Procurement Manager, New Product Development
Location: Geneva

ABOUT “WELLA”

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 and a 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 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.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Deliverables:

• 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.
   

Representative activities:

• Manage sourcing RFQ’s, 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 masterdata set ups.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor’s degree in business administration or engineering is required, master degree a plus.
• Three years of relevant experience working in direct procurement. Experience in sourcing primary and secondary packaging is a strong advantage. Experience in sourcing third party manufacturing is a plus.
• Languages: English bilingual level is absolutely required (C1 level). French or German is a plus.
• Strong collaboration & communication skills: both within the procurement organization and outside with business and technical stakeholders. Can easily navigate through the organization to remove roadblocks to achieve objectives.
• Results driven in a fast-paced environment; the NPD 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.
   

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AT WELLA

• Attractive salary package and a wide range of benefits (e.g. healthcare allowance as well as other benefits).
• Promotion of personal potential and individual career paths.
• Support during the induction period and the opportunity to take on responsibility at an early stage.
• Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home.
• A collegial working atmosphere at an employer with an appreciative corporate culture.
• Open communication and an international as well as diverse environment in which the "WE" is in the foreground!

Structure
The role is reporting under the Wella Company Procurement Organization. Reporting Line: NPD Procurement Director

Become a part of the "WELLA- family" and participate in the rebuilding of our independence. We live our values!

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We offer equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals without regard to ethnical origin, 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 disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.