Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including **Sensodyne, EmergenC, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Tums, and Centrum** – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question. With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Advil and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business. This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special. The **Senior Manager, Cross-BU NAM (US, Canada) Procurement** , organization, is responsible for all category management and sourcing activities for various marketing categories within NAM markets. This role will be responsible for business partnering with key senior stakeholders, co-creation of category strategy in cooperation with global categories, reflecting NAM business needs. This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following: Have the unique opportunity to drive category excellence within the BU(s) through the development and implementation of regional category strategies, in partnership with global category teams. This role will partner closely with the business to represent the needs of local stakeholders and local market dynamics to drive value for Haleon. **Collaborate for Impact** + **Develop Sourcing Strategies** : Create effective regional and local sourcing strategies that align with business requirements and market nuances. Collaborate with global category leads to implement best practices and leverage global scale. + **Influence Global Category Teams** : Ensure regional considerations are integrated into global and regional supplier relationships, negotiations, and contracts. + **Promote Sustainability and Diversity** : Ensure regional strategies reflect Haleon’s sustainability and diversity objectives. + **Leverage Deep Category Expertise** : Utilize deep category understanding to become a trusted partner. + **Deliver Comprehensive Value** : Provide value beyond savings, focusing on overall impact and benefits. **Wired for Excellence** + **Drive Productivity** : Identify and implement opportunities for improvement to fuel the productivity pipeline. + **Deliver Strategic Benefits** : Execute local and global strategies effectively and collaboratively to deliver benefits to the BU, focusing on growth, revenue uplift quality, service, cost, and innovation. + **Execute Sourcing Activities** : Lead tendering activities, contracting, and supplier management for spend categories within your scope to deliver the best value to Haleon. + **Implement Commercial Innovation** : Introduce commercial innovations connected to new remuneration models where appropriate. + **Manage Financial Benefits** : Ensure financial benefits are managed according to the Procurement Productivity Framework. Secure agreement from business units and Finance on the financial value delivered and maintain transparency in the budgeting process. + **Leverage AI Potential** : Maximize the potential of AI for our team and agencies. + **Challenge Investments** : Evaluate investments with a focus on ROI and cost efficiency. + **Influence Investments** : Play an active role in influencing both working and non-working investments. + **Catalyst for Growth and Innovation** : Be a catalyst for growth and innovation. **Full Potential People** + **Develop Strategic Relationships** : Establish and nurture relationships with senior Haleon local and regional stakeholders to understand business needs, identify value-creation opportunities, and effectively position Procurement’s value proposition. + **Influence and Align** : Engage key stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorse recommended strategies, facilitate execution, and align how benefits and value are reported and budgeted. + **Act as a Connector** : Serve as a liaison with an end-to-end perspective, ensuring seamless integration and collaboration across all functions. + **Build Strategic Supplier Relationships** : Build strategic relationships with key regional/local suppliers and lead processes to ensure value is driven from these relationships. The position is located in Warren NJ and follows hybrid model requiring a 2-3 day in office presence. *When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application. **_Why you?_** **Basic Qualifications:** We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: + Bachelor’s Degree in Procurement, Business, Finance, Marketing + 7+ years of operational Procurement experience across multiple categories + Excellent knowledge of Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development and others + Demonstrated expertise in managing categories, particularly category strategy development and implementation, stakeholder management and supplier relationship management + In-depth understanding of external environment and supplier relationship models + Strong knowledge of finance (cost benchmark, financial audit with key suppliers) and legal matters (contracting) + Clear understanding of business value, business priorities, and potential implementation risks + Significant experience working in a matrix (global/ regional) business environment + Strong networking skills and a proven ability to build productive and collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders and business partners + Demonstrated leadership and ability to work in partnership with others to drive, implement and support change + Ability to prioritize multiple tasks across multiple projects using project management skills + Strong analytical, written and verbal communications, and influencing skills + Ability to work in high pressure environment, often under tight deadlines + Motivation for professional development and willingness to coach, mentor and train others **Preferred Qualifications:** If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: + MBA _Haleon offers a robust Total Reward package that consists of competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits program. This includes a generous 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement and time off programs including 6 months paid parental leave. On day one, you are eligible for benefits, including our healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of your medical coverage for you and your family. We also offer the opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance and other incentive/recognition programs as part of the offering_ . _The salary range for this role is: $115,834 - $159,271 USD + bonus_ Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like www.haleon.com/careers/ At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are. As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially. Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and, in the US, we adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class. Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, Haleon may be required to capture and report expenses Haleon incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure Haleon’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. Accommodation Requests  If you require a reasonable accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please contact us by sending an email to HR.AmericasSC-CS@haleon.com. Please include the following in your email:  + Use subject line: ‘Haleon Careers: Job Accommodation Request’  + Your Name and contact information  + Requisition ID and Job Title you are interested in  + Location of Requisition (city/state or province/country)  + Description of specific accommodation you are requesting  + Resumes, CVs, or other requests outside of accommodation support submitted to this email box will not be accepted.    Haleon offers a robust Total Reward package that consists of competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits program. This includes a generous 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement and time off programs including 6 months paid parental leave. On day one, you are eligible for benefits, including our healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of your medical coverage for you and your family. We also offer the opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance and other incentive/recognition programs as part of the offering. Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer healthcare company. Shaped by all of us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for millions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re building together. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.