*    Analyses business needs and challenges demand: collect, understand and challenge stakeholders’ needs and promote demand management. Guarantee the expected functionality level at the optimized costs
*    Optimizes costs: Improve the cost model through a good knowledge of supplier process, Identify opportunities leveraging value chain approach.
*    Anticipates business activity and acts proactively: Contribute to build, share, and apply the category strategy, using the category network. Captures Supplier Innovation
*    Maximize supplier Relationships by defining and implementing a supplier portfolio, monitoring performance, clearly expressing feedback, and following action plans.
*    Negotiates with integrity: use appropriate negotiation techniques and tools.
*    Operates according to internal control principles and legal rules: implement standard contract framework enhancing on key legal principles, propose improvements and deals with the legal department. Monitor the contract compliance
*    Evaluates and manages risks: apply risks policy and tools, propose action plans. Escalate to the relevant stakeholders.
*    Manage Performance and efficiency: Build cost forecasts for a simple category, share and control assumptions for budget construction. Manage KPIs, build continuous improvement strategy for financial and non-financial KPIs. Demonstrate a functional understanding of all purchasing/procurement tools (SAP, Optis, CPP, Scorecard ….), ensure data quality. Demonstrate a clear understanding of financial process: basic financial or accounting rules, S80 and PRI structure and purchasing part, L'Oréal financial activity rules (rebates, fees, drivers…). Analyze the impact of choices/tariffs in a plant P&L or in a PRI.
*    Supports and manages stakeholders’ relationships: Feed network with internal/external news, share best practices, Communicate / manage projects /share suppliers’ information with his stakeholders
*    Support sustainably purchasing: apply all purchasing processes (Buy less and Buy better), following internal control rules. Share and train new people on processes.
*    Defines purchasing strategy: organize and gather market knowledge, propose advanced action plans to benefit from market opportunities
*    Creates value and innovates: lead complex projects and cross communication with each stakeholder. Develop and recommend best options to secure identified project risks.
*    Familiar with Purchasing systems, e,g, SAP, ERP, Ariba…

*     Minimum of 5 years experience in indirect purchasing.
*    Good analytical skills and experience in cost analysis.
*     Proficient in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.  (Powe BI is nice to have) 
*     Fluent in English and Mandarin (written and spoken)
*     Good negotiation and communication skills.
*     Good presentation skills.
*     Problem-solving ability.
*    Good team player.