Sr. Procurement Manager

Wella International Operations Switzerland•Morris Plains, NJ

68d•$100,000 - $125,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Together, WE enable individuals to look, feel, and be their true selves. Wella Company is one of the world's leading beauty companies, comprised of a family of iconic brands such as Wella, Clairol, OPI, Nioxin and ghd. With 6,000 employees globally, presence in over 100 countries, Wella Company and its brands enable consumers to look, feel, and be their true selves. As innovators in the hair and nail industry, Wella Company empowers its people to delight consumers, inspire beauty professionals, engage communities, and deliver sustainable growth to its stakeholders. For additional information about the Wella Company please visit www.wellacompany.com. The Role The NPD Senior Procurement Manager is responsible for delivering the innovation pipeline of the Wella Company portfolio. This position works closely with suppliers and internal counterparts: category procurement, R&D, Marketing, Global project teams, planning, and manufacturing. Brand strategy understanding as well as a broad knowledge of packaging, and third-party manufacturing is required for this position.

Requirements

5 + years of relevant experience working in direct procurement
A bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, or similar is required. Master's degree a plus.
Experience in sourcing primary and secondary packaging as well as third party manufacturing is a strong advantage.
Strong collaboration & communication skills: both within the procurement organization and outside with business and technical stakeholders.
Ability to easily navigate through the organization to remove roadblocks to achieve objectives.
Results driven in a fast-paced environment; the NPD Senior Procurement Manager embraces change while keeping objectives and timelines on target.
Strong multi-tasking capabilities: can manage multiples projects with their own supply chain challenges and in different stages of completion.

Responsibilities

Deliver innovation to the three-year initiative masterplan
Meet brands financial targets as defined at project brief
On-time supply chain and pricing set up to meet the initiative constrained timing and enable the company to reach its growth revenue targets
Manage sourcing tenders, supplier negotiations at project level, and business allocation recommendations and awards as aligned with the Category Procurement strategy.
For never-done-before products: bring visibility to the procurement organization of upcoming projects
Scout inside and outside the existing supplier portfolio via RFI's and RFQ's.
Challenge Marketing and Packaging teams on Design-to-Cost / Value engineering principles to ensure specifications optimization and cost alternatives while fitting to business functional requirements
Report price estimates, risks on commercial agreements, and gross margin target to the project teams ahead of key initiative decision gates.
Apply the best category strategy to the specific needs of the Division by partnering with Global and Regional Category teams and key internal stakeholders.
Manage on-time Master Data set ups.