Head of Procurement, India

Description

Head of Procurement, India

Kenvue is currently recruiting for Head of Procurement, India, based out of Mumbai India.

Who We Are At Kenvue we believe there is extraordinary power in everyday care.

Built on over a century of heritage and propelled forward by science, our iconic brands-including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON'S® and BAND-AID® -are category leaders trusted by millions of consumers who use our products to improve their daily lives.

Our employees share a digital-first mindset, an approach to innovation grounded in deep human insights, and a commitment to continually earning a place for our products in consumers ' hearts and homes.

Join us in shaping our future--and yours.

What will you do
The Country Procurement Head is responsible for


* Leading the Procurement organization supporting all spends (including Raw, Packaging material, External Manufacturing, and Indirect procurement) for Kenvue in a market.

The Country Lead will orchestrate the local procurement efforts and business engagement.

The role will also provide leadership in the collaboration of the in-market resource with Business Unit (BU) Procurement group, the Share Service Group and Procurement excellence to fulfil in-country business requirements


* Supporting and driving the development of category practices for local market categories, including sourcing strategy definition, deployment, and stakeholder management, to maximize total cost of ownership savings and Procurement's value contribution while achieving compliance with policies, strategies, and processes


* Striving to meet the mutually agreed Procurement targets contributing to the overall budgeting targets

In addition to the elements mentioned above the Country procurement lead is accountable to define and achieve clear targets in conjunction with his/her Procurement counterparts and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Engagement


* Represents the Procurement organization to the market leadership and is responsible for identifying business demand requirements and partnering with Category Management teams to deliver annual value improvements and drive competitive advantage


* Be familiar with the longer-term priorities, country strategic imperatives and requirements of the business partners, to define in country procurement priorities that enable the business objectives and engage in strategic planning and partnering to ensure alignment


* Acts as a point of contact for the business to ensure business requirements are met

Defines Category Strategy


* Leads local team to analyze category and define category profile, incl.

risk assessment, supply base assessment and SRM strategy


* Benchmarks category practices to identify improvement initiatives


* Builds category specific strategic plan in alignment with the regions / countries and aligns strategic plan to financial budget and global business strategies in alig...