Procurement Manager - Process Systems

The Role

Are you ready to be part of an inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees? Our Procurement team, a vital component of the Global Supply Chain function, is spread across numerous locations and is currently undergoing an exciting transformation. We're on a mission to bring more consistency to our practices across various locations and categories of spend.

Our Procurement team is structured into Category teams, Business Partnering and Regional teams, and Procurement Excellence and Transformation. This role will report directly to the Procurement Senior Manager for Process, Systems & Data, who leads one of the three pillars within the Procurement Excellence team.

In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in identifying current processes and policies, formulating future strategies, and supporting their implementation within our Procurement system landscape. Your efforts will drive consistency and excellence across all procurement teams.

To best support both Procurement and the wider Imperial Brands business, our policies and processes need to be value-adding, risk-based, easily accessible, and simple to use. If you're passionate about making a tangible impact and driving transformation, we want you on our team!

Principle Accountabilities

• Establishing consistent Procurement ways of working across the end-to-end Sourcing to Pay process, incl. Source-To-Contract as well as Purchase-To-Pay processes and Buying Channel deployments.
• Managing the functional Procurement policies, processes and alignment within the procurement system landscape, ensuring alignment with business risk appetite, integration with adjacent processes and compliance & governance through implementation of good practice.
• Managing the roll out, implementation & training around Procurement Processes and system guidance as well as managing Procurement training needs identification for process and collective training plans.
• Driving continuous improvement of procurement policies, processes and tools.
• Managing requirement definition and collection for implementing standard processes within the Procurement system landscape and act as solution matter expert for Procurement.
• Managing procurement data requirement gathering and their implementation within the Procurement and relevant ERP system landscape.

Skills and Experience Required

• Procurement Expertise: In-depth knowledge of end-to-end Procurement processes, including Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Contract Management, Purchase to Pay, Buying Channels, and Supplier Relationship Management.
• Policy Implementation: Proven experience in implementing Procurement policies, providing relevant training, and managing ongoing policy compliance.
• Training: Skilled in developing and holding of user training, identifying training needs, and coordinating training plans.
• Matrix Environment Experience: Adept at working within a matrix environment, collaborating with Process Owners, Group Risk functions, and Technology Experts, both in team settings and independently.
• Stakeholder Management: Strong influencing, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to plan, organize, and manage multiple projects.
• Technical Proficiency: Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, experience with process mapping tools (ideally Signavio), and Procurement Systems (ideally SAP Ariba, SpendHQ PPM), with the ability to travel internationally approximately 15% of the time.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.