Sourcing Buyer Retail Category (Junior/ Senior) (m/w/d), Düsseldorf

As a global leader and Beauty-Tech pioneer, we are looking for passionate talents who want to actively shape our success story. In a constantly changing world, we identify the latest trends, act data-driven, and develop innovations that merge beauty with technology.

Over 86.000 employees in over 150 markets commit themselves every day to turn our vision of a sustainable and forward-looking beauty industry into reality.

At L’Oréal, we live a culture of learning, personal development, and entrepreneurship. We offer our employees numerous opportunities to expand their skills, take responsibility, actively shape their careers, and thus have a positive impact. With our long history of innovation and our commitment to sustainability issues, we set standards for responsible entrepreneurship.

Missions

• Jointly with business stakeholders and regional teams define purchasing strategy for sourcing categories: POS furniture, fixtures and permanent displays as well as services connected with their installations and re-merch

• Develop deep knowledge of the business needs, expectations, priorities and goals for relevant sourcing categories and anticipate new sourcing and future solutions

• Accountable for the Purchasing budget process, as a collective action for the department: identify the initiatives, evaluate the savings in agreement with Finance and manage the regular savings follow up

• Drive mid/long-term RFP for relevant categories in close link with business stakeholders and finance

• Drive sustainability initiatives within L’Oréal for the Future program for Retail domain together with suppliers and internal stakeholders

• Propose innovative and creative approach to our stakeholders such as new models, new organization and transformation (more than simply cost cutting)

• Increase procurement processes simplification, drive cost and efficiency transparency to support L’Oréal strategic goals in cooperation with Retail teams

• Build strong relationships with core suppliers by regular business reviews and specific events such as Supplier Days

• Identify new services and valuable suppliers able to bring tangible value, innovation and competitive advantage for our business

• Building and maintaining stakeholder relationships across all levels of organization locally and with region

• Assure category procurement compliance to L’Oréal norms and standards

Profile

• Minimum 3-5 years experience in Indirect procurement and preferably in POS Retail categories

• Experience defining and implementing sourcing strategy on multiple categories

• Experience and ownership of the sourcing budget process and accountability for delivery

• Excellence in stakeholder management and strong business partnering skills in a complex, matricial and numerous network

• Strong skills in negotiation and contract management

• Experience in change management and oriented towards the users experience

• Strong influencing skills and able to drive high level of confrontations

• Strong commitment to sustainability

• High level of economical sensitivity and value-in expectations for the company

• Strong organizational skills and an analytical mindset

• Endless curiosity and ability to work in an ever changing & demanding environment

• Collaborative spirit is a must have (local, with other country, with Regional organization)

• Confident use of both English and German languages

Unser Angebot

• Eine unbefristete Arbeitsanstellung in einem krisenresistenten, wachsenden Markt mit einem umfassenden Angebot an Sozialleistungen
• Eine attraktive und wettbewerbsorientierte Vergütung sowie ein freiwilliges Profitsharings
• Individuelle persönliche und fachliche Weiterentwicklung, eine steile Lernkurve, starker Teamgeist und eine offene, kooperative Unternehmenskultur
• Vielfältige, nationale und internationale Perspektiven