Job Title : Procurement Specialist, Supply
About Us:
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.
Join us to create a career worth celebrating.
About the Function:
Our Procurement team are innovators, always seeking new ways to help our business, people and much-loved brands thrive. We're dedicated to maximising the £12 billion+ we spend every year, building brands of premium quality, while creating sustainable value and growth. Together, we're shaping the services, partnerships and innovations that meet our future needs!
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Our procurement team delivers outstanding end-to-end value across our supply chain and offers innovative supplier solutions. Together, we're driving our 'Society 2030: Spirit of Progress' plan across suppliers and agency partners to create a more sustainable world. Wherever you choose to carve your career, we'll support and encourage you in our inclusive culture.
About the Role:
- Responsible for procurement of assigned items and executing buying strategies in accordance with agreed upon material buying plans at the optimum cost/quality relationship. Analyzes market and industry conditions and develops supply recommendations. Assists with contract negotiations for implementation. Owns supplier relationships at the purchase to pay level in driving all the day-to-day business (e.g. SAP management, Accounts Payable reconciliation, etc.).
- Financial Responsibility- Supports the Procurement Category Manager for overall Procurement delivery and performance for the NA category. Liaises with Procurement Category Managers/Directors across the North America and Global business to deliver the NA AOP.
- Complexity of Role- Requires knowledge and experience across the key Supply categories (e.g. Materials Planning, Conversion, Innovation, Finance, Packaging, etc.) that are necessary to build relationships, lead cohesive strategy execution, and drive cross-functional value. Builds knowledge of the organization, processes and customers. Interacts and optimally communicates with multiple functions.
- Management Responsibility-Receives a moderate level of guidance and direction. Supports management with category spend, accurate standard setting, forecast and overall cost management of category. Responsible for the tracking and reporting of all value creation benefits including cost savings and cost avoidance.
- Decision Making - Solves a range of straightforward problems; analyzes possible solutions using standard procedures and receives stakeholder alignment with decision making.
Role Responsibilities :
- Supports setting strategic direction for a specific category area.
- Supports the execution of regional category strategies; negotiations, etc.
- Strong working relationship with conversion, planning, innovation & brand change, and suppliers.
- Leads the execution of purchase orders, scheduling agreements, resolution of invoice issues, and data management of suppliers for a relevant category.
- Experience in various functions of SAP (Scheduling Agreements, PO creation, vendor management)
- Where appropriate, may lead supplier selection and sourcing for subset of a category or low spend category.
Qualifications and Experience:
- College degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- One to three years experience in supply chain or procurement experience in a consumer products environment preferred.-
- Experience in purchase to pay systems (SAP).
- High level of experience using MS Office Programs- Demonstrated analytical and interpersonal skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills- Strong negotiation skills- Demonstrated ability to analyze projects/processes, development and implement recommendations, and make sound decisions in support of business needs.
- Solid communication skills.
Flexible Working Statement:
Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.
Diversity statement:
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
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