Manager, Indirect Sourcing, Retail & Promo

Division: Operations

Location: Clark, NJ

Reports To: AVP, Indirect Sourcing, Retail & Promo

Who We Are: 

For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity. 

At L'Oréal Operations, we create innovative, inclusive, and sustainable beauty together with our business partners by designing, developing, sourcing, manufacturing, and distributing over 6 billion products globally every year. We support over 36 brands across four L’Oréal divisions. We are consumer-oriented, and we act responsibly all along the value chain.

What You Will Do:

As the Category Manager for Retail Services and Promo Pack, you will be responsible for developing the vision for the Retail Services and Promo Pack categories for the US Market in line with our business stakeholder priorities. Beyond your core responsibilities, we are looking for someone who can quickly adapt to a fast-paced environment, influence stakeholders, lead and drive change.

Key responsibilities include:

•    Develop strong relationships with your key stakeholders, be recognized as a valued partner and influence business decisions

•    Quickly develop a deep understanding of your category and effectively communicate your vision to different levels of the organization

•    Translate and prioritize global category strategy for local needs. Proactive exchange with global sourcing teams to help influence global initiatives

•    Develop and implement RFP’s to meet / exceed performance objectives including financial and sustainability goals

•    Effective use of your negotiations skills to clearly define objectives in the contract with SLAs

•    Manage/consolidate category spend analytics and financial reporting

•    Own/ develop a strong supplier base and bring efficiencies for your category partners

•    Build KPI’s and guide greater productivity through a total cost of ownership approach

Your skills:

•    Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence decisions, drive change management

•    Strong project management, negotiation, sourcing, and analytical skills

•    Autonomous with high level of drive and energy

•    Excellent oral and written communication/presentation skills

•    General understanding of the US retail market (optional)

What We Are Looking For:

•    Undergraduate degree in Business Administration, or related discipline; MBA or other advanced degree preferred

•    5+ years’ experience strategic sourcing/purchasing and category management, preferably in retail, POS/Temporary displays and/or print

•    Ability to present and tell a story through financial data

•    Excellent influencing and negotiating skills

•    Strong knowledge of Microsoft suite of tools ( Excel, Powerpoint, Word)

•    Excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to handle various situations, multiple priorities, changing business needs

What’s In It For You:

•   Salary Range: $90,200 - $128,500 (The actual compensation will depend on a variety of job-related factors which may include geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level)

•    Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)

•    Hybrid Work Policy (3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home)

•    Flexible Time Off (Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays & More!)

•    Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)

•    Learning & Development Opportunities (Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)

•    Employee Resource Groups (Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)

•    Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs 

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!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We would love to find out more about you as a candidate and do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

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