Mission:

Manage the operational sourcing activities to support the business, innovation, and performances for L’Oréal Suzhou Plant

Key Job Accountabilities

* Analysis business needs and challenges demand: Anticipate major evolution of needs, propose the most valuable option involving internal and external network/resources.

* Secure business for Suzhou plant.

* Leverage Sourcing Activities to achieve best competitiveness result for P&L

* Implement Category strategy is aligned with Business needs

* Optimizes costs: Capture breakthrough ideas coming from the suppliers, and leverage market opportunity to deliver the best cost module.

* Anticipates business activity and acts proactively: competitiveness and that the strategy is implemented successfully and use breakthrough sourcing strategies to create value

* Value Analysis: perform value analysis with collaboration with R&I, Product Development Team, and category sourcing team (in China) to optimize total value of ownership.

* Operates according to internal control principles and legal rules: Develop a competitive advantage (exclusivity, group strategy, innovation, CSR, …)

* Evaluates and manages risks: Define and implement risk management policy and manage the risk exposure

* Manages Performance: Be accountable for purchasing performance and reporting, including but not limited to PPV (purchase price variance), Trend, Budget, etc.

* Manages stakeholders’ relationships and drive the same goal.

Job Requirements:

Education Qualifications:

* Chemistry/food/pharmaceutical or supply chain/business background

* Bsc./Msc. Chemistry/Pharma will be preferred

Experience:

* Experience of raw materials sourcing in chemical / Personal care / Food / Pharmaceutical industry will be preferred,

* Significant sourcing operation/supply chain management experience is highly preferred, e.g. experienced in chemicals international/trading company

* Capable of developing and implementing the purchasing strategy.

Soft skills:

* Self- motivated

* Result driven, leading problem solving

* Strong communication and project management skills

* Resilient, agile, working under high complexity and pressure

* High level of analytical skills

* To be fluent in English

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