Category Supply Manager

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About the role

The successful candidate will be the voice of E2E Supply for product change projects (innovation and base-business), a critical member of the factory leadership team, and a critical link between the CDO & market teams and Supply/Mfg. The role focuses on ensuring most fit-for-purpose, efficient and cost-effective solutions for product changes. Role will drive local ideation related to productivity, supply continuity and portfolio simplification. Site Category Supply Manager facilitates product transitions at site level, supports change management activities, and plays a key role in supporting the successful qualification of product change-related activities. The role will also focus on site master pan management, capital portfolio management and prepare the site to be fit-for-future.

The Site Category Supply Manager role requires ability to focus on both strategy and execution, with a knowledge of supply technical requirements and knowledge across many disciplines, including manufacturing processes, planning, network strategy, stakeholder management across multiple functions, finance acumen with the ability to articulate complex situations in a simple manner at NLT level, the ability to stand his/her ground and create a win/win approach with business stakeholders.

Your responsibilities

- Supply Chain Management: single point of contact for product change projects, understanding linkages to manufacturing strategy, capacity and network.
- Collaboration: works with plant leadership and stakeholders, CDO/Commercial, R&D to ensure interests of Supply are well represented for product change projects. Advocates for appropriate prioritization of supply resiliency, productivity and capital projects within the central portfolio.
- Change Management: Facilitate innovation and base-business project forecasting and transition management. Support Change Control activities. Work with plant leadership and stakeholders to ensure proper execution and risk mitigation of all projects at the plant level.
- Financial Analysis: Coordinate financial benefit calculations for supply resilience & productivity projects. Facilitate true cost analysis for innovation projects in collaboration with Supply Finance team.
- Engineering & Capital Portfolio Management: Keep site master plan updated with an eye on fit-for-future design. Owns the asset change and Capital portfolio with associated KPIs.

The experience we're looking for

Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in supply chain management, with a focus on project/portfolio management, engineering/capital planning and category management.

Skills:

• Ability to switch between Strategy & Execution.
• Technical savviness and knowledge of manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge or planning processes & systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated excellent stakeholder management & engagement. Ability to articulate complex supply issues in simple manner with senior management.
• Business acumen and financial understanding (cost accounting and business case analysis)
• Portfolio management and change management experience.

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.