Buyer - Colour Cosmetics Category

Oriflame is an international cosmetics company selling direct, with sales in 61 countries.Oriflame offers a complete range of high quality skincare, fragrances, colour cosmetics, toiletries and accessories, marketed through a sales force of independent sales consultants.Although the company has grown rapidly it has never lost sight of its original business concept - natural Swedish cosmetics, sold from friend to friend.Oriflame is a co-founder of World Childhood Foundation.Oriflame Cosmetics is listed on the Nordic Exchange. Job description The Buyer is an important member of the New Product Development (NPD) team for its specific category.In the category team, Purchasing work together with Packaging, Marketing, R&D, Planning and Artwork to ensure successful launches of new products.Each year, Oriflame launches an extensive number of new products, which equates to approximately 270 new products in the Colour category. Within the NPD process, Purchasing's main deliverables are to estimate costs for different product options, find, negotiate and select suppliers for all products and ensure that the suppliers are fulfilling Oriflame's requirements.As a Buyer you will be responsible for managing a lot of NPD projects, being able to keep your focus on many things at the same time, solving problems smoothly and efficient with the support from the development team.You will be part of maintaining a good and reliable supplier base providing the best total cost for the company. The Buyer for Colour Cosmetics reports to the Purchasing Category Manager for the category.Qualifications - Bachelor Degree in Engineering or Business (or equivalent degree) - Fluency in English - At least two years work experience within purchasing Skills and characteristics - You have great negotiation skills and you always enjoy making a good deal - You are a team player and have experience of working within a cross-functional team - You have commercial awareness, you understand cost drivers and enjoys doing business - You have the ability to communicate in a clear and concise way both internally and externally - You have the ability to cope with a high workload and deliver within tight deadlines - You have the ability to prioritise and manage tasks and responsibilities This is the job for you, if: - you are a dedicated, motivated and driven person, ready to develop your purchasing skills - you are intrigued to learn about our products and how they are developed, produced and delivered from A to Z - you are thrilled to always ensure making the best deal, looking at the full picture - working in our team will give you new exciting challenges each day! Employment period The position is a maternity leave replacement limited to 18 months employment. Please on this link in order to submit your application: http://delta.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?ProjectId=54551&DepartmentId=3436&SkipAdvertisement=true