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We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter - one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.\nOur trusted portfolio of brands - including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® - lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.\nNow it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose - to deliver better everyday health with humanity - at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.\nRole Summary\nThe Senior Manager, CMO Tail Spend is responsible for leading the procurement strategy and commercial management of Haleon’s Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) Tail portfolio. Reporting to the Director, CMO Tail Spend, this role manages approximately £50 million in external manufacturing spend and drives cost optimization, supplier performance, contract governance, and supply continuity across a network of CMO partners. The role works closely with Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Finance, and Legal teams to deliver value, support supplier relationships, and contribute to Haleon’s external manufacturing strategy.\nKey Responsibilities\nDevelop and execute sourcing, procurement, and supplier management strategies across assigned CMOs.\nManage commercial relationships, supplier performance, and contract lifecycle management for external manufacturing partners.\nDeliver annual cost reduction and value creation targets through negotiations, network optimization, value engineering, process improvements, and material cost management.\nLead RFX processes and negotiate supply agreements in collaboration with Legal and senior supplier stakeholders.\nDrive implementation of procurement processes, governance frameworks, and contract compliance measures.\nPartner with Direct Procurement to maximize value across raw materials and packaging spend within the CMO network.\nIdentify, assess, and mitigate supply chain and supplier-related risks to support business continuity.\nSupport supplier development initiatives, performance reviews, and continuous improvement programs.\nEnsure compliance with GMP, regulatory requirements, internal controls, and procurement policies.\nCollaborate with stakeholders across global and regional teams to support procurement objectives and external manufacturing growth.\nKey Requirements\nDegree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Marketing, or a related field.\n10+ years of procurement experience, preferably within FMCG, OTC healthcare, pharmaceuticals, contract manufacturing, or another regulated environment, including minimum 3 years of CMO experience.\nExperience in sourcing strategy, supplier relationship management, supplier development, and complex commercial negotiations.\nExperience negotiating and managing contractual agreements and supplier governance frameworks.\nTrack record of delivering cost savings and value creation programs.\nKnowledge of manufacturing operations, supply chain processes, external manufacturing models, and supplier performance management.\nExperience leading cross-functional initiatives involving Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Finance, and Legal teams.\nStakeholder management and influencing skills with the ability to work across global, regional, and functional teams.\nCommercial and analytical capabilities, including should-cost modeling, cost analysis, risk management, and supply chain performance metrics.\nStrategic thinking combined with execution and continuous improvement capabilities.\nAbility to balance cost competitiveness, supplier optimization, supply continuity, quality, compliance, and operational risk.\nUnderstanding of sustainability and ESG considerations within procurement and external supply operations.\nDirect Procurement experience covering raw materials and packaging categories is considered an advantage.\n\nAbout the role\nThe Data & AI Delivery Lead - Supply Chain Excellence is a senior strategic leader responsible for defining, shaping, and executing the enterprise vision for the Supply Chain Excellence data and AI ecosystem. This leader brings deep subject matter expertise in Supply Chain data and processes including manufacturing, packaging, quality, labs, site operations and sustainability, as well as knowledge of enterprise data ecosystems and advanced AI. The role focuses exclusively on harnessing data, analytics, and AI to drive value across Supply Chain through accelerated intelligence, trusted data for enterprise reporting and decision making, process optimisation - all underpinned with robust data foundations including master data management, data quality and trusted enterprise data assets\nThis role sits within the Chief Data Office (CDO) with a dotted line into the Head of Supply Chain Excellence Tech and is fully embedded within the Supply Chain Excellence Tech Leadership Team. The job holder will be based in Poznan, Poland.\nKey responsibilities\nStrategic Leadership & Vision:\nIn partnership with Supply Chain Excellence Digital & Technology Lead, define and champion the strategic vision for Supply Chain data, insights, and AI products.\nDrive the evolution of the Supply Chain data and AI ecosystem, anticipating industry trends and emerging technologies, with a strong focus on building scalable, standardised data foundations and enterprise-wide data consistency.\nTranslate the Supply Chain Excellence strategy into multi-year capability and data & AI roadmap, including the enabling scope for master data, data quality and data governance maturity.\nBring data & AI external innovation, competitive insights, and industry best practices into Haleon.