Lead International Category Manager - PHF (all genders)

The role As a Procurement Teamlead, you will report to the Procurement Director and own the strategy, performance, and people development for your category cluster. You will lead a team of Category Managers, set the direction for supplier relationships and commercial outcomes, and operate as the senior point of escalation across operational and strategic procurement challenges. This is a role for a procurement professional who is equally comfortable in a negotiation room with a strategic supplier, a governance forum with senior cross-functional leaders, and a development conversation with a direct report. You will act as a connector — between your team's day-to-day work and the broader supply chain strategy — and as a builder of capability, process, and relationships that outlast the current planning cycle. What you’ll do Strategy & Category Leadership Define and own the multi-year category strategy for your cluster — sourcing model, supplier segmentation, risk posture, and cost ambition — and present that strategy coherently to Director-level stakeholders. Translate market intelligence (commodity dynamics, seasonality, geopolitical risk, supply constraints) into actionable procurement decisions and communicate them with clarity and confidence. Lead cross-category standardisation and process improvement initiatives, identifying leverage across the broader portfolio where applicable. Own the NID (New Ingredient Development) governance pipeline for your cluster, ensuring ro