KEY JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES  

Mission: manage the regional coordination of make-up open innovation category strategy, actively engage in the worldwide network of excellence and lead Strategic Supplier Relationship. 

➢ Develop deep understanding of your market: understand the stakes and dynamics of the market for both business/competition and suppliers to capture the best innovation opportunities. Develop Market intelligence tool on categories. 

➢ Analyses business needs and challenges demand: Anticipate major evolution of needs. Propose the most valuable option involving internal and external network/resources. Use VA methodology as a part of the culture of need expression  

➢ Support definition & regionally implement sourcing category strategy: together with the Worldwide category leader/R&I/Quality, and based on regional market opportunities and business needs, define the best strategy to scout, build and scale make-up innovations in the region. Define the supplier panel (for a division or a category). Deploy and impact the market structure.  

➢ Anticipate business activity and act proactively: Animate the network, lead best practices and drive advocacy. Ensure competitiveness and that the strategy is implemented successfully. Use breakthrough sourcing strategies to create value (P&L, business model and Top Line)  

➢ Optimize Total Cost of Ownership to transform external innovation: Capture breakthrough innovation & ideas coming from the suppliers. Lead strategic projects, including financial cost and impact. Manage financial cost and impact. Get the buy-in, communicate with steering committee mode to the sponsors, stakeholders. Be empowered to take key decisions or to escalate to stakeholders Maximize value creation opportunities impacting P&L and Top Line. Activate all levers of the value chain through the Cost Models.  

➢ Maximize Supplier Relationships: Create a preferred customer relationship with strategic suppliers. Develop strategic suppliers to sustain growth. Drive improvement projects with strategic suppliers impacting innovation acquisition, P&L and Top Line contribution. 

➢ Define and deploy supplier sustainability roadmap: Define and implement social and environmental roadmaps in suppliers, in line with Group’s sustainability roadmap. 

➢ Operates according to internal control principles and legal rules: Develop a competitive advantage (exclusivity, group strategy, innovation, CSR, …). Negotiate Global, high-stake contracts. Negotiate intellectual property, licensing, exclusivity agreements for innovation.  

➢ Negotiate with integrity: Coach and challenge teams in terms of negotiation strategy, use innovative negotiation levers. Unlock stalemate situation.  

➢ Evaluates and manages risks: Define and implement risk management policy. Implement advanced/breakthrough methodologies or tools to secure risk. Manage regulatory risks. 

➢ Manages Performance and efficiency: Be accountable for sourcing performance. Formulate functional improvements for processes and tools. Formulate recommendations based of Supplier P&L analysis or L'Oréal/Brand P&L. Challenge Financial and logistics managers when sourcing is impacted by other functions. Ensure data quality.  

➢ Supports and manages stakeholders’ relationships: Communicate / manage projects /share suppliers’ information with stakeholders, influence stakeholders. Drive and grow Sourcing Share of Voice among stakeholders.