Senior Manager - Procurement Digital, Data & Analytics

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve 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 it’s 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.

Role Overview

The Senior Manager, Procurement Digital, Data & Analytics a key contributor to the delivery of Global Procurement’s digital transformation & analytics roadmap. This role will be responsible for driving Procurement transformation projects, from building the business case to implementation. This role requires strong knowledge of procurement/supply chain digital solutions, project management, drive for performance improvement, analytical skills, significant amount of internal engagement, utilizing strong interpersonal skills, and influence management.

In this role you will

• Be leading Procurement transformation projects; operating in a fast-paced environment that requires ability to seamlessly shift across a wide variety of responsibilities.
• Play a key leadership role in managing the delivery of the key Procurement transformation projects and support leadership in the development & execution of Procurement technology roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead high scale global procurement projects and manage end-to-end aspects of global Procurement transformation initiatives including right from identifying problem statements through stakeholder interactions, solution design, evaluating existing technology landscape, propose system changes & enhancements, assess impact on user experience, process and cost. 
• Perform business process mapping, process re-engineering and gap analysis. Recommend digital procurement solutions or new age technologies to streamline, consolidate and optimize processes
• Support development of Procurement technology roadmap leveraging latest and best in class technology to support business requirement.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes by leveraging digital solutions like RPA, AI/ML and GenAI based business applications
• Development & execution of Procurement technology and process transformation programme. Identify and implement applications that complement our existing technology landscape to enhance user experience, improve compliance and drive cost benefits.
• As a transformation SME you will be responsible to continuously evaluate and propose leading practice processes in procurement domains of category management, supplier relationship management, sourcing, contracting and operational purchase to pay
• Collaborate closely with the various stakeholders across the organization including but not limited to Finance, Tech, Procurement Professionals and Operations.
• Engage with Procurement, Finance Services, Technology organizations to gather business requirements and design the new business processes.
• Engage with Tech and 3rd party services organizations to design, implement and continuously improve the Guided buying module ensuring human-centric and fit for purpose.

Qualifications & Skills: 

• Bachelors - Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, related field or any Bachelors, combined with relevant experience.
  • Preferred: master’s degree (Procurement, Finance, Business or equivalent)
  • Good to have: Procurement or related certifications (e.g., CPSM, CPIM, PMP)
• Industry-leading knowledge of Ariba Guided buying, Source-to-Contract, SAP ECC & P2P systems (Must be with SAP ARIBA).
• Experience of about 10-15 years in global procurement P2P and Ariba implementations.
• Broad knowledge of end-to-end source-to-settle processes and ERP/Ariba functionality.
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office programs (e.g., PowerPoint and Excel)
• Demonstrated high learning agility; proven ability to solve complex problems with limited oversight.
• Strong analytical, written and verbal communications, and influencing skills. Specifically developing presentations and business cases for executive audiences
• Ability to work in high pressure environment, often under tight deadlines.

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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. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.
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