Global Senior Procurement Manager Packaging Materials

In the role as Senior Global Procurement Packaging Materials you will be playing an instrumental role within procurement and the spend area, where you are expected to work efficiently with a large set of internal and external stakeholders and lead the strategic sourcing agenda for Direct Procurement and ensure it is rolled out in the function.


You will be exposed to complex negotiations with suppliers where you need to be able to structure your approach, act confidently and take decisions. To be successful you will need to be a great influencer, possess refined organisation skills and be at ease to work with lots of information and requirements from various internal stakeholders, often under tight timeframes.


Procurement leader of Packaging Material with €90 m spend, >50 suppliers across all regions and 6 commodities. Responsible for ensuring spend and suppliers are managed efficiently delivering competitive advantage and added value to the company in terms of increased profitability and growth, in close alignment with key stakeholders. Management of 2-3 direct report and close collaboration with multiple other Procurement colleagues as part of a matrix organization. Key leader of strategic souring initiatives within the function supporting the Head of Global Direct Procurement.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1 Sourcing strategy and sourcing of new suppliers:
· Leadership pf supplier base and spend segmentation (incl model development)
· Develop and implement procurement commodity strategies meeting business needs, today and in the future (glass, pumps, injection moulded, plastic bottles, tubes, printed materials)
· Sourcing, introduction and development of new suppliers including business transfers
· Work with suppliers and external forces to bring innovations and improved ways of working to the commodities
· Build and maintain market knowledge of suppliers, cost drivers, competitors, market trends, product innovations and sustainability
Supplier Relationship Management
· Owner of the global supplier base for packaging materials (~50 supplier groups and >65 factories), accountable for supplier performance, relationship and overall business allocation
· Owner of supplier performance management and continuous improvements linked to service levels, cost, quality, innovation and sustainability metrics
· Responsible for setting and achieving supplier sustainability targets and assessments
· Responsible for implementing supplier contracts and mapping of supplier risk metrics
· Drive efficiency improvements, value engineering and standardization initiatives
· Responsible for resolving major supplier issues related to quality and service etc
2 Stakeholder management:
· Work closely with the functional stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives and identify opportunities for increasing value to the commodities
· Lead and prioritize workload for cross-functional supplier development team activities
3 Leadership and People management:
· Leadership of the Global Packaging Material Procurement team (2-3 direct report and dotted line reporting from India and China)
· Short and long-term development and empowering of team members, including setting yearly targets, regular follow ups on both target and capability achievements
· Your role as a manager and leader in Oriflame is to live and radiate our Togetherness, Spirit and Passion values to everyone around you, every day
4 Spend management:
· Owner of the global spend for Packaging Materials (~€90 m, 2500 items)
· Secure allocation of spend in alignment with sourcing strategy
· Cost saving projects and initiatives pipeline to ensure year -on-year cost savings are delivered
· Lead yearly price negotiations with suppliers
· Yearly standard costing of all spend and continuous procurement master data maintenance
· Monthly monitoring of savings for the spend area
5 Processes:
· Develop, communicate and educate Procurement team and stakeholders on sourcing processes such as:
· Supplier qualification process
· Supplier onboarding and exit process
· Supplier performance management framework
· Supplier risk management process

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE required:
· Masters Degree
· >10 years of professional experience in Procurement
· > 5 years of working experience in India
· Supplier development expertise from working with Indian, Indonesian and Chinese suppliers
· Proven track record of managing spend and suppliers of packaging materials
· Experience from Cosmetics industry and preferably within Direct Selling
· Working knowledge of multiple spend categories, e-procurement processes and systems (Ariba)
· Very good presentation skills, both written and verbal
· High degree of problem solving skills
· Very good English skills
· Strong collaboration, change management and influencing skills
· Ability to work in diverse cultural and geographic environments and adhere to highest ethical standards