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