We are in need of a motivated Strategic Sourcing Manager - Direct Materials to join our multidisciplinary team at Charlotte Tilbury in London, England, United Kingdom.
Growing your career as a hybrid Strategic Sourcing Manager - Direct Materials is an outstanding opportunity to develop excellent skills.
If you are strong in critical thinking, attention to detail and have the right passion for the job, then apply for the position of Strategic Sourcing Manager - Direct Materials at Charlotte Tilbury today!
About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.
Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.
Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the brand is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.
About the role
We are looking for a dynamic individual who has appropriate procurement experience to meet the needs of the key responsibilities, working within a fast-paced environment, ideally from within the Luxury Cosmetic or Personal Care industry.
The individual will have a global remit in material sourcing and cost reduction across key categories. Categories include accessories, branded merchandise (TOA/GWP), sampling and rework.
Key projects will include defining a sourcing strategy for TOA/GWP and Accessories working closely with Brand Marketing and NPD to rationalise supply base and apply guardrails to category spend, as well as defining a strategy for sampling and rework activities. Project managing a number of ad-hoc support projects will also be a key activity within the role.
As a Strategic Sourcing Manager – Direct Materials you will
- Sourcing Strategy Development - Develop and implement comprehensive sourcing strategies for accessories, TOA/GWP, packaging materials, contract manufacturers and co-packers for gifting. This includes market analysis, supplier identification, evaluation, and selection, all to be in line with CT’s ESG goals.
- Category Management - Implement effective category management practices to maximise cost savings and efficiency across sourcing. Develop a deep understanding of the relevant categories and lead efforts to consolidate suppliers and streamline processes.
- Cost Management - Identify cost-saving opportunities and negotiate competitive pricing and contractual terms with vendors. Monitor market trends and conduct benchmarking to ensure cost efficiency without compromising quality standards. All in accordance with Procurement Director’s expected annual savings targets for the Department.
- Compliance and Sustainability - Stay updated on industry regulations and requirements related to packaging and manufacturing practices. Drive sustainable sourcing initiatives to minimise environmental impact and support corporate social responsibility goals.
- Index Tracking - Monitor and analyse market indexes and pricing trends for packaging materials and contract manufacturing services. Use this data to proactively identify cost-saving opportunities and optimise supplier selection.
- Contract Negotiation - Lead contract negotiations with new and existing suppliers to ensure competitive pricing, favourable terms, and mitigation of risk as part of the onboarding process. Collaborating with Legal and other internal departments.
- Cross-functional Collaboration - Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including NPD, Pack Development, ESG, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain and Legal to align sourcing activities with business objectives. Understand and communicate the requirements of internal stakeholders to suppliers.
- Sampling and Mini’s - Manage commercial activity relating to Sampling programme, along with finding alternate source as a secondary sampling support company and drive cost savings.
- PUIG Synergies - Work with PUIG teams to identify and implement material sourcing synergies between companies where appropriate.
- Rework – Owner of category strategy and sourcing for gifting across EU, APAC, NA utilising regional resource to deliver.
About you
- Learning Curve - Capability to quickly take on board and disseminate new data/info quickly and communicate to team effectively.
- Attention to Detail – Able to work at an extremely fast pace, without making unchecked errors across a wide range of projects at the same time.
- Conflicting Priorities - Ability to commit to and deliver against deadlines agreed, where there will be multiple priorities to consider and manage.
- Project Management Skills – Must be conversant with both sourcing tenders/RFP processes and ideally VAVE project management with suppliers.
- Commercial Acumen - Role holder must possess strong negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong supplier relationships.
- Autonomy – Self-motivated and proactive. Must be able to take responsibility for own resource time, prioritising work according to demands of the Head of Sourcing taking ownership of delivery, with minimal direct support.
- Proven experience in global procurement/strategic sourcing, preferably within the luxury cosmetics or personal care industry.
- Knowledge of competitor activity, global market dynamics and pricing trends, including index tracking methodologies.
- Strong experience of buying accessories, primary and secondary packaging materials as well as knowledge of industry landscape, supplier capabilities, and manufacturing processes for cosmetic products. Candidate must be able to demonstrate significant cost savings within these categories.
- Must have an analytical mindset and strong data analysis skills including excel analytical expertise, including VLOOKUP’s, nest IF statements, pivot table filters etc.
- Familiarity with quality assurance and compliance standards in the cosmetics industry.
- Familiarity with risk management, contract negotiation, and legal aspects related to sourcing.
- Sachet/Mini sampling programme background a distinct advantage.
- Some Low-Cost Country Sourcing background would be a distinct advantage.
- Must be comfortable working with ambiguous and/or incomplete information.
- Use and implementation of ‘source to contract’ e-sourcing tools a distinct advantage.
Charlotte Tilbury is a fast-paced and dynamic environment where nimble mindsets, striving to deliver the best and wanting to be part of a global #dreaamteam are key. Even though we have requirements, our experience and background are just a guide, we still love to welcome applicants with more or less experience stated, provided necessary skills can be demonstrated.
Why join us?
- Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves
- We’re a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
- Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
- Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
- Bring your fury friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces
- And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!
At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.
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Benefits of working as a Strategic Sourcing Manager - Direct Materials in London, England, United Kingdom:
● Opportunity to Make a Difference
● Continuous Learning Opportunities
● Advantageous package
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