Assistant Purchasing Manager

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 feedbacks 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 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.

Key Skills:

Nurtures the Pioneering Spirit

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

Consumer Oriented

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

Controls Risks and Operates responsibly

• 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)
• Optimizes costs
• Negotiates with integrity
• Defines purchasing strategy (market knowledge, costs models)

Requirements:

• Minimum 7years of relevant experience required
• Working knowledge of internal systems (e.g. SAP, Excel, Power BI) an advantage