\nDeep Expertise & Thought Partnership:\nUnderstand cross-functional data needs across Supply Chain, including critical master data domains and dependencies across systems.\nAdvise Supply Chain Tech leadership on data strategy, architecture, governance, quality and AI enablement.\nProduct & Portfolio Ownership:\nOwn the end-to-end lifecycle for Supply Chain data and intelligence products, from data strategy and foundational platforms through to advanced analytics, AI and GenAI use cases, ensuring strong alignment to enterprise data models and master data standards, and clear ownership of delivery milestones, financial commitments, and execution KPIs across the portfolio.\nDefine and manage a transparent, value-led product roadmap balancing near-term delivery with long-term data & AI transformation, including prioritisation of foundational data improvements to unlock value.\nOversee prioritisation, investment evaluation, and data product governance.\nEnsure data & AI portfolio for Supply Chain Excellence is scalable, resilient and secure across both GxP and non-GxP environments, with strong interoperability across the enterprise data ecosystem.\nSupport Supply Chain Excellence to drive sustainment, adoption and benefits tracking to ensure enduring business value, including partnership with Data Steward network for tracking improvements in data quality, consistency and reuse.\nDriving Supply Chain Excellence Outcomes with Data & AI:\nLead integration of AI/ML and agentic intelligence into operational and technical workflows, enabled by high-quality, trusted and well-governed data assets.\nIdentify high-value AI use cases to accelerate innovation and deliver value in Supply Chain, ensuring foundational data readiness is in place.\nEnsure responsible, ethical, and compliant AI across Supply Chain Excellence.\nSupport the embedding of AI solutions into operational processes.\nStay current on data, AI and Gen AI trends in manufacturing, packaging, quality, labs, site operations and sustainability and where there may be opportunities to drive business outcomes.\nCross-Functional Influence and Collaboration:\nAct as the connective leader across CDO, Supply Chain Excellence Tech and Supply Chain business stakeholders.\nPartner with the Enterprise Data Management lead to drive enterprise alignment on data standards, metadata including master data models, reference data and common data definitions.\nInfluence senior stakeholders to adopt and invest in Supply Chain data and AI strategies, articulate the value of strong data foundations and the business impact of poor data quality.\nDelivery Leadership & Operational Excellence:\nLead crossfunctional teams across data science, engineering, architecture, and analytics.\nEnsure execution in alignment with enterprise data and AI technical strategy, including adherence to data governance, master data management and data quality frameworks.\nOversee central support operations for all Supply Chain Excellence data and insights products.\nResolve data quality, governance, and interoperability issues impacting value realization, driving structured root cause analysis and remediation initiatives.\nPromote agile delivery, measurable outcomes, and continuous improvement.\nAccountable for delivery performance, service reliability, and operational stability across all Supply Chain Excellence data & AI products.\nExecution & Value Delivery Accountability:\nAccountable for end-to-end delivery of the Supply Chain Excellence data & AI portfolio, ensuring initiatives are delivered on-time, on-budget, and aligned to defined business outcomes.\nEstablish and drive robust delivery governance, including portfolio tracking, risk management, and dependency management across data, technology and business teams.\nEnsure operational excellence of data & AI products, including lifecycle management, sustainment, performance monitoring, and continuous optimisation.\nOversee compliance, security, and technical integrity of data products, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and regulatory (including GxP where applicable).\nLead proactive identification and mitigation of delivery, data quality, and interoperability risks, driving structured root cause resolution.\nDrive value realisation and benefits tracking, ensuring measurable and sustained business impact from deployed data & AI solutions.\nEnsure strong alignment between strategic roadmap and execution capacity, balancing long-term transformation with near-term delivery commitments.\nQualifications and skills\nRequired\nDegree in STEM, Data Science, Engineering, or related fields.\n10+ years in Supply Chain, digital, data/AI product leadership\nundefined\nDeep SME knowledge of Supply Chain workflows and data ecosystems.\nProven leadership of data/AI product portfolios in global matrixed organizations.\nStrategic thinking, communication, and senior-level influencing skills.\nAbility to translate strategy into clear, actionable delivery plans.\nPreferred\nExperience in the consumer health, CPG, healthcare, or life sciences sector.\nExpertise in data & AI architecture, metadata, and AI/ML platforms, with experience in master data management and data quality processes.\nKnowledge of GenAI and agentic AI, underpinned by an understanding of the importance of high-quality, well-governed data.\nWhy Haleon?\nCareer at one of the leading global healthcare companies. \nHybrid work. \nAttractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement). \nExtensive support of work life balance (flexible working solutions including working from home possibilities, health & wellbeing activities). \nPrivate medical care - the cost of the basic package is financed by Haleon. 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