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JOB TITLE : Senior Procurement Manager for Business Services, Mumbai
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A Day in the Life
As a Senior Procurement Manager for Business Services, you will be a key player in our Sourcing team. You will steer the sourcing strategy for vital business services, including travel and legal consulting. This is a strategic role where you will partner with key internal stakeholders like Operations, Finance, Internal Control, and the Management Committee, as well as external suppliers, to optimize our vendor base and drive significant financial savings.
- Strategic Sourcing: Develop and execute sourcing strategies by analyzing spend, running data analytics, and performing cost benchmarking to deliver value.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with internal teams to align on goals and deliver results, using your strong presentation skills to communicate recommendations.
- Vendor & Contract Management: Lead supplier negotiations, manage contractual agreements, and optimize our vendor base to ensure performance and cost-effectiveness.
- Compliance & Analytics: Guarantee 100% policy and audit compliance while using your sharp eye for detail to derive insights from data and drive strategic decisions.
We Are Looking For
We are seeking a highly experienced sourcing professional with a strategic mindset and strong business acumen. You are skilled at influencing stakeholders and navigating a complex environment to achieve results. Your ability to analyze data and negotiate effectively will be key to your success.
You’re a great match for this role if you have:
- A Graduate or B.Tech degree with 10-12+ years of experience in Indirect Purchase, preferably within the FMCG sector.
- A talent for strategic thinking, with proven experience in running data analytics and drawing clear conclusions.
- Expert negotiation and stakeholder influencing abilities.
- Proficiency with tools like Excel, SharePoint, and SAP.
- An excellent command of the English language and strong presentation skills.
What’s In It For You
- A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
- Real responsibility from day 1, there’s no sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal
- An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender and sexual orientation as well as people with disabilities are accepted, can speak up, will thrive and are celebrated!
- A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal /environmental causes to make concrete difference
WHO WE ARE:
For 115 years, L’Oréal, the world’s leading beauty player, has devoted itself to one thing only: fulfilling the beauty aspirations of consumers around the world.
With our broad portfolio of 37 international brands and ambitious sustainability commitments in our L’Oréal for the Future program, we offer every person around the world the best in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility, while celebrating beauty in its infinite plurality.
Present in India since 1994, L'Oréal India is a 100% subsidiary of L'Oréal S.A. Today, L'Oréal India is present on all distribution channels with 27 brands, available in consumer channels (L'Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, NYX Professional Makeup); in hair and beauty salons (L'Oréal Professionnel, Matrix, Kérastase, Redken); in selective distribution (Kiehl's, Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent), CeraVe and La Roche-Posay in pharmacies and drugstores, and perfumes and make-up sold through L'Oréal International Distribution (Armani, Prada, Valentino, Ralph Lauren, Diesel, Victor & Rolf, Mugler, Azzaro, Maison Margiela, Cacharel, Guy Laroche, Urban Decay, Paloma Picasso, Youth To The People).
L'Oréal India employs more than 1,800 people in its head office in Mumbai, four regional offices, two production plants in Chakan (Maharashtra) and Baddi (Himachal Pradesh), two Research and Innovation centers in Mumbai (Maharashtra) and Bengaluru (Karnataka) and one India Technology Hub in Hyderabad.
In India, L'Oréal's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives are built around three pillars: empowerment, environment and education. In addition to the group's CSR commitments, L'Oréal's brands (L'Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, Kérastase, Matrix, L'Oréal Professionnel) are also leading community impact initiatives in India.