Senior Manager, Indirect Sourcing – Artificial Intelligence
Division: Operations
Location: Hudson Yards, NY
Reports To: VP, Media & Marketing services
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:
The Sr Manager, AI sourcing role is transversal to the Media and Marketing sourcing team. As the Sr Manager, AI sourcing you will be responsible for developing a road map to harness the full potential of AI within the Media and Marketing landscape (>$2Bn spend). You will build and implement the sourcing strategies leveraging AI tools and opportunities and managing supplier relationships hand in hand with the category managers. You will report directly into the VP, Media & Marketing Sourcing.
In this position you will work in close partnership with the category directors, the Global Sourcing, CDMO Media & Marketing leads, as well as L’Oreal USA brands and finance teams to support key AI initiatives.
Your responsibilities:
- Develop strong relationships with your key stakeholders, be recognized as a valued partner and influence business decisions optimizing the value creation
- Define sourcing strategies and ensure consistency between all categories regarding AI activation on the respective scopes
- Proactively exchange with global teams regarding US specific AI needs to help influence global priorities and leverage cross fertilization between zones
- Lead commercial and business contract negotiations, working closely with L’Oreal’s Legal counsel and Business Stakeholders
- Manage/consolidate AI benefits, quantified (time, costs, quality and CO2 emissions) as well as financial reporting
- Influence the key l’Oreal USA partners on leveraging AI tools, challenging them on sharing the benefits, in close collaboration with the category partners
Your Skills:
- Entrepreneur mindset, go getter, creating new opportunities from scratch
- Excellent leadership and people-development skills
- Ability to lead cross functional teams and influence decision
- Strong Negotiation skill
- Autonomous with high level of drive and energy
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
Your Experience / Education:
- Undergraduate degree in Business Administration, Marketing/ Media; MBA or other advanced degree preferred
- 6+ years’ experience at brand owner or marketing/media agency
- 3+ years’ exposure to automation tools / data science / AI / machine learning
- Experience in strategic sourcing and category management is a plus
What’s In It For You:
- $117,400- 167,300
- 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!
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