Procurement Manager - Global Media

Role Overview

Haleon is looking for a Procurement Media Manager to join our Global Procurement team and play a critical role in driving value, transparency, and innovation across our media investments. This role goes beyond traditional sourcing. You will lead targeted procurement initiatives, generate actionable, data driven insights, and help build core capabilities across supplier performance management, media sustainability, and commercial transparency. Operating at the intersection of Procurement, Marketing, and Finance, you will help ensure Haleon's media investments are commercially optimised, strategically aligned, and future ready, while enabling stronger governance and decision making at global and local levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing & Partner Selection
  • Lead end to end sourcing initiatives (typically $1-5m scope) across media platforms and planning tools, ad tech, data, verification and measurement partners.
  • Design and execute RFPs/RFQs, evaluate proposals and negotiate commercial and contractual terms.
  • Ensure selected partners deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, effectiveness and value.
  • Support alignment to Global Media strategy and sourcing principles.
• Non Working Media & Innovation Fund Management
  • Support governance and oversight of non working media spend, including innovation and capability funds.
  • Validate commercial structures, pricing and value delivery.
  • Track outcomes and business impact to enable scaling of successful initiatives.
  • Partner with Marketing and agency teams to ensure disciplined, value focused investment.
• Supplier Performance & Relationship Insights
  • Lead the agency / client satisfaction survey process end to end.
  • Translate results into clear insights, risks and improvement actions.
  • Monitor supplier performance and support structured continuous improvement plans.
  • Provide transparency and insight into agency and partner relationships.
• Media Sustainability (Key Focus Area)
  • Champion media sustainability within Procurement.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of media investments.
  • Collaborate with Marketing and partners to influence more sustainable practices.
  • Track progress, bring external benchmarks and support reporting and capability building.
• Scope of Work & Commercial Transparency
  • Support the development and deployment of a standardised Scope of Work framework.
  • Build and maintain a central repository of agency scopes, pricing and resource models.
  • Enable cross market benchmarking and commercial business intelligence.
  • Increase visibility into agency deliverables, resourcing and cost structures.
• Data, Analytics & Insights
  • Analyse media spend and supplier data to identify optimisation opportunities.
  • Build benchmarks, dashboards and insight packs to support fact based decision making.
  • Provide commercial and analytical input to senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Partner closely with Marketing, Digital, Finance and agency teams.
  • Act as a trusted, pragmatic commercial partner.
  • Influence without authority in a matrixed, global environment.

What Success Looks Like

• Successful delivery of sourcing initiatives with tangible value creation.
• Strong, insight led supplier performance and relationship management.
• Implementation of SOW, benchmarking and transparency capabilities.
• Effective and disciplined management of innovation and non working media funds.
• Clear progress on media sustainability priorities.
• High stakeholder confidence, satisfaction and collaboration.

Qualifications & Experience

• 3-6 years' experience in procurement, media sourcing, marketing, consulting or related commercial roles.
• Experience working with media agencies, media platforms or the ad tech ecosystem desirable.
• Proven experience running sourcing processes and commercial negotiations.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data into actionable insights.
• Experience in supplier management and performance tracking.
• Comfortable operating in a fast paced, cross functional, global environment.

What We're Looking For

• A problem solver who brings structure to complexity and ambiguity.
• A commercially minded individual who challenges constructively.
• A self starter with strong ownership and delivery mindset.
• A collaborative influencer who builds trust across functions.
• Curiosity and interest in media innovation, sustainability and evolving marketing models.

Additional Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years of operational Procurement experience across multiple categories, preferably Marketing and/or Media Procurement.
• 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.
• Experience with risk management.
• Motivation for professional development and willingness to coach, mentor and train others.

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected - all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It's important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.