Director of Procurement

Responsibilities

Manage procurement of all raw materials, components, packaging, capital equipment and other materials. Total purchases currently exceed $25 million per year and is expected to double over the coming few years.
Establish vendor management protocols and relationships to ensure that suppliers meet or exceed the needs of Cosmetic Solutions’ business, including on-time delivery, visibility to delivery dates, the procurement of high quality products and competitive pricing.
Establish alternative suppliers for key materials, ensuring continuity and reliability of supply.
Benchmark Cosmetic Solutions’ materials procurement results vs. industry standards and competitors.
Build a high performing procurement team and drive continuous improve opportunities within the procurement function.
Drive supply chain initiatives that enable speed, flexibility, and agility to support profitable top-line growth and gross margin improvement.
Build strong work relationships with internal stakeholders and with key suppliers by providing visibility with sourcing materials and components to meet the product needs at a good cost and by providing accurate and timely estimations of material/component delivers and costs
Manage inventory levels to the appropriate optimum level balancing the dynamics of inventory carrying costs vs the requirements to meet our customers’ demands.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business Management, Materials Management or similar.
10+ years minimum of Supply Chain: Product Development/Sourcing with a majority of this experience in the Cosmetics Industry.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with teams across the entire organization
Data-driven operations, performance metrics, and fiscally responsible
Action-oriented
Strategic agility
Ability to build and manage a highly proficient team.
Process management
Proven track record of successful negotiation skills