• Lead sourcing activities to identify, assess, select, and onboard suppliers. • Partner cross-functionally in the new product development process to gather requirements, issue and negotiate RFPs/RFQs, and identify optimal suppliers. • Lead negotiations for supply agreements to achieve optimal terms while mitigating risk; identify and address contract non-compliance; enter and manage contracts in the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system. • Design and implement the framework for supplier engagement and pricing, ensuring the Purchasing team has a clear, well-documented structure to execute tactical purchase orders. • Develop deep partnerships with strategic national brand, private-brand, and contract manufacturing suppliers. • Implement and oversee a robust supplier management program to assess supply performance. • Use data and analytics to identify and execute on cost reduction opportunities across the portfolio of products. • Develop strategies to source and manage raw material and component needs to optimize cost and continuity of supply. • Stay current with market trends, commodity pricing, and global economic conditions and adjust sourcing strategies accordingly. • Track and report on Sourcing KPIs; work cross-functionally to identify and execute on performance improvement opportunities.

• Own vendor lifecycle management end-to-end — standardized onboarding (KYC, financial health, security review, code of conduct attestation), through performance management, through offboarding. • Lead contract governance for the firm — repository ownership and folder hygiene, template stewardship, renewal pipeline, expiration alerts, and executive approval workflows. • Administer the vendor Code of Conduct — annual distribution, attestation tracking, exception handling, breach escalation, and recertification cadence. • Lead vendor ESG reporting and accountability in alignment with corporate ESG commitments and external disclosure requirements (Scope 3 emissions, modern slavery and labor practices, supplier diversity, controversies monitoring); manage the portfolio against published ESG targets in partnership with Corporate Sustainability. • Maintain the vendor segmentation framework — Strategic, Emerging, Legacy, Tactical — and ensure differentiated treatment by tier holds across the organization. • Drive tier-appropriate vendor risk reviews — security, financial, regulatory, geographic — in partnership with InfoSec, Legal, and Compliance. • Deliver quarterly Strategic Vendor reviews for executive leadership; lead renewal-pipeline forecasting and spend coverage reporting. • Partner across Legal, InfoSec, Compliance, Finance, IT, Sales, Corporate Sustainability, AI Transformation, and business unit leaders as the firm’s central authority for vendor strategy and execution; recruit, develop, and retain the VMO team. • Lead software compliance verification across internal and client environments, including monthly reporting and audit-readiness reviews that reconcile client contracts, vendor agreements, and system data; partner with the AI Transformation function within the Office of the CFO to automate this three-way validation process.

• Anticipating requirements and purchasing at the best balance of price and volume • Checking inventory, tracking how inventory is used, and adjusts purchasing habits in accord with apparent trends • Review regularly (twice per week) MRP requirements and place purchase orders accordingly • Place all orders requested by Production • Ensure they are logged promptly and correctly on the goods in Smartsheet and keep in touch with suppliers to ensure they are delivering on time • Communicate with Production to ensure they are aware of progress • Receive, check, attach Order confirmations • Communicating any raw material delays and expediting any urgent materials • Chase suppliers on late, not confirmed PO’s • Support in raising and maintaining call off orders • Liaise with Subcontractors, arrange transfer orders • Liaise with Accounting team and Goods In team to ensure their queries actioned • Liaise with suppliers to ensure delivery dates meet required Production orders • Update price list on Kara and liaise with Finance if STD changed • Co-ordinate with the Operations team on material ordering and delays • Co-ordinate with Production Planner to ensure materials arrive on time and full • Help maintain and update information in Business Central • Perform any other duties assigned to ensure success of projects.

• Act as the subject matter expert for the channel and customer by providing thought leadership guidance to internal constituents and external customer decision makers • Serve as the expert on the use of syndicated data to assist sales and business segment leads into making well informed decisions from actionable insights • Generate weekly, monthly, and ad hoc reporting to provide insights, identify opportunities and deliver solutions that drive profitable category growth • Understand business drivers to influence joint business plan activities • Leverage learnings from cross functional counterparts (e.g., Category Development, Consumer Insight, Sales Planning, etc.) to deliver impactful recommendations to the sales team • Influence the line review process with shopper insights and data to make recommendations on optimal assortment, plan-o-gram space allocation and flow • Form a perspective on multi-channel purchasing behaviors (e.g., site to store, store to site, etc.) • Monitor channel shifting and the associated trends reflected in the marketplace • Develop presentations and present to the buyer and key stakeholders (e.g., business reviews, line reviews, product/segment deep dives, shopper insights, etc.)