Director, Responsible Sourcing

ELC Beauty LLC • New York, NY

2d • $124,200 - $214,450

About The Position

The Director, Responsible Sourcing leads the development, implementation, and execution of global sourcing strategies for assigned commodities, setting direction and ensuring that procurement strategies are implemented across brands and the supply chain. The role supports Joint Value Creation partnerships focused on mutual revenue growth, early access to innovation, and margin optimization, and manages $150 million in packaging spend and one manager.

For the secondary and tertiary packaging portfolio, the director leads work on transparent and competitive pricing methodologies, order quantity and minimum order quantity practices, new printing technologies and supply processes, sustainable plastic solutions, material strategy, packaging format harmonization, and supply chain network design. The role works across internal functions and with suppliers to improve cost, quality, supply, innovation, compliance, sustainability, and risk management.

The anticipated base salary range is $124,200 to $214,450. The position is also eligible for a competitive bonus program and a share incentive plan. Benefits for eligible employees include medical, dental, and vision insurance; wellness and family support programs; life and disability insurance; retirement savings plans; paid leave; education-related programs; paid holidays; and vacation time. Many benefits are subsidized or fully paid by the company.

Requirements

• Experience in a global packaging procurement category role covering primary rigid plastic packaging.
• At least 8 years of experience.
• Fact-based decision-making, pragmatism, resourcefulness, and proactivity.
• A can-do and will-do attitude toward accomplishing goals, meeting numbers, and satisfying internal and external customers.

Nice To Haves

• Management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead global sourcing strategy development, implementation, and execution for assigned commodities across brands and the supply chain.
• Manage Joint Value Creation partnerships focused on mutual revenue growth, access to innovation, and margin optimization.
• Manage $150 million in packaging spend and one manager.
• Drive cost, quality, and supply improvements through supplier management, standardization, and negotiations.
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies that meet short- and long-term objectives and internal requirements, working with functions including R&D, Packaging, and Marketing.
• Enable cross-functional management of Joint Value Creation relationships with key partners.
• Lead cross-brand supplier negotiations and negotiate, develop, and approve contracts, agreements, supplier direction, and business awards.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships and foster collaboration throughout the supply chain.
• Track industry best practices and technology trends and educate team members and business partners.
• Work with internal departments on strategies addressing global regulatory compliance requirements and environmental best practices.
• Develop and lead strategies to mitigate supplier and industry risks within assigned commodities.
• Use tools and processes to optimize sourcing, supplier activities, and efficiencies, and collaborate with team members to prioritize and implement them.
• Lead the budget process across brands for assigned commodities.
• Support sustainability efforts within assigned commodities.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities with innovation groups and establish sources for new technologies and markets as business requirements dictate.
• Develop pricing methodologies with converters that provide transparency, competitiveness, stability, and ease of implementation.
• Work with Material Management to balance order quantities and cost, and establish a regular MOQ review process that considers cost, inventory, and excess and obsolete stock.
• Explore printing technologies and supply processes that enable shorter lead times, smaller runs, supply security, late-stage differentiation, and faster launch development.
• Seek solutions for plastic sustainability, including PCR and ocean plastics.
• Define material strategies for capacity, security of supply, lead time, certification, and value; review packaging format harmonization and the plastic supply chain with converters.
• Recommend and execute packaging network designs that account for total cost and lead time, and update sourcing strategies and supply bases based on technical capabilities, competitiveness, location, and turnkey options.

Benefits

• Competitive bonus program, with potential for overachievement based on performance and company results.
• Share incentive plan.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Wellness and family support programs.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Paid leave programs.
• Education-related programs.
• Paid holidays and vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed