Position Title:  Global Procurement Category Leader - Market Research

Be a part of a revolutionary change.

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

Wherever you join our crucial 47,000-strong Operations team, you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact. PMI’s shift from selling cigarettes to our new smoke-free products has changed the way we work. New products bring new challenges – in the way we source and buy raw materials, in the way we engineer and manufacture, and in our supply chain planning.

Bring us your curiosity and a desire to challenge the everyday, and we’ll give you lots of responsibility. You’ll help us improve, inject innovation, and create new ways of working.

We are now recruiting for a new Global Category Leader - Market Research, in our Insights and Customer Care Procurement team based in Madrid, Spain!

Your purpose –

In this role you will be responsible to design a Global Strategy for the Insights Category to be deployed in alignment with strategic plans, achieving cost optimization targets, process streamlining while setting stringent governance models. Furthermore, you will serve as a subject matter expert, providing specialized knowledge and guidance in primary market research to both the business and the regional / local procurement teams. You will be responsible for the Category targets achievement across the Globe.

Your ‘day to day’ –

• In close collaboration with business Stakeholders, you will create Global Procurement Category Strategy
• You will establish right level of Partnership with business stakeholders to ensure Procurement early involvement and valuable participation in Business strategy preparation
• You will partner with Global Insights teams to materialize value for money, innovations, AI opportunities etc.
• You will build key operational and strategic decisions with data driven insights to ensure best category performance
• You will conduct global negotiations with global suppliers to ensure effective and efficient business support with the Market analysis
• You will support Regions/Markets with guidance, understanding big picture and WOW within category
• You will research industry trends, and, understanding methodologies and techniques, will identify ways to optimize the costs of service
• You will control demand management process for the category, including demand collection, forecasting and monitoring, providing relevant inputs to Finance within OB/RF cycles etc.
• You will develop/re-consider a pool of global service providers to support an end-to-end strategy deployment
• Together with Business Stakeholders you will conduct reviews to evaluate suppliers’ performance, and the success of service provided.
• You will build an effective governance framework with key suppliers including guidelines, standardized processes, forms and formats

Who we’re looking for –

• 5+ years’ experience in Procurement and proven experience working in complex, international organisations.
• Strategic thinking and ability to independently manage global category 
• Strong Partnering and influencing skills
• Excellent communication capabilities in English, both oral & written
• Preferably proven experience working in a primary market research company as a researcher or consultant, with expertise in designing and implementing research methodologies, analysing data, and providing strategic insights
• Proficiency in cost modelling specific to this category, with a thorough understanding of major cost drivers and their impact
• Familiarity with innovations and potential AI applications in primary market research.
• Experience in complex negotiations
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity
• Flexibility to adapt to changing market conditions and business needs
• Problem solving skills
• Proven list of measurable achievements in previous roles

What we offer -

Our success depends on the people who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can:

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to do things differently, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to create a smoke free future.

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