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Buyer

City: Johannesburg

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

Reckitt is on the lookout for an experienced Buyer "Packaging Materials " who will take charge of our factory procurement with precision and passion.This role oversees a portfolio of packaging materials, driving cost efficiencies and service improvements through effective sourcing strategies, tools, and techniques. It operates within defined policies and SOPs, with a strong impact on key financial metrics such as Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), Gross Margin (GM), and Net Working Capital (NWC). The role also ensures a compliant, reliable, and low-risk supplier base to support business continuity for Reckitt.re you ready to flex your negotiation muscles and secure deals that propel us forward? If you're eager to make a substantial impact in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

Your responsibilities

Executes sourcing strategies and manages supplier selection, contracting, and relationships to maintain a strong and effective supplier base.
Leads negotiations and oversees a portfolio of packaging materials, ensuring alignment with global commodity strategies.
Owns budgeting for materials and is accountable for delivering against cost assumptions and financial targets.
Monitors market trends, risks, and opportunities, implementing mitigation and contingency plans to ensure supply continuity.
Drives supplier performance in quality, service, and cost through improvement initiatives such as productivity, squeeze, and e-procurement.
Ensures strong governance and collaboration, including contract management, compliance with operating models, and effective use of procurement tools (e.g., Ariba, Anaplan).

The experience we're looking for

Holds a BCom/BSc degree with at least 3 years’ procurement experience, ideally in FMCG or large multinational environments.
Strong understanding of packaging materials, cost drivers, supplier markets, and negotiation practices.
Demonstrates solid financial and commercial acumen to identify and act on business opportunities.
Proven ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders at senior levels across multi-country environments.
Action-oriented problem solver with a pragmatic, results-driven approach, even under challenging conditions.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships, influence diverse teams, and thrive in a high-autonomy, responsibility-driven environment.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Relationship Management, Business Accumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Distribution Logistics, Logistics Management, Management Third-party Logistics Providers, Supply Chain Planning, Vendor Negotiation, Contract Negotiation, Supply Management, Procurement, Category Management Expertise.

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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