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Manager, Category Sourcing

ShanghaiRemoteFull-time

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Proactively identifies category opportunities and builds Category Sourcing Strategy across the supply chain from product innovation to end of lifecycle. Leads cross-functional teams and manages supplier relationships to optimize cost, speed, and quality.

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About the Company
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face and paw. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, pioneering clean beauty brand Well People, Naturium, high-performance, biocompatible, clinically-effective and accessible skin care, and our newest brand, rhode, a line of curated skincare essentials, formulated for a variety of skin types and needs with high performance ingredients, it’s a daily routine that nourishes your skin barrier over time.
In our Fiscal year 25, we had net sales of $1 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 29 consecutive quarters of net sales growth. We are the #2 mass cosmetics brand in the US and are the fastest growing mass cosmetics brand among the top 5. Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last six fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry.
Visit our Career Page to learn more about our team: https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us

Purpose of Job

  • Proactively identify category opportunities and business needs to build Category Sourcing Strategy as a guideline of entire supply chain from the product innovation to the end of the lifecycle. Deploy proactive supplier management to mitigate risk and continuously improve supplier pool’s capability and performance.

    • Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • 1.Category Strategy Development and Implementation
  • Drive opportunities to optimize total value based on business needs balancing cost, speed and quality.
  • Develop Category Sourcing Strategy as a guideline of cross functions to work out their strategy and priorities.
  • Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams and suppliers to well implement strategy.
  • 2.Process Excellence & Relationship Management
  • Lead sourcing process optimization to standardize and improve ways of working internally & externally.
  • To implement Supplier Relationship Management in company level per requirements of Sourcing Strategy
  • 3.Open Innovation & Supply Market Intelligence
  • Dig out internal business needs and leverage suppliers’ innovation capability as an engine to support business growth.
  • Close to supply market and bring supply market & industry intelligence to support business growth.
  • 4.Supplier & Risk Management
  • Continually develop supplier in other countries to diversify current supplier base.
  • With industry sensitivity to foresee potential delivery risk and cost headwind, and take effective solutions to secure production & protect company profits.

    • Education/Knowledge/Experience

  • Minimum request:
  • Degree: Bachelor or above; MBA is a plus.
  • English level: excellent

  • Competency:
  • 7+ years of strategic or commodity sourcing experience in FMCG multi-national corporation. From cosmetics industrials is a plus
  • Experienced to develop Category Sourcing Strategy.
  • With experience of OEM/ODM sourcing
  • With experience to develop or manage oversea supplier base
  • Successfully worked as a project leader to manage big projects across departments by proven project management skills and influence skills.

  • Relevant knowledge demand:
  • Strong communication skills with internal stakeholders and influence skills with suppliers.
  • Good capability to manage complexity and with knowledge on problem solving, strategic thinking.

    • Skills

    Category SourcingComplexity ManagementContract NegotiationCost OptimizationCross-border LogisticsCross-functional LeadershipEnglish ProficiencyInternal Stakeholder ManagementMulti-national FMCG ExperienceOEM/ODM SourcingOverseas Supplier DevelopmentProcurement AnalyticsProject ManagementRFQ/RFP ProcessesRisk ManagementSourcing StrategyStrategic ThinkingSupplier Relationship ManagementSupply Market IntelligenceTroubleshooting / Problem SolvingVendor Diversification

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