KEY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Strategic Visionary Bring your proven strategic thinking to life, guiding teams on transformative journeys.
• Understanding of Indirect procurement categories from your previous roles, either within a procurement team or through related initiatives
• Program Management Expertise Leverage your coordination, analytical, planning, and reporting skills, ideally with cost transformation Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) experience.
• Business Process Knowledge Utilize your understanding of ZBB, strategy, finance, and proficiency in accounting and financial statements.
• Procurement Insight Apply your knowledge of procurement and related support functions to drive success.
• Leadership & Communication Showcase your excellent leadership, negotiation, and communication skills, engaging effectively at executive levels.
• Adaptability & Resilience Thrive in ambiguity, manage conflict, and adapt to changes and tight deadlines with resilience.

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

THE ROLE

Are you ready to help us unlock further efficiency to help fuel our growth? At Imperial Brands, we are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Procurement Transformation Lead, to join our exclusive and innovative global FMCG company, supported by 25,000 dedicated employees. In this role, you will help drive our cost transformative agenda for our global indirect spend to unlock new cost and efficiency opportunities and play a pivotal role in our Fuel for Growth programme, aimed at creating investment headroom through cost reduction and efficiency.
As Procurement Transformation Lead, you’ll collaborate with key stakeholders (including Group Strategy & Development, Finance, Business, and Procurement category teams) to identify and deliver cost-saving initiatives that directly impact our bottom line. Your insights will guide our procurement leadership in making strategic decisions that balance savings with quality and service.
You’ll manage day-to-day project delivery, ensuring integration and consistency across the Fuel for Growth workstream. Your work will involve problem-solving, data analysis, and close cooperation with procurement teams to achieve our strategic objectives and additionally working with external consultants to track and deliver identified opportunities – To succeed in this role, you’ll possess deep understanding of business ambitions, and the ability to leverage tools, techniques and networking to drive success and have experience of zero based budgeting/cost transformation in other complex global organisations

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Stakeholder Engagement & Alignment: Drive collaboration within the Procurement Leadership Team, category teams, senior internal stakeholders, and external consulting partners to execute the Fuel for Growth Programme.
• Initiative Execution & Tracking: Coordinate key initiatives, ensuring regular tracking, monitoring, and reporting cycles to keep the programme on track.
• Workstream Facilitation: Manage day-to-day operations, act as the escalation point for issues, and resolve them within Global Procurement.
• Resource Identification & Engagement: Identify and engage stakeholders and resources to complete planned activities within the programme’s phased timeframe.
• Data Collection & Tool Support: Support data collection and provide access to relevant tools and systems to drive informed decision-making.
• Insight & Best Practices: Offer insights, recommendations, and lessons learned based on past experiences to guide best practices and drive success.