Assistant Manager - Procurement - Skin Care

- The main purpose of the job is to manage the raw material cost, service & innovations for the Skincare India business which is clocking over 600 ME turnover.

- The role would be pivotal in driving & delivering the business agenda from procurement side and would partner with the Brand Managers, Supply Chain Planners, Finance Managers & Global Buyers to ensure best in class cost & service.

- Manage Procurement deliverables for existing & new brands by:

- Ensuring timely availability and contract closure for all raw materials

- Meeting the savings target of the business by engaging closely with suppliers, global buyers & internal stakeholders

- Executing procurement related actions for new innovations

- Generation of new saving ideas by introducing new materials and/or suppliers.

- Lead the raw material monthly forecasting for the Skincare business

- Proactively engage with suppliers and communicate any foreseeable changes/risk in material availability and cost.

- Create & coordinate on resilience risk assessment and mitigation plan

- Lead Procurement input for decision making at leadership team level (GCIT meetings for example) e.g. pricing of materials, resilience risk statements, lead times, savings potentials and financial impact

- Hand over the projects to the relevant BU procurement team for implementation

- Manage the procurement deliverables for complexity reduction programmes.

- Secure supplier capacity and capability for strategic growth.

- Lead/support Sustainability projects (ex. better, less and no plastic agenda)

Procurement Operations Skills:

- Project management/analytical skills

- Good understanding of business economics

- Supply Market Intelligence and Analysis - Collecting Relevant Information; Analyzing Supply and Demand Market Behavior and Understanding Key Cost Drivers and Price Trends

- Managing Alliances and Relationships (e.g. managing the Ongoing Relationship to Deliver Value to the Business)

- Partnering with Suppliers to win

- Driving sustainability through Procurement