Packaging Buyer at L'Oréal

About the job

Key Job Accountabilities
Mission: conduct all purchasing within the portfolio, in line with the Group’s purchasing strategies and policies.

• Analyses business needs and challenges demand: collect, understand and challenge stakeholders’ needs and promote demand management. Apply VA methodology and Guarantee the expected functionality level at the optimized costs
• Defines purchasing strategy: organize and gather market knowledge, propose advanced action plans to benefit from market opportunities
• Optimizes costs: Improve the cost model through a good knowledge of supplier process, Identify opportunities leveraging value chain approach. Lead and implement productivity projects, apply and Use TCO.
• Anticipates business activity and acts proactively: Contribute to build, share, and apply the category strategy, using the category network. Captures Supplier Innovation
• Maximizes Supplier Relationship: define and implement supplier portfolio, monitor the performance and analyze P&Ls, make clear feed-backs and follow action plans.
• Creates value and innovates: lead complex projects (Reformulation, W2W, Full buy, innovation, R2P, Indirects…). Develop and recommend best options to secure identified project risks.
• Negotiates with integrity: use appropriate negotiation techniques and tools.
• Operates according to internal control principles and legal rules: implement standard contract framework enhancing on key legal principles, propose improvements and deals with the legal department. Monitor the contract compliance
• Evaluates and manages risks: apply risks policy and tools, propose action plans. Escalate to the relevant stakeholders.
• Manage Performance and efficiency: Build cost forecasts for a simple category, share and control assumptions for budget construction. Manage KPIs, build continuous improvement strategy for financial and non-financial KPIs. Demonstrate a functional understanding of all purchasing/procurement tools (SAP, Optis, CPP, Scorecard), ensure data quality. Demonstrate a clear understanding of financial process: basic financial or accounting rules, S80 and PRI structure and purchasing part, L'Oréal financial activity rules (rebates, fees, drivers…). Analyze the impact of choices/tariffs in a plant P&L or in a PRI.
• Supports and manages stakeholders’ relationships: Feed network with internal/external news, share best practices, Communicate / manage projects /share suppliers’ information with his stakeholders
• Support sustainably purchasing: apply all purchasing/procurement processes (Buy and Care), following internal control rules. Share and train new people on processes.

PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

NURTURES THE PIONEERING SPIRIT

• Maximises Suppliers relationship
• Creates value and innovates
• Anticipates business activity and acts proactively (new suppliers…)

IS CONSUMER ORIENTED

• Analyses business needs and challenges demand
• Supports and manages stakeholders relationship

CONTROLS RISKS AND OPERATES RESPONSIBILY

• Operates according to internal control principles and legal rules (contracts…)
• Supports sustainable Purchasing (solidarity sourcing, Buy & care and SBWA)
• Evaluates and manages risks

MAKE IT HAPPEN” WITH OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND AGILITY

• Manages performance and efficiency (process, tools)
• Optimises costs
• Negotiates with integrity
• Defines purchasing strategy (market knowledge, costs models)

EDUCATION AND EXEPRIENCE

• Minimum 3- 5 years working experience preferrably from Personal Care/ Cosmetics/ FMCG
• Experience in working/ buying Rigid plastics, Corrugated boards, Labels and 90% caterory.
• Matric with Diploma in Purchasing Management/ Qualification in the related field
• Experience in working on SAP system
• Ability to handle pressure
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
• Good negotiation and networking skills
• Excellent admin ettiquette
• High degree of attention to detail & accuracy
• Previous experience in driving cost savings projects