Global Sourcing Manager, Packaging

cosnova? The name might be new to you – but you certainly know our brands essence and Catrice : they are available in more then 90 countries and together generate annual sales of around 1 billion euros. Today, we rank among the Top 10 in colour cosmetics – thanks to our 900+ dedicated employees worldwide. With passion and creativity, they continue to write our success story every day.

Start your own chapter with us – bring your ideas and skills to an working environment shaped and supported by the values of a family-owned company.

Fulfilling responsibilities. A team that inspires.

• You manage an international portfolio of packaging suppliers and strategically develop our global supplier landscape.
• Together with Packaging Development and Marketing, you are responsible for supplier selection and sourcing decisions as part of our new product development.
• You develop our suppliers in terms of performance, costs, capacities, innovation and long-term collaboration and conduct regular business reviews.
• You ensure sustainable and scalable production capacities, identify supply and capacity risks at an early stage and manage appropriate measures.
• You identify cost and value enhancement potential and conduct price and contract negotiations with our international partners.
• With your understanding of packaging, technologies and production processes, you make well-founded sourcing and portfolio decisions and contribute your expertise to cross-functional projects.
• You further develop our sourcing processes and tools – from reporting and forecasting to capacity planning and supplier performance management.
• You ensure a high quality of our packaging-related data in the PIM system and make sure that relevant information is complete and up to date.

You bring the skills. We give you the space.

• Successfully completed degree in business administration or a technical field, ideally with a focus on procurement, supply chain or packaging
• Several years of experience in purchasing / procurement / sourcing, ideally in an international FMCG environment
• Experience in supplier management and the development of strategic suppliers
• Proven experience in price negotiations, cost optimization and sourcing
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills as well as confidence in working with KPIs, forecasts, capacities and cost structures
• Technical understanding and interest in packaging, materials and production processes
• Structured, independent and solution-oriented way of working as well as confidence even in critical supply situations
• Strong communication and negotiation skills in an international and cross-functional environment
• Very good Excel skills and confident use of MS Office
• Very good German and English language skills

Exciting work. Benefits that matter.

• Fresh fruit, coffee, tea, cold drinks and a great cafeteria are standard – just a small taste of our bigger benefits.
  For your rest: in addition to 30 vacation days per year, you will receive four weeks of paid special leave (sabatical) in your seventh year with the company.
• For your future: take advantage of our cosnovAcademy with its wide range of training opportunities.
• For your office life: look forward to a modern, stylish workplace, free lunch on Mondays and Fridays, and complimentary underground parking.
• For every stage of life: company pension plan, in-house gym, job ticket, subsidy for childcare costs, and many team events.

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At cosnova, we value personality, talent and team spirit – not age, origin, gender, skin colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Your contact person for this vacancy is Janne Kuhn (Senior HR Manager, ).