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Senior Buyer Logistic Africa

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.

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Our Procurement team is not just another department; we're strategic partners and catalysts for change, who use our expertise to drive sustainable growth and create and protect value for Reckitt. With a strong emphasis on cross-functional collaboration and partnership, our inclusive, diverse and energised team breaks down traditional barriers, enabling you to thrive in a dynamic environment where you and your ideas matter. From leveraging insights and analysis to make data-driven decisions - to spearheading sustainable business practices that contribute to consistent and reliable business growth - we are unwaveringly passionate about making a meaningful impact, and always doing the right thing.

About the role

Are you keen to make a tangible difference in Procurement the backbone of an innovative company? As our Senior Buyer,Logistics Africa Procurement, you will Manage a portfolio of the Logistics function in South Africa and Sub-Sahara Africa for the entire business.

Implement procurement strategies across the portfolio to drive Productivity, Services improvement, Supply relationship leveraging & strengthening, as well as GM improvement, NR growth & NWC benefit
Initiate & drive synergy projects across different Reckitt entities, through benchmarking, combining scope & leveraging on volumes to drive cost efficiencies.
Drive sustainability agenda with our supplier of freight-out and Warehousing
You'll be uniquely positioned to manage budgets, monitor costs and boost operational efficiency. Your astute financial insights will help shape cost-saving initiatives vital for our continued growth. Join us and become an integral part of the Procurement Region at Reckitt.

Your responsibilities

Within the scope of Logistics, responsible for leading and implementing Procurement-initiated projects:
- Market analysis: with cross-functional teams to screen the market, develop sustainable relationships with Logistics Providers such as Freight-out, warehouse, control tower, embellishers.
- Team work with internal stakeholders, by support and challenge, to define requirements (volumes, timelines, liability, etc.), KPIs, contract clauses
- Tenders, leverage of supply base and business opportunities & Commercial negotiations
- Internal & External benchmarks to drive synergies & productivity
- e-tools usage (Ariba, RFQ, reverse-auction)
- Compliance: Supplier Selection Scorecard, Contract template to be aligned with Legal & Finance, maintain a contract tracker & plan the renewal ahead of time, Selection Scorecard for tender, Supplier financial check, agreement validation as per operating model.
- Contract negotiation: drive the negotiation with Supplier and ensure to validate the Reckitt template
- Supplier relationship Management: work closely with user functions to track performance of key suppliers & work on improvement programs
- Generate Procurement reporting for the region, highlighting major achievements, challenges, update on key projects . Prepare forecast and plan in alignment with local supply services and finance.
- Represent Procurement in relevant regional cross-functional meetings, including but not limited to Supply Services Review, Supplier&Performance meetings, Finance review, Budget/Forecast meetings
- Work closely with relevant departments to improve the risk-evaluation and mitigation in Logistics
- Give each entity relevant support in case of Service issues, to ensure timely resolution
- Compliance: ensure all Service Providers comply with the regulatory requirements in the country & drive improvement programs for suppliers who do not comply

The experience we're looking for

Minimum of 5-year experience in Procurement and/or Logistics
2-3 years FMCG expirience
Degree qualified preferably in Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Business or other relevant discipline. MBA advantageous
Ability to work in a truly global organisation. Proven experience working in a fast moving, results driven environment
High level negotiation, influencing and communication skills
Sound knowledge & quick adaptability to e-tools
Agility with financial data and high proficiency of excel

The skills for success

Project Management, Financial Reporting, Accounting principles, Financial Analysis and reporting.

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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