Job Title:  Sr Procurement Manager Subcontractors

PERMANENT CONTRACT FROM JANUARY 2025 IN PARIS

Who are we?

 For 45 years, Laboratoires FILORGA has been developing high-performance anti-aging solutions (hyaluronic acid injections, anti-aging mesotherapy, peels) used by leading specialists in aesthetic medicine and surgery in over 60 countries with 12 subsidiaries worldwide. Since 2019, Filorga, a subsidiary of the Colgate-Palmolive Group, has continued to develop its brand image and dermo-cosmetic expertise.

FILORGA France is looking for its new Sr Procurement Manager Subcontractors.

Come and join our 500 passionate employees worldwide!

The Sr Procurement Manager Subcontractors will be responsible for playing a leading role in ensuring cost, supply, quality and service for Filorga's contract manufacturers. She/He will be responsible for developing and implementing contract manufacturer sourcing strategies, resolving service/quality issues and driving FTG opportunities. She/He will also play a key role in risk management and segmentation analysis to support growth and improve engagement.

The Sr Procurement Manager Subcontractors will have the following main responsibilities: 

• Report on purchasing KPIs and work with all relevant business functions/units.
• Play an active role in negotiating and implementing contractual agreements with the MS. 
• Implement outstanding strategies and maintain relationships and alliances with MS.
• Identify, develop and lead strategic business relationships, internally and externally, to ensure alignment of sourcing strategies and implementation of projects to meet business needs.
• Acquire in-depth industry knowledge of best practices, processes and technology trends to proactively adjust procurement strategy.
• Identify measures, tools and processes to optimize sourcing innovation and efficiency. 
• Collaborate with external manufacturers, technical and other functional groups, as well as with Marketing and Finance functions to implement purchasing policies, resolve issues, align service and financial strategies.
• Lead continuous improvement programs with external manufacturers, including the FTG project.
• Develop risk management platforms (back up plan) for contract manufacturers.
• Support continuous improvement program 
• Proactively manage supplier relationships to prevent and resolve potential service and quality issues.
• Evolve cost control policy in line with key drivers 

Required Qualifications:

• Technical and commercial engineering profile
• Minimum 8 years' experience in procurement, supply chain and subcontracting. 
• Cosmetics / Pharmaceuticals expertise
• Fluent French and professional English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate of an engineering degree 
• Be a highly skilled negotiator, able to handle a high degree of ambiguity and negotiating conditions.
• Advanced skills in strategic cost analysis in the industry, able to assess the competitiveness of a particular product.
• Practical experience of basic purchasing skills such as market analysis, contract development and management, supplier selection, negotiation, supplier performance and supplier relationship management, as well as some specific marketing knowledge.
• Practical experience in preparing invitations to tender

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