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Senior Buyer

City: Suzhou

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

A highly-motivated procurement professional, experienced/capable in building and executing global procurement strategies, driving strategic negotiations along with building in-depth market understanding for the commodities, delivering innovation agenda together with suppliers and internal stakeholders, preparing supply risk mitigation plans, ensuring RB quality and service standards in sourcing.

Your responsibilities

Developing procurement strategy and executing the strategy with robust implementation for many key raw material, focusing on VMS and NA IFCN ingredients to make sure that cost savings and supplier performance targets are met - or exceeded
Setting up a global sourcing strategy for the commodities that fits for the needs of individual RB sites. Putting strategy into action together with regional teams.
Conducting effective, strategic and tactical negotiations of projects/contracts, allocation of business for NPDs.
Building and maintaining a supplier base which brings joint development opportunities for innovation, ensures continuous cost saving and NWC improvement opportunities, business continuity, service level and performance in line with RB Quality requirements.
Developing an in-depth understanding of market dynamics to proactively take actions on timing and extension of sourcing process and contracts.
Having full financial accountability for the commodity. This includes but is not limited to the Annual budget planning and spend forecasting for the geographical scope.
Monthly and quarterly financial reviews (on-going vs budget) + action plans for corrective measures
Managing relationship/ networking with other functions such as R&D, Marketing, Finance, Regional Supply and Regional/Country Management.
Studying inventory at plants and recommending strategic stock proposal
Build and maintain good relationships with new and existing suppliers
Supplier capability evaluation- Understanding suppliers capability, capacity, core competencies etc and preparing strategy to deal with the suppliers
Identify supplier enabled innovations for EPD and NPD opportunities
Contract management-review of existing contracts and making sure the contracts are in place for atleast 85% of the spend

The experience we're looking for

In-depth experience of Procurement, at least 5 years, in a multi-country environment. Commodity (Raws) experience desirable
Degree qualified preferably in Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Business or other relevant discipline. MBA advantageous.
Ability to work in a truly global organisation. Proven experience of working in a fast moving and result driven environment which demands to work under pressure most of the time.
Undertakes delicate and complicated contractual and business negotiations of high value
Challenges and supports others to deliver a flexible supply base to meet tactical and strategic business needs
Is able to navigate through and reconcile conflicting interests/positions of different internal departments and functions to achieve optimal cost and service
Knowledge on Innovation / Patents / exclusivity deals

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.

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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