Global Raw Material Procurement Manager

ABOUT THE WELLA COMPANY

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 Professionals, 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.

ABOUT PROCUREMENT AT WELLA

At Wella Procurement you are responsible for bringing in the best ideas, talent, and capability to support the company’s business needs.  You will develop and execute sourcing strategies which deliver best value in terms of innovation, quality, service, cost, and cash. 

We invest in our relationships:  procurement teams develop and manage important external business partner relationships to enable the delivery of the company’s plans and growth objectives. 

Working with your Wella colleagues you will represent our business needs toward external business partners and be an active advocate who also flows ideas from our external partners into Wella teams.  You will work to enable an agile and effective supply chain for all our goods and services, responsive to the changes in our business.

At Wella we strive to continuously improve the environmental and ethical profile of our supply chains working with our business partners to deliver this in a truly sustainable way.

We operate with discipline. We have a solution mindset.  We work to understand and help solve the challenge, one step at a time.

THE ROLE

The role of Global Raw Material procurement manager is to define and execute the sourcing strategy for the global categories in scope. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the design and strategic choices in this area building upon previous strategies and experience while shaping them to fit the corporate needs.

You will negotiate with suppliers the commercial terms and secure the supply fundamentals. Working closely with the legal department, you will ensure the contractual stewardship of spend under responsibility.

You will be responsible for preparing the saving plans through commercial achievements and technical interventions to deliver the fiscal year objectives as well as longer term interventions in the 2-3 years horizon.

You will develop and maintain a business continuity plan for the most critical supply chains.

You will be responsible to build and maintain a strong relationship network with key internal stakeholders from several departments such as material Supply, R&D, finance, legal, third-party manufacturing, and global procurement.

You will maintain a deep understanding of the industry landscape and the main trends in the global market. You will understand the technical basis, the regulatory and the safety constraints for the categories in scope.

Wella is committed to improving our Ethical and environmental footprint so you will be expected to ensure and support the social and sustainable corporate objectives.

This is an exciting moment to join the team and lead this spend segment for The Wella Company. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage a scope consisting in 6 global categories currently on behalf of both Wella plants and Wella third-party manufacturers
• Design, implement and execute sourcing strategies and strategic transformation interventions across a spend of approx. 20 M$.
• Deliver fiscal year efficiencies targets in 2025-27 and identify saving opportunities for the next years.
• Work collaboratively with several functions to ensure the operational implementation of the strategies.
• Implement Supplier Relation Management program and drive Year on Year improvement in quality, service, innovation, and value.
• Generate and execute solution to solve supply disruption issue whenever required.
• Integrate complex portfolio from External partners to Wella procurement direct buy management.

QUALIFICATIONS

Profile and education:

• University degree (MSc degree level or equivalent preferred)
• Ideally 1-3 years’ experience in Procurement – preferable in FMCG environment
• Basic knowledge of Raw Materials dedicated to the hair industry
• Fluency in English, and other language is a plus

Key competencies and demonstrated Skills:

• Strong numeracy / analytical skills
• Team player with a positive attitude to create the right dynamic to achieve the defined objectives, with an ability to demonstrate ability to influence with external and internal stakeholders
• Pragmatic and fact-based decision maker to take rapidly the right course of action
• Autonomous with an ability to work in a fast-moving environment
• Highly adaptable and flexible to changing priorities
• Strong communication skills and ability to interact with multiple stakeholders at very different levels

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EEO OPPORTUNITIES

We offer equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Wella Company with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at: https://www.wellacompany.com/consumer-affairs

We strongly believe that cultivating a diverse workplace gives a company strength. The combination of unique skills, abilities, experiences and backgrounds creates an environment that produces extraordinary results. EOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled.

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