Purchasing Manager

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About the Role

Procter & Gamble Purchases is part of the Product Supply function. We develop and execute sourcing strategies for the multi-billion-dollar goods and services needed to produce world-class consumer products. Your goal is to link the right supplier capabilities with our business needs and deliver the best shareholder return.

This role sits in the Purchasing Market Operations job family and is responsible for executing purchasing strategies within the market operations team. It requires a keen understanding of market dynamics and the ability to contribute to the development of new procedures and services. You will focus on one or more brands, channels, lines, or categories with clearly defined objectives.

You will report to a Purchasing Director and work within the Purchases team, partnering with cross-functional teams across P&G. You will work with limited supervision and determine your own priorities.

What Success Looks Like

You are P&G's lifeline to the world of suppliers. You translate our business needs so suppliers want to partner with us in delivering superior quality and value. Key deliverables:

• Total value creation, including cost savings and cash improvement
• Well-sourced supply, working with internal and external partners
• A strong controls environment, with full compliance and governance

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and execute purchasing strategies in the team and organization and influence strategic direction with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify and lead the development of new ideas, techniques, procedures, services, or products.
• Lead strategic sourcing and procurement: market analysis, supplier selection, negotiation, contracting, and performance management.
• Use analytics to turn spend, market, and supplier data into clear actions and results.
• Bring an outside-in view of markets and suppliers to identify innovation, cost, and growth opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners (e.g., Supply Network, Brands, Sales, Finance, Legal) to drive total value creation while ensuring supply is well sourced.
• Build and manage key relationships with senior stakeholders and strategic suppliers.
• Work under limited supervision and determine your own priorities.
• Coach and advise team members on compliance with stewardship requirements.
• Ensure flawless execution, timely issue resolution, and compliance.
  

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of Purchasing experience in a large FMCG company
• Proven strategic sourcing and procurement experience
• Strong logistics and supply chain experience
• Excellent commercial and business acumen, with a keen understanding of market dynamics
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn insights into action
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Strong leadership and negotiation skills
• Strong collaboration skills across functions and geographies
• Ability to work under limited supervision and determine own priorities
• Ability to coach and advise team members on compliance with stewardship requirements
• Deep understanding of stewardship, governance, and compliance
• Experience developing the knowledge and skills needed for current job requirements

Preferred

• Track record of delivering savings, cash improvement, and value creation
• Ability to understand Company’s business strategy and anticipate its needs
• Regional or global networks that help find innovation and cost-saving opportunities
• Experience with procurement and analytics technologies

About Us

We produce globally recognized brands and we grow the best business leaders in the industry. With a portfolio of trusted brands as diverse as ours, it is paramount our leaders are able to lead with courage the vast array of brands, categories and functions. We serve consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ariel®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Herbal Essences®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, Tampax® and more. Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide.

Visit http://www.pg.com to know more.

Our consumers are diverse and our talents - internally - mirror this diversity to best serve it. That is why we’re committed to building a winning culture based on Inclusion and our ideal candidate is passionate about the same principle: you will join our daily effort of being “in touch” so we craft brands and products to improve the lives of the world’s consumers now and in the future. We want you to inspire us with your unrivaled ideas.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected factor.

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