About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty

Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the brand is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.

About the role

We are looking for a dynamic individual who has appropriate procurement experience to meet the needs of the key Category Manager responsibilities, working within a fast-paced environment, must be from within the Luxury Cosmetic or Personal Care industry.

Key strategic approach to RM supply base is to build strong relationships and negotiate key commodity pricing with Key suppliers to our TPM’s, and deliver ‘directed’ costs to TPM’s across key ingredients in the CT formulations.

The individual will own the commercial relationships with suppliers across Raw Material (RM) related categories and have a global remit in sourcing and cost reduction activities. A lead role will be taken in managing relationships with key suppliers of raw materials and active ingredients to our Third Party Manufacturers (TPM’s). Managing margin and supply chain risk impact of any TPM driven product change being number one priority.

Key projects will include defining a Sourcing Strategy for Raw Materials and Actives across existing business, working closely with Product, Regulatory and Supply Chain Planning, Activation teams to source effectively in line with strategy, achieve best commercials, deliver projects on time and minimise risk, especially from ‘Crash’ reforms.

Project managing a number of ad-hoc support projects will also be a key activity within the role.

Responsibilities

• Specialist RM Sourcing – working closely with regulatory teams and suppliers to find best future materials and with legal support leverage relationship for IP/exclusivity at RM level in CT formulations.
• ‘Directed‘ Buy Cost Management & Savings – High volume & specialist active RM’s across multiple TPM’s, negotiate direct deals with RM suppliers and direct TPM’s on unit cost of key RM’s.
• Activation Gate Support - further build relationships across TPMs and directly with RM supply base to apply pressure where we see biggest impacts to deliver cost avoidance. Ensuring any TPM guided RM change request is fully investigated with all options to maintain current material exhausted.
• Horizon Scanning - via direct manufacturer/distributor relationships – mapping risk/priority RM’s in portfolio as early as possible. Working closely with regulatory team to plan ahead on RM’s and with suppliers on future regulatory potential impacts.
• Packaging Procurement Category Support – work closely with the Packaging Category Manager to identify cost trends across key Plastic commodities
• New Product Development - Ensure a sustainable and competitive sourcing solution for Innovation pipeline that has a minimum of 3 year ‘lifecycle’ from RM Supplier/Distributor perspective.
• VAVE - Define and manage cost and efficiency focused VAVE pipeline for key RM’s in coordination with Regs/Product teams.
• SRM– Act as key commercial relationship holder with RM suppliers, building and maintaining strong relationships, ensuring company’s supply chain is efficient and profitable. Assess performance, identify areas of improvement, holding suppliers accountable to commitments whilst working with them to enhance their capabilities.
• Onboarding– As majority of purchases will be ‘directed’ buys, traditional onboarding process will need to be redefined ensuring all appropriate regulatory and ESG compliances relevant to CT organisation are adhered to.
• Contract Negotiation - Lead contract negotiations with new/existing suppliers to ensure competitive pricing, favourable terms, and mitigation of risk as part of the onboarding process, collaborating with Legal and other internal departments.
• Category Strategy - Develop and implement comprehensive sourcing strategy, having full understanding of manufacturing capabilities within existing supplier roster with a plan to fill in gaps / risk areas and source innovative specialist suppliers. This includes market analysis, supplier identification, evaluation, and selection, all to be in line with CT’s Financial, Quality, Regulatory, ESG, Supply Chain and Legal requirements.
• Cost Management – Proactively identify cost-saving opportunities and negotiate competitive pricing and contractual terms with vendors. Monitor market trends and conduct benchmarking to ensure cost efficiency without compromising quality standards. All in accordance with Global Procurement Director’s expected annual savings targets for the Department.
• Support to Operations - Manage performance via TPM’s, in relation to quality and cost related claims/issues as 1st point of escalation after TPM’s own Supply Chain, Quality and NPD.
• Compliance and Sustainability - Stay updated on import and export tariffs, industry regulations and requirements related to commodities, raw materials and manufacturing practices. Drive sustainable sourcing initiatives to minimise environmental impact and support corporate social responsibility goals.
• Index Tracking - Monitor and analyse market indexes and pricing trends for commodities and raw materials across particular regions. Use this data to proactively identify cost-saving opportunities, paying particular attention to relevant plastic pricing market trends.
• Cross-functional Collaboration - Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including Marketing, NPD, Pack Development, ESG, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Legal, Finance and Tax to align sourcing activities with business objectives. Understand and communicate the requirements of internal stakeholders both cross-functionally and to suppliers.
• PUIG Synergies - Work with PUIG teams to identify and implement sourcing synergies where appropriate, combining MSA’s, holding joint Business Reviews and in-person site visits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in global procurement/strategic sourcing, within luxury cosmetics or personal care.
• Experience in using Monday.com and PowerBi to optimise workflows, project tracking and drive data-driven decision-making.
• Deep RM market knowledge, global market dynamics and pricing trends, including index tracking methodologies.
• Strong experience of buying colour cosmetics and skincare products as well as knowledge of industry landscape, supplier capabilities, and manufacturing processes for cosmetic products. Candidate must be able to demonstrate significant cost savings within this category.
• Must have an analytical mindset and strong data analysis skills including excel analytical expertise, including VLOOKUP’s, nest IF statements, pivot table filters etc.
• Familiarity with quality assurance and compliance standards in the cosmetics industry.
• Familiarity with risk management, contract negotiation, and legal aspects related to sourcing.
• Some Low-Cost Country Sourcing background would be a distinct advantage.
• Must be comfortable working with ambiguous and/or incomplete information.
• Use and implementation of ‘source to contract’ e-sourcing tools a distinct advantage.

Why join us?

• Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves
• We’re a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
• Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
• Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
• Bring your furry friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces
• And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!

At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.

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