About the role
The role has overall responsibility to oversee Innovation projects and New Products Developments from Procurement perspective. The role acts as single point of contact in Procurement for global innovation projects, working closely with internal and external partners. The role ensures full alignment and compliance with Category Strategies, delivery of Innovation KPIS, reporting frameworks, and core procurement processes. Please note we are hiring for 2 positions.
Your responsibilities
* Oversight of all Procurement activities related to Innovation Projects/NPD/EPD.
* Participating and representing Procurement in CLT and other Category review forums.
* Act as the window between Category/Category Supply/R&D and procurement in management of projects.
* Ensure cost and timeline targets as agreed with procurement category leads are incorporated in all project charters.
* Monitoring progress on related activities closely and escalating risks as appropriate.
* Working with internal stakeholders, setting and driving the procurement innovation strategy aligned with business and supply chain objectives.
* Builds and maintains external innovation ecosystems, including vendors and solution providers.
* Drives change management and adoption, ensuring teams embrace new tools and ways of working.
* Promotes sustainability, ESG, and responsible sourcing through innovative procurement solutions.
* Monitors market trends and emerging capabilities to keep procurement future‑ready to support Innovation.
* Possesses advanced category insights for raw and pack materials.
* Leverages emerging innovation trend with supply partners by working closely with Procurement Category team, including partners outside of our ecosystem.
* Actively participates and contributes to Procurement Category Strategy development.
* Actively contributes to Joint Business Development Plan with key supply partners.
* Oversight of NPD and EPD projects related to Procurement.
* Ability to anticipate risks/issues and escalating in time to ensure project timelines are met.
* Influences decisions that work in the best interests of the business and procurement.
* Nurtures effective cross functional working with key internal stakeholders.
* Coordinate partners to Innovate activities along with Procurement Category Leads.
* Lead implementation of tools and processes that support Innovation Project management in procurement.
The experience we're looking for
* Master’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Technology/Science Stream or Business Management.
* Experience: 8+ years in Procurement or Supply Chain.
* Strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.
* Analytical, structured, and data‑driven.
* Ability to drive change and influence within a matrix organisation.
The skills for success
* Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business acumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Vendor Negotiation, Contract Negotiation, Category Management Expertise, Supply Management, Procurement.
What we offer
With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
Equality
We recognise that in real life, great people don't always tick all the boxes. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.
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