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Sr. Procurement Officer

City: Gurugram

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

This role will lead strategic sourcing, supplier management, and commercial negotiations across Reckitt's marketing and media portfolio. The role partners closely with Marketing, Media, E-commerce, Digital, Consumer Insights, Creative, and Finance teams to deliver value through cost optimization, innovation, risk management, and supplier performance excellence.

Your responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing & Category Management
• Develop and execute category strategies for:
o Media Buying (Digital, TV, Print, OOH)
o Creative & Production Agencies
o Influencer Marketing
o Content Creation & Social Media
o Market Research & Consumer Insights
o E-commerce Media
o Events & Activations
o MarTech and Marketing Technology Platforms
• Drive competitive bidding, supplier consolidation, and spend optimization initiatives.
• Build category roadmaps aligned with business growth objectives.

Commercial Excellence
• Lead end-to-end commercial negotiations with agencies, publishers, research partners, and production houses.
• Establish rate cards, pricing benchmarks, and commercial governance frameworks.
• Deliver annual savings, cost avoidance, and value creation targets.
• Ensure transparency across media rates, production costs, agency fees, rebates, and commissions.

Stakeholder Management
• Partner with Marketing Directors, Brand Teams, Media Teams, E-commerce, and Finance.
• Act as a trusted business advisor balancing commercial rigor with speed-to-market requirements.
• Challenge specifications and scope where required while ensuring business outcomes are maintained.

Supplier Relationship Management
• Manage strategic relationships with key partners including media agencies, creative agencies, production houses, influencers, and research firms.
• Conduct regular supplier performance reviews covering:
o Commercial competitiveness
o Service delivery
o Innovation
o Compliance
o Sustainability
• Develop supplier scorecards and improvement plans.

Governance & Compliance
• Ensure procurement policies, contracting standards, and approval processes are adhered to.
• Identify and mitigate operational, commercial, and reputational risks.
• Maintain contract repository and category documentation.

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Commerce, or related field.
• MBA preferred.
• 7-12 years of procurement, sourcing, or commercial experience.
• Experience in FMCG, consumer goods, retail, media, or advertising ecosystem preferred.
• Strong understanding of media, digital marketing, production, and agency commercial models.

The skills for success

Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business Accumen, Improve business processes, Logistics Management, Management Third-party Logistics Providers, Supply Chain Planning, 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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