Senior IT Manager, Procurement

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.

​Information Technology & Digital​

In IT and D, you'll be a force for good, whether you're championing cyber security, defining how we harness the power of technology to improve our business, or working with data to guide the innovation of consumer loved products.

Working globally across functions, you'll own your projects and process from start to finish, with the influence and visibility to achieve what needs to be done. And if you're willing to bring your ideas to the table, you'll get the support and investment to make them happen.

Your potential will never be wasted. You'll get the space and support to take your development to the next level. Every day, there will be opportunities to learn from peers and leaders through working on exciting, varied projects with real impact. And because our work spans so many different businesses, from Research and Product Development to Sales, you'll keep learning exciting new approaches.

About the role

As the IT&D Senior Manager, Procurement, you will lead the strategy, implementation, and optimization of procurement technology solutions for Essential Home. The role offers a unique opportunity to establish a procurement function from the ground up, creating solutions and roadmaps that will drive scalability and enable Essential Home’s business strategy.  

You will oversee the design, maintenance, and operation of IT systems within the procurement domain, ensuring security, resilience, and scalability. With strong focus on bridging the gap between IT, procurement, supply chain, and finance driving innovation, streamline processes. 

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can drive this function end-to-end, from vision and strategy to implementation and governance. You thrive in a dynamic environment; you are pragmatic, love a challenge and and are action and result oriented.  

Your responsibilities

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• Define the long term strategic needs for procurement for the Essential Home business  
• Develop and execute the IT roadmap for procurement systems, ensuring alignment with business goasl. 
• Oversee the full lifecycle of procurement solutions, ensuring their availability, security, scalability, and performance. 
• Lead technology transformation iniatitives, including SAP based modules/solutions  
• Act as a strategic IT&D partner for procurement leadership, translating business needs into IT solutions. 
• Develop and implement a governance framework for procurement to ensure compliance with data security, and regulatory requirements. 
• Define and track KPIs for procurement technology performance and user adoptions. 
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, optimizing source-to-pay (S2P) and procure-to-pay (P2P) processes. 
• Support cost reduction, spend visibility, and risk mitigation through IT-driven procurement solution. 
• Build and lead a high-performing team of both internal and external talent, fostering a culture of agility, ownership and collaboration. 
• Provide mentorship, performance management, and skills development opportunities for team members. 
• Build excellent relationships with strategic partners and service providers to ensure co-investment, high quality service, while staying cost-effective. 
• Oversee budgeting, procurement, and resource allocation for procurement technology and services. 

 

The experience we're looking for

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• This opportunity requires you to create something new, not to upgrade or transform something existing. No one will tell you how to do it, so you will bring vision and thought leadership, while being pragmatic in the implementation. 
• You have an entrepreneurial mindset: self-starter with a high sense of ownership and accountability. 
• You are collaborative and build bridges internally and externally. 
• You have proven experience in the Procurement space, preferably in the Consumer Goods sector.  
• Strong expertise in SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle Procurement Cloud, or similar procurement platforms. 
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and API integrations for procurement automation. 
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment. 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels. 
• Experience building and leading high-performing teams, fostering collaboration, and driving results. 
• You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration or a related field.  

 

The skills for success

Digital Strategy, Product Solution Architecture, Cyber Security Strategy, Cyber Security, Data Privacy, Portfolio Management, Data Governance, Product Compliance, Digital Transformation, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Outstanding Communication, stakeholder engagement.

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.