Summary

As the Senior Buyer, you will be responsible for purchasing raw materials and packaging components in a cost effective and timely manner. The Senior Buyer will develop and maintain professional relationships with external vendors and internal stakeholders and follow all applicable policies and procedures.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and manage relationships with vendors, customers, and internal stakeholders.
• Process purchase orders in a timely manner with global suppliers and track progress from PO placement through delivery to multiple locations.
• Manage and maintain accurate Master Data.
• Develop and maintain supplier key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Evaluate pricing regularly to determine opportunities for cost savings and ensure competitive pricing.
• Negotiate and facilitate price changes and utilize established reports to analyze ordering needs.
• Make recommendations to your manager for improvements and streamline processes.
• Prioritize and maintain workload to ensure all deadlines are met on time or ahead of schedule.
• Participate in supplier reviews and audits.
• Provides relevant updates and consistent feedback to team members and stakeholders.
• Can run major portions of projects with guidance.
• Communicates with cross-functional partners in a timely manner.
• Can present results at the team and company level on specific projects.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure purchasing information is accurate and concise for invoicing; interface with necessary Finance partners to ensure timely payment.
• Coordinate with other departments for quality issues and manage claims, litigations, and consecutive negotiations with suppliers.
• Ensure products are inspected prior to shipment and choose the most efficient routes for required services or products.
• Participate in New Product Development with R&D and Product Innovation team.
• Generate a dashboard categorizing spend by category, vendor, dollar amount etc.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• 3-6 years of experience in a Procurement role ideally in the beauty industry with experience in raw materials and/or packaging.
• Attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy and organization.
• Ability to function both independently and as part of a team; must be flexible and excited to grow with the organization.
• Excel/Google Sheets proficiency.
• Experience managing multiple vendors or clients.
• Strong critical-thinking skills with a solution-oriented mindset.
• Highly knowledgeable about industry best practices.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Bilingual English and Korean preferred.
• Experience with SAP or similar ERP platform.