Category Manager - Retail Negotiations
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Global Procurement Manager - Retail Negotiations Dublin and hybrid A great opportunity to join a dynamic, dedicated team managing a retail procurement spend of $11 Billion dollars across North America and Europe Your role will involve - Negotiating & sourcing for, large scale, complex national retail contracts for circa. $100 m+ in aggregate annual purchasing. Delivering procurement synergies for the company network, by standardising efforts, finding unleveraged opportunities of scale, consolidating vendor partners & distribution points, challenging current business models, & promoting business unit marketing refinements. Providing strategic & tactical category guidance on key categories, based on national trends, internal & external best practice, & company performance objectives. Establishing cross functional teams to diagnose, quantify & address regional & national level opportunities & alternative revenue sources. Uniting autonomous business units around common value enhancing principles, new programs & offerings, & relevant macro level opportunities. Establishing & maintaining an effective, efficient, communication process to & with VPs, Heads of Department & Directors. Leading the effort to scale successful regional programs to multi region or national status. Supporting the establishment of national benchmarks, performance markers & objectives. Being willing to work hard in a fast-paced, multi-tasking, team-oriented environment. Reprioritizing quickly & efficiently to rapidly changing needs & situations. Demonstrating great organisational skills. Your Qualifications & Experience Bachelor's degree in Finance, Marketing, Economics, Int'l Business, MBA but combinations of related experience & education will also be considered. Min 5 years negotiation & contract management in related marketing &/or merchandising - within a (B2C) retail environment. Multi-unit leadership experience in convenience store merchandising, operations, related retail with management experience ideally. Comprehensive knowledge of key financial principles (internal) & macroeconomic (external) & cost drivers (ex: commodities indices). Advanced understanding of core marketing principles, including brand development/management, merchandising, pricing theory, & promotional strategies. Experience with market data analysis, interpretation, & research using tools like Power BI. Advanced Ariba, MS Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, & Word preferred. Exceptional oral & written communication skills, with the ability to tailor the message & deliver to a wide range of internal stakeholders. Rewards: a comprehensive benefits package is available To hear more - please Contact: Nicola Reid at Sanderson Skills: negotiating buying purchasing retailing marketing merchandising
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