Job Title: Buyer, Direct Sourcing (PPD)

Location: Clark, NJ & Wilton, CT

Hello, we’re L’Oréal. We're not just building brands; we're shaping how the world experiences beauty. As the world’s leading beauty company, our Sourcing teams are the engine behind our worldwide growth, profitability, and sustainability goals. We are looking for an entrepreneurial professional to join our team—someone who thrives in a collaborative environment and is ready to translate business requirements into strategic sourcing actions.

A Day in the Life As a Buyer, you will work with management oversight to support the development and implementation of sourcing initiatives across L’Oréal USA. You will exhibit a high level of independent judgment and critical thinking within the scope of your role to optimize costs and enhance supplier value. You will be expected to balance analytical rigor with the ability to influence and build trust-based relationships with your business partners.

What You Will Do:

• Business Impact & Analysis: Identify and analyze business requirements, proactively challenging needs to ensure the best turnkey solutions for the brand.
• Strategic Sourcing Process: Manage short-term or non-recurrent RFPs and apply the standard L’Oréal Sourcing process to drive top and bottom-line improvements.
• Project Management: Anticipate specific divisional projects and manage small to mid-size Projects while ensuring timely execution.
• Operational Excellence: Provide guidance on the best buying approaches in R2P tools (MyMarket/MySourcing) and ensure compliance with all data requirements.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Lead the daily management of supplier relationships, validating pricing and proposing improvements (Catalogs, PSL, Rate Cards) to increase efficiency.
• Collaboration: Effectively collaborate across sourcing teams (Hub, Data, and Business teams) to implement zone and global initiatives.

We Are Looking For:

A strategic thinker who delivers results with a sense of urgency. You are not just managing tasks; you are sharing ideas for improvement and seeking feedback to continually develop yourself.

Hard Skills & Experience:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Experience:  1+ years of experience in Sourcing or Procurement.
• Technical Proficiency: Exceptional Excel and PowerPoint skills; a high degree of financial and analytical aptitude.
• Communication: Clear and timely communication skills with the ability to adjust your style to different audiences (stakeholders, plants, and suppliers).

What’s In It For You:

Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

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