Manager, Beauty Sourcing

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About The Role

As a Manager for the Beauty Sourcing and Planning team, you will focus on Contract Manufacturing and Direct Materials (Components, Raw Ingredients and Packaging). You will use industry expertise and vendor relationships to promote cost savings using our current suppliers and researching new alternative sources of supply.

We ask that you understand Company needs, the ability to scope out work and process improvements, and be a pacesetter for training associates across the organization.

You will report directly to the Senior Manager of Sourcing.

Responsibilities

• Oversee finished goods inventory, service, and cost for the product categories supported, in addition to developing supplier relationships to support those goals.
• Negotiate component, raw Ingredient, contract manufacturing terms and minimum order quantities (MOQ) for new product launches and items already existing in the portfolio
• Build and sustain team members relationships with Marketing, Package Engineering, Quality, Demand Planning, Project Management, and Finance
• Establish supplier selection criteria, evaluate alternative suppliers, manage the RFQ process, and guide final supplier selection
• Identify any challenges and opportunities with the supply plans (lead-times, capacity constraints), prepare analysis and communicate with Category Team with recommended action plans specifically in areas of supply and production planning with projected impact to goals
• Improve and rationalize supply base on an ongoing basis
• Partner with and support Planning by being an active participant with regards to mitigation of service issues for both new and inline products
  
  

Qualifications

• Experience sourcing Beauty products
• 5 years professional experience in sourcing and procurement
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or a related field
• Experience managing the contract, sourcing and negotiation with third-party suppliers to achieve an appropriate balance of quality and cost
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets and write advanced macros)
• Strong analytical skills, a passion for slicing and dicing data and knack for summarizing findings for senior leadership
• Change management experience with the ability to manage complexity while working collaboratively.
• Process design and improvement experience
  
  

Our Benefits

• Eligible for benefits as of date of hire (health, dental, vision, life and other voluntary programs)
• You are immediately vested in Avon’s matching contributions to the 401(k) Plan. Avon matches your contributions dollar-for dollar up to 3% of your eligible pay, and $0.50 per dollar on the next 2% of your eligible pay.
• Company sponsored Life insurance, AD&D and Disability benefits with option to buy up
• Wellness incentive programs
• Commuter, Health Reimbursement (HRA) and Flexible Spending (FSA) accounts
• Family Care (back-up child and elder care) benefit Programs
• Additional voluntary benefit programs available such as group legal, critical care, accident, pet insurance and identity protection insurance.
  
  

Avon is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, religion, citizenship, national origin/ancestry, physical/mental disabilities, military status or any other basis prohibited by law.