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[L'oreal Korea] Purchasing Specialist - Corporate Purchasing team

[Job Summary] (Indirect Operation buyer)

Analyses business needs and challenges demand: collect, understand, and challenge stakeholders’ needs and promote demand management. Apply VA methodology and Guarantee the expected functionality level at the optimized costs
Optimizes costs: Improve the cost model through a good knowledge of supplier process, identify opportunities leveraging value chain approach. Lead and implement productivity projects, apply and Use TCO.
Anticipates business activity and acts proactively: Contribute to build, share, and apply the category strategy, using the category network. Captures Supplier Innovation
Evaluates and manages risks: apply risks policy and tools, propose action plans. Escalate to the relevant stakeholders.
Manage Performance and efficiency: Build cost forecasts for a simple category, share and control assumptions for budget construction. - Manage KPIs, build continuous improvement strategy for financial and non-financial KPIs.
Supports and manages stakeholders’ relationships: Feed network with internal/external news, share best practices, Communicate / manage projects /share suppliers’ information with his stakeholders
Support sustainable purchasing: apply all purchasing/procurement processes (Buy and Care), following internal control rules.

[Core Work Activities] (Indirect Operation buyer)

To be a first window(Business Partner) to internal stakeholders to support and guide the relevant purchasing process to secure compliance in place
Constant communication with suppliers to collect market trend, innovation, and useful information to enrich purchasing qualities and service
Lead spot bidding / short-mid-term project in timely basis to support our business on time
Collect and understand business demand and feed to Sourcing team for leveraging in their category strategy, roadmap and building up relevant project
Give Training/supports to suppliers on our tools, process, and compliance
Monitoring supplier’s key activity and take relevant action for improvement (Quality feedback / CSR / Compliance / Ethics)
Responsible for supplier onboard(registration) process and its system operation for assigned categories
Responsible for maintaining the contents within procurement tools such as PSL, Ordering Channels and Catalogs
Operates Procurement tools like MyMarket, VMB, My Sourcing, SAP and SAFE.
Exchanges and communication with APAC/WW purchasing network / overseas suppliers

[Qualification & Preferred]

University graduate
+3-7 years
Working Experiences as an indirect purchasing buyer at multi-national company or local consumer company with complex business organization and structure
Indirect purchasing experience preferred but not limited
Ability to co-work with multi-layered stakeholders in daily basis
Having mid- level of knowledge on P2P process
Prefer Experience / knowledge on procurement tool (SAP SRM / Ivalua…)
Prefer to have project leadership either savings or process shift project
Fluent in English and Korean
Proficient with PPT skills / Excel
Faster learner / active communicator
Good at analysis and digital tools insight

**Resume is required to apply

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