Wella Company · 16 hours ago
Sr. Manager, Indirect Procurement
Wella Company is one of the world’s leading beauty companies, comprised of iconic brands such as Wella Professionals and Clairol. The Senior Manager, Indirect Procurement will be responsible for creating and driving sourcing-related activities across all Wella Brands for the NA region, managing projects related to various indirect spend categories, and implementing new strategies to enhance procurement processes.
BeautyCosmetics
Responsibilities
Engage with your stakeholders to understand their needs and refine our strategies to best fit the new company objectives and plans
Design/refine and implement new sourcing strategies and strategic interventions in your category
Deliver fiscal year targets and 5-year value creation and business plans
Implement a robust SRM program and drive YoY improvement in quality, service, talent and value
Enable the use of new tools to make sourcing simpler and more efficient
Support business plan to improve ethical and sustainable sourcing practices
Implement governance and control including contractual agreements and policies
As a great communicator you will be able to connect the teams across procurement to support the NA business needs
Develop capability and manage programs to deliver maximum efficiency and value to business
Design and implement processes and tools to support local sourcing activities in countries without Procurement resources on the ground
Engage and influence stakeholders in Category Strategy definition and implementation
Motivated to continue personal training and development in procurement best practices and skills
Qualification
Required
Experience in Procurement, ideally in the Business Services and Marketing Materials spend area, at least 5-8 years
Work experience in an international environment and matrix organizations
Capable and proven track record of stakeholder management including business Leaders (internal and external)
Experience in implementing programs and working with broad group of stakeholders
Experience in working in less mature and ‘white space' spend categories
Degree qualified preferably in Business and specifically Marketing or other relevant discipline. MBA advantageous
High degree of fluency in written and spoken English is required
Preferred
Strong influencing skills, able to listen and adapt programs to fit business needs
Results oriented individual with solid proven track record in delivering value (cost and cash) and improving effectiveness of sourcing networks
Strategic thinking balanced with ability to execute
Strong analytical skills
Proven Collaboration, Negotiation, Communication skills
Knowledge in executing sourcing of indirect and/or marketing
Knowledge of e-sourcing tools
Able to travel in support of business
Benefits
Health insurance
Life and disability insurance
401(k) retirement plan
Paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO)
Company
Wella Company
Wella Company is one of the world’s leading beauty companies,
Funding
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