Material Buyer

Welcome to Haleon. 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.

Our 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.

Now 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.

About the role

• The Material Buyer will be required to communicate effectively with the operations, warehouse, quality, and production planning to execute the assigned responsibilities
• A Material Buyer’s foremost responsibility is to procure components to effectively meet new product introduction and MRP production demands
• The position serves as a key team member to analyze the SAP MRP, release purchase orders, ensure appropriate inventory levels and communicate regularly with component suppliers' customer service representatives

Key responsibilities:

• Analyze SAP MRP to ensure components are available to meet planned production demand
• Provide suppliers with regular forecasts and escalate constraints that may impact production to relevant stakeholders
• Provide data to change control SME for the implementation of new or alternative materials and specifications with existing suppliers, changes in components or introduction of new components. Assure that all activities required are implemented with the established timeframe
• Monitor and manage assigned inventory categories—including short-dated and rejected materials—to ensure they remain within defined parameters for days of coverage and value, minimizing write-offs and supporting inventory targets
• Ensure on-time release of purchase orders to approved suppliers for the production materials needed to support production requirements in accordance to material specifications and inventory targets as stated in SAP
• Determine and coordinate the best routing of shipment of materials
• Develop and validate runout plans to ensure optimal execution and minimal write-off costs
• Accurately maintain Master Data of all critical parameters used for MRP explosion
• Accurately maintain purchase order data to support supplier performance scorecard creation (e.g. PO line-item creation, date and quantity maintenance)
• Ensure compliance with local SOPs, inventory policies, vendor agreements, and regulatory requirements in all purchase order activities
• Ensure appropriate access and task execution in key systems, but not limited to, including Veeva, Escape, and SAP
• Coordinate and approve "Miscellaneous Shipping Order" (MSO) and any other documents necessary to maintain updated inventory status for make and/or buy production materials, verifying material availability
• Coordinate 3rd party contract packing processes, including production alignment, vendor delivery scheduling, and purchase order management
• Support Materials Management projects as assigned

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (EHS) AND ENGINEERING  

• Conduct all work activities on accordance with the Environment Health, Safety and Wellbeing Policy QD-POL-000823
• Maintain a secure and healthy workplace by efficiently managing risks, including psychosocial risks, to protect our people and the environment from physical or mental harm. Achieve this through our internal control framework, EHSW standards, local SOPs and actively working towards achieving our objectives and targets
• Complies with EHS and Engineering standards and guidelines and site EHS procedures
• Actively participates in the ZAP program by reporting Near Miss and Observations to help reduce risk and improve safety. Minimum number of reports to align with the site KPI 
• Complies with SOPs wrt safe use of chemicals / reagents / glassware / analytical procedures and the use of PPE

Qualifications and skills

Essential

• At least 5 years of direct production material planning/procurement experience, preferably in a pharmaceutical environment OR BS/BA Degree, preferably in relevant disciplines (Business, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field)
• Specialization in Purchasing / Procurement
• Required for understanding ERP systems and procurement processes

Preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain or Business
• APICS certification eg. CPIM, CSCP, PPIM
• Specialization in Supply Chain or Procurement
• Preferred for deeper knowledge of supplier interaction, logistics, negotiation, and continuous improvement

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

 

 

 

 Job Posting End Date

 

 

2026-01-01

 

 

 

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.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees. 

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

 

 

 

Adjustment or Accommodations Request

If you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific adjustments you are requesting. We’ll provide all reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence. 

 

 

 

Note to candidates

The Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch.