Global Category Lead Insights & Analytics and Design & Artworks

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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.

This role will lead and facilitate the global sourcing strategy, negotiation, and supplier relationship management for Marketing – Insights & Analytics and Design & Artwork services. Operating at the heart of indirect procurement, the position is highly strategic and will embed procurement excellence across the Source-to-Contract process, ensuring value creation, contractual protection, and service excellence on a global scale. The role will require managing large-scale, time‑critical negotiations and procurement transformation programmes.

You will work closely with senior leaders across Corporate Functions:
Marketing Excellence, Finance, IT&D, Legal, Supply, Data Protection and Responsible AI as well as with Reckitt Strategic external partners, positioning Procurement as a trusted advisor in shaping business transformation and outsourcing strategy.

Global Category Strategy & Governance:
Define and implement global category strategies for Insights & Analytics and Design & Artwork. Align across geographies, business functions, and senior stakeholders, balancing standardization with flexibility.

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) & Value Realization:
Lead all negotiations and strategies with a TCO lens, ensuring contracts deliver sustainable cost efficiencies, quality of service, and innovation beyond initial savings. Strong understanding of different commercial models and ensure outcomes are measured and delivered advising the business on the right framework and governance model.

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM):
Drive the Joint Business planning process in collaboration with the business. Defining and driving JBP strategies with top strategic partners. Create transparency, deliver innovation pipelines, and hold suppliers accountable for performance.

Contracting &

Risk Management:

Lead high‑value negotiations with legal, financial, and operational complexity. Partner closely with Legal and Finance to ensure contracts are robust, commercially competitive, and aligned to strategic objectives with the right governance models in place.

Cross‑Functional Alignment & Influence:
Actively partner with senior business leaders to challenge demand, shape outsourcing strategies, and ensure procurement is embedded at the earliest stages of decision‑making.

Value Beyond Savings:
Drive initiatives such as supplier innovation, simplification of supplier base, and optimization. Focus on measurable business outcomes, not just cost savings. Deliver internal Bootcamps on Procurement ways of working.

Technology‑Enabled Procurement:
Leverage digital procurement tools (Smart Buy, eSourcing contract management platforms, Spend Cube, NWC tracker and analytics) to enable value delivery, visibility, compliance, and speed in sourcing…