Sourcing Category Manager - Logistics

About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.

Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.

Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the bran­d is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.

About the role
We are looking for a dynamic individual who has sufficient years procurement experience to meet the role requirements, working within a fast-paced environment, ideally from within the Cosmetic or Personal Care industry, with a large global focus on e-commerce support.

The individual will have global remit for sourcing and cost reduction within the logistics category. Key areas within the category are 3PL tender processes across global regions, Ongoing value add cost reductions within 3PL contracts, Final Mile couriers, Inbound and Outbound freight commercial support at a global level. Developing freight quarterly/annual sourcing strategy.

Project managing regular supplier cost initiative meetings with both internal and external stakeholders will form a core part of the role. Taking a lead role in working with regional stakeholders to develop a global category plan and project roadmap.

The role will work within a matrix structure, roughly split 70% Logistics projects as directed by Global Procurement director and 30% either Direct or Indirect, dependent upon experience, reporting to relevant Head of.

As a Sourcing Category Manager – Logistics you will

• Sourcing Strategy Development - Responsibility for development and delivery of the logistics category sourcing strategy, working with regional leads to deliver a global plan including market analysis, supplier identification, evaluation and selection.
• Spend Analysis - Spend Mapping of all associated spend data to support sourcing strategy, including ‘deep dive’ analysis of spend within 3PL’s, working within 3PL’s on a ‘joint supply chain plan’.
• Stakeholder Challenge - As a subject matter expert, providing critical challenge to the current supply base with key operational stakeholders and present alternate solutions that optimise business growth and improve business efficiencies.
• Cost Reduction - Developing and owning, in agreement with the Procurement Director aggressive Cost Initiative reduction targets, monitoring market and conducting benchmarks.
• Cost Performance Monitoring - Forecasting, monitoring, and reporting on all assigned cost initiatives monthly, including ownership within the Cost Initiative pipeline tracker
• Sourcing Plan – Lead new supplier sourcing and tendering programmes with development and monitoring of full 12-month sourcing pipeline.
• Contract Negotiation – Lead negotiation of terms and conditions for supplier contracts, managing inputs from operational stakeholders and liaising with legal team to ensure contracts signed within appropriate timescales.
• Supplier Performance Management - Set-up and manage credit checking contract as part of risk management policy. Manage supplier KPI/SLA facilitating QBR’s.
• PUIG Synergies – Work in collaboration with Global Procurement Director to support joint synergy opportunities between the companies and lead any joint Tenders that take place.
• Compliance and Sustainability - Stay updated on industry regulations and requirements related to packaging and manufacturing practices. Drive sustainable sourcing initiatives to minimise environmental impact and support corporate social responsibility goals.

Competency must haves

• Learning Curve - Capability to quickly take on board and disseminate new data/info around operational business needs and quickly develop into a sourcing plan of action.
• Attention to Detail – Able to work at an extremely fast pace, without making unchecked errors across a wide range of cost initiative projects at the same time.
• Conflicting Priorities - Ability to commit to and deliver against deadlines agreed, where there will be multiple priorities to consider and manage
• Project Management Skills – Must be conversant with both sourcing tenders/RFP processes as well as VAVE project management with suppliers. Strong management of both external and internal stakeholders to deliver a project on time, with significant associated savings.
• Commercial acumen - Role holder must have strong negotiation skills with clear demonstrable consistent cost saving achievements both from tendering and negotiation, as well as project managing value engineering cost initiatives.
• Autonomy – Must be able to take responsibility for own resource time, prioritising ‘biggest bang for your buck’ and ownership of delivery, with minimal direct support.
• Tenacity – Must be able to ‘hold their own’ when discussing with peers and exec stakeholders, with consistent and constant challenge to ensure process efficiencies, and supplier base robust and able to deliver.

About you

• Thorough knowledge of 3PL (both B2B and e-Com B2C), Freight & final mile Courier market
• Knowledge of supplier capabilities and competitor activity with Logistics
• Previous procurement experience within Cosmetic or Personal care business.
• Previous experience supporting all subcategories within Logistics.
• Must have developed and implemented Category Strategy Plans
• Strong data analysis capability to support category strategy development.
• Sound legal contract knowledge and experience.
• Must be comfortable working with ambiguous and/or incomplete information to achieve a significant cost benefit result.
• Demonstrated use and implementation of ‘source to contract’ e-sourcing tools a distinct advantage.
• Additional experience within Directs (ideally Contract Manufacturing or luxury primary packaging), or general Indirects experience.

Charlotte Tilbury is a fast-paced and dynamic environment where nimble mindsets, striving to deliver the best and wanting to be part of a global #dreaamteam are key. Even though we have requirements, our experience and background are just a guide, we still love to welcome applicants with more or less experience stated, provided necessary skills can be demonstrated.

Why join us?

• Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves
• We’re a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
• Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
• Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
• Bring your furry friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces
• And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!

At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.

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