Shiseido Indirect Procurement Manager

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage indirect procurement for Shiseido Americas, maintaining the lowest total cost while ensuring the highest quality and service.
• Oversee transportation and corporate services across Shiseido Americas, including ocean and air freight, domestic over-the-road freight, parcel, corporate temporary labor, corporate facilities, and fleet; manage regional spend of approximately $60 million.
• Lead category and supplier segmentation, strategy development, and execution.
• Support the execution of procurement best practices.
• Travel as needed to visit suppliers and resolve issues for new and ongoing business.
• Lead category segmentation and develop strategies for all materials to enable further classification and analysis.
• Lead and support RFX activities and negotiate supply agreements where needed.
• Execute category strategies.
• Negotiate and award business.
• Execute annual cost-savings and cash-improvement plans to deliver corporate year-over-year improvement objectives.
• Support supplier partnerships by implementing alternative suppliers and materials and advancing category innovation.
• Monitor appropriate KPIs to measure and improve the effectiveness of key procurement functions.
• Generate end-to-end category innovation ideas to achieve the lowest possible cost while meeting timelines.
• Identify primary feedstocks, benchmark historical performance, forecast future price movements, and communicate necessary plan adjustments.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to develop appropriate processes and tools.
• Meet annual cost-of-goods savings targets.
• Support payment-term improvements.
• Support supplier-base consolidation.
• Maintain strategic supplier relationships.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of procurement category management.
• Understanding of supply chain functions and linkages.
• Understanding of the cosmetics industry, brands, and products.
• Understanding of payment terms and total cost of ownership.
• Understanding of supplier audit requirements for assessing supplier health and quality.
• Knowledge of material cost modeling.
• Basic understanding of commodity markets that drive material pricing.
• Results-oriented.
• Strong analytical capabilities.
• Customer- and consumer-focused, with the ability to collaborate.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and change.
• Clear verbal and written communication.
• Competent user of computerized IT systems, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and associated scheduling and forecasting software.
• Four-year academic degree; an MBA is a plus.
• Procurement certificates preferred.

Skills

Experience

At least 5–7 years in a procurement role, ideally in the cosmetics or consumer goods industry, including 3–5 years working at an advanced level in a procurement tool environment.

Education

Four-year academic degree; an MBA is a plus. Procurement certificates preferred.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; paid time off; paid volunteer days; paid company holidays; paid parental leave; 401(k) with a 6% company match; talent development and learning programs; internal and international mobility; product discounts and annual gratis; employee-led affinity groups; tuition reimbursement; bonus program with the ability to overachieve.

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