worldwide sourcing category manager – raw material oleoderivative

Behind every great brand is a great story. At L’Oréal, ours began with a young entrepreneurial chemist, Eugène Schueller, producing and selling hair-dye from his kitchen. From these humble roots, we’re today a family of 88,000 employees, who collaborate across 150 countries and over 36 world renowned brands, with the goal of innovating and creating products that meet the infinite diversity of our consumers’ beauty needs and desires. While inventing the future of beauty is our passion, we’re doing it with a strong commitment to sustainability and environment in everything we do. And our ambition is to be the #1 BeautyTech Company. Fueling this roadmap is the Operations team at L’Oréal- 20,000 people strong, spread world-wide and orchestrating cutting-edge expertise across the entire value chain – from packaging and product development to sourcing, manufacturing, and supply chain. We are a bunch of very diverse individuals who absolutely love what we do and are excited by the real possibilities that data and technology are unlocking for us. JOINING L'ORÉAL MEANS BEING PART OF A COMPANY THAT: Allows its employees to have a real impact, to test their ideas, to innovate and to build the future. Has chosen to uphold strong values regarding social and environmental points of view. Is constantly at the fore front of technology to respond to consumer demands for agility, personalization and new beauty experiences. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A PART OF THIS ADVENTURE? POSITION: Worldwide Sourcing Category Manager- Raw Materials You have the global responsibility of a strategic portfolio in the Oleo Derivative category, strongly linked to Shampoo business, in a fast-moving environment where L’Oréal is enjoying a strong growth. As a global category Senior Buyer, you have 2 types of activities, on one side the operational aspects of purchasing while on the other end the strategic purchasing ambitions. Facing both securisation and sustainability challenges, on top of more standard economic performance, you have to animate an extensive pool of suppliers from major corporations to local companies while reinforcing SRM to leverage partnership. You are responsible for the definition, coordination, and implementation of the worldwide strategies in cooperation with a broad diversity of internal stakeholders. As a true business referent within your category, a previous experience in chemical or food industry would be of added value with at least 5 years in Purchasing. KEY RESPONSIBILITES: The Global Senior Buyer is responsible worldwide for his/her portfolio * CATEGORY STRATEGY : * ) * in the zones dedicated to the category * Develop a thorough market knowledge and market intelligence * Anticipate mid-term/long-term evolutions related to Regulatory and Consumer shifts * Share global market knowledge and intelligence with zones and internal stakeholders * SCARCITY & RISK MANAGEMENT * * Carry out SURE rating for all suppliers of the category * Carry out Risk supply assessment for all raw materials of the category to monitor Capacity Limited * Support secure procurement team in crisis management * ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE * * Build year N+1 purchasing action plan and lead the budget process for the category * Manage global bids of the category in compliancy with internal control guidelines * Implement budget actions and follow-up its implementation along the year N (trend) * Master cost modeling and develop more advanced cost model methodologies and indexation for specific subcategories * Carry out multi-zone both internal and external category benchmarks, potentially involving third parties * SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT * Manage key suppliers (KSM) while accountable for the supplier relationship management (SRM) * Lead annual business review and follow-up continuous improvement plan * , implement long-term contract and strategic deals * CSR MANAGEMENT * * Master Sustainability ambitions and stakes for the category * 030 targets PROFILE: * Master degree preferably in Chemistry / Materials * Fluent in English * Experience in Purchasing/Sourcing * Experience in commodity sourcing would be a plus. * Be able to interact with various stakeholders and to lead change (with both internal and external stakeholders) * Demonstrate a strong sense of initiative and problem solving * Have strong adaptability skills * Take initiatives and work independently Looking for more information? 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