Senior Global Procurement Manager

Job Title: Senior Global Procurement Manager - Data, Insights and Performance

Location: Hybrid – Hemel Hempstead (2-3 days a week in office is expected). Occasional travel to other Carlsberg Group locations, including monthly travel to Switzerland is required.

Job Length: Permanent – Full Time

Competitive Salary with extensive benefits:

• Monthly product allowance – alcoholic & non-alcoholic options available
• Private Medical options
• Life Assurance
• Company bonus scheme
• Access to 24/7 GP services
• Enhanced pension contribution
• Generous holiday (inc bank holidays)
• Access to a range of high street discounts

Carlsberg Britvic is the largest multi-beverage supplier in the UK and is home to some of the most iconic and popular beers & soft drinks, including Carlsberg Danish Pilsner, 1664, Poretti and Brooklyn to ale favourites such as Hobgoblin and Wainwright. For soft drinks, Carlsberg Britvic’s brands include J2O, Robinsons, Tango and London Essence along with the licence rights to the Pepsi portfolio in the UK including Pepsi MAX, 7UP, Lipton Iced Tea and Rockstar Energy.

With a strong national footprint, the Carlsberg Britvic business includes 5 production facilities and 16 logistics depot’s servicing customers up and down the UK.   As the Dynamic, Multi-Beverage Powerhouse, we are united by a single, consistent goal: ensuring our people thrive.

Carlsberg Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) manages the world-wide brewery network in Carlsberg Group, handles the global procurement processes, sets the global standards for brewing technology and logistics services and ensures end - to - end planning through the entire supply chain. ISC has team located in several Carlsberg markets.

About the role:

We are now recruiting for a Senior Global Procurement Manager - Data, Insights and Performance within ISC, based at Carlsberg Britvic**.** This role will lead the build and transformation of Global Procurement’s data, insight, and performance capabilities transforming it into a reliable, decision-enabling ecosystem.  

Role Responsibilities:

• Build, stabilise and own robust procurement data foundations, resolving gaps, inconsistencies and fragmented systems.
• Define and implement pragmatic data standards in partnership with xIT.
• Personally drive resolution of critical data and reporting issues to enable confident decision‑making.
• Own end‑to‑end delivery of procurement performance dashboards, ensuring accuracy, consistency and timely updates.
• Continuously improve the usability, relevance and business impact of reporting and insights.
• Develop analytics capability from foundational reporting to actionable, decision‑ready insight,
• Deliver quick wins while establishing scalable, sustainable analytics foundations.
• Define and enforce KPI definitions, reporting logic and data standards across stakeholders.
• Support implementation and optimisation of digital tools (e.g. Sievo, BI platforms) and ensure data readiness for automation.
• Translate complex data into clear insights, highlighting risks, performance gaps and value opportunities.
• Embed reporting into business routines, performance reviews and leadership decision forums.
• Influence across Procurement, Finance and Digital as a hands‑on subject matter expert who constructively challenges with data.

Experience and Key Attributes:

• Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Data/ Analytics or Engineering is a necessity or the equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience (minimum 8 years) in a multinational organisation in a procurement role is a necessity.
• Previous experience working with or alongside continuous improvement is desired.
• Strong experience and knowledge using Sievo, SAP, Ariba, Power BI or similar tools.
• Ability to drive consistency and balance immediate delivery with longer-term capability building.
• Clear on prioritisation for reporting and analysis with strong clarity in structure.
• Confident building dashboards, datasets or reporting solutions.
• Highly organised, detail orientated and comfortable working at pace.
• Comfortable influencing without authority, working effectively across Procurement, Finance, and Digital in a matrix environment.
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written.

Our commitment to diversity equity & inclusion

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences - including those of different races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, religions, and socioeconomic statuses. We actively seek to create a safe and inclusive environment for all of our colleagues, where diverse perspectives are welcomed, and inclusive practices are embedded in everything we do.

 We are happy to support accessibility needs, to ensure a fair and equitable experience for all candidates, so please do let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.

Application Process:

We read applications continuously, and vacancies may be filled anytime, so please apply as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application.

This is an exciting time to join our newly formed business – with their incredible individual history’s, innovation of products and some of the UK’s most iconic brands, Carlsberg Britvic strives to deliver the best service to our customers and consumers. We aim to make a difference, bringing together two diverse companies, our global reach enables opportunity, growth and a chance to work with some fantastic people.