers that will allow Haleon to maximize opportunity globally. Ensure global views on supplier negotiations are taken.
• Manage the local supply base for the categories within scope through a robust performance management process. Ensure supplier performance is understood and measured.
• Ensure suitable processes and communication links exist between above country supplier organization structures and local & regional networks to ensure effective process and communication cascade through supplier and Haleon network and geographies.

Role dimensions

• Reports to Procurement Senior Manager in Japan
• Financial spend responsibility is approximately £30 million
• Stakeholder interface is typically Managers/Senior Mangers/Leadership Team level with a medium complexity network
• Category complexity is medium
• Supply market complexity is medium
• Seniority of supplier interface is medium
• Haleon business impact of the category is high

Knowledge/Education Required

• Degree level eg BA, BSc or equivalent

Experience and Skills Required

• Minimum 7 years of indirect procurement field experience
• Experience in Marketing Category spend is a must
• Strong influencing and inter-personal skills to create constructive relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in English and local language
• Negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Analytical research skills
• Strategic approach
• Effective corporate skills and a team player
• Self-driven, independent, and highly motivated

Preferred Level of Education and Previous Experience

• Direct or CMO procurement experience
• MBA, MCIPS (or US/International equivalents)
• Demonstrated expertise in cross functional projects is required, particularly with respect to developing & implementing significant strategies, stakeholder management and supplier relationship management
• Demonstrated experience in influencing strategy and managing within a LOC (across countries within a region) and business units

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