Indirect Sourcing Lead

The Body Shop; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Indirect Senior Buyer to join their Sourcing Team at their global HQ in Brighton. This role focuses on managing indirect spend categories, driving innovation, and ensuring ethical supplier management. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in strategic sourcing within the FMCG sector and a proven track record in contract management. With a commitment to ethical practices, this company offers a dynamic work environment where your contributions can lead to significant cost savings and value addition. Enjoy flexible hybrid working and a range of attractive benefits.

Benefits

Flexible Hybrid working

6% non-contributory pension plan

Life assurance x 3 annual salary

Private Medical

Income Protection

23 days holiday

50% staff discount

Access to product sample sales

Potential annual bonus up to 10%

LOVE money for wellbeing and personal development

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in strategic sourcing within FMCG.
• Experience managing Creative, Digital, and Media spend.

Responsibilities

• Manage spend across various Indirect spend categories.
• Drive innovation and efficiencies as well as cost savings.
• Develop and agree yearly savings budget and pipeline activity.

Skills

Strategic Indirect Sourcing

Contract Management

Stakeholder Management

Supplier Relationship Management

Negotiation Skills

Spend Analysis

Job description

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When Anita Roddick founded The Body Shop in 1976, she had a vision. Business as a force for good – that’s us. Over 40 years later, we’re proud to be pioneering cruelty-free beauty every step of the way. We’re the original ethical beauty brand. We’ve got a thing for empowering people and enriching our planet. We’re all about keeping it real, in every way possible. Our activist roots remain a huge part of everything we do, from our iconic window posters to our vegetarian products to our infamous campaigns. We’re never afraid to stand up and speak the truth. We like to do things a little differently around here.

The Body Shop is committed to generating positive economic, social and environmental impact. We’re fighting for what we believe in now more than ever. No holding back. Breaking the mould has always come naturally to us, and we need someone who’s not afraid to mix things up.

Your role in a nutshell

We are recruiting an experienced Indirect Senior Buyer to work in our Sourcing Team based at our global HQ in Brighton.

The successful candidate will manage spend across various Indirect spend categories focusing on Marketing services, driving innovation and efficiencies as well as cost savings.

You will shape and deploy appropriate sourcing solutions within both Ethical and Internal Control guidelines with alignment to procurement best practices to deliver cost savings and value add for TBSI. Manage the relationship between key suppliers to include supplier relationship management, managing contracts, supplier performance and ethical frameworks for supplier management.

More about the role

• Partner the business to shape and execute strategic sourcing initiatives that align with growth plans.
• Strategic Sourcing & Category Management, category Strategy development and Implementation, End-to-end RFPs, contract negotiation, driving efficiencies as well as cost savings
• Project identification, management, and Deployment with Stakeholders.
• Spend Analysis.
• Cost & Payment terms Negotiation.
• Stakeholder mapping and engagement.
• Supplier Mapping and Review.
• Development of the supplier base to improve defined performance.
• Deliver Cost Savings, Innovation and Efficiency in relevant spend areas
• Develop and agree yearly savings budget and pipeline activity for relevant spend areas
• Regular reporting on performance to procurement and business stakeholders
• Manage spend ensuring all procurement and ethical protocols are documented and followed with brand and group internal control requirements.
• Supplier Management & Development – to include:
• Supplier Reviews and Supplier Scorecard for designated suppliers.
• Supplier Selection through tenders and New Vendor Approval Process.

What we look for

• Strong expertise in Strategic Indirect Sourcing in a FMCG environment.
• Experience of Indirect sourcing processes and contract management.
• Experience of managing Creative, Digital and Media spend
• Knowledge of the Health and Beauty industry (desirable).
• Demonstrates a dynamic track record within their current organisation.
• Knowledge of Retail operations (desirable)
• Excellent interpersonal skills including
• Strong cultural awareness with the ability to develop and maintain strong effective relationships.
• Strong Stakeholder Management, able to influence and engage all levels of the organisation.
• Demonstrably high level of personal integrity and performance ethic.

As well as a competitive salary, here are just a few of the rewards that you can look forward to if you join us: Flexible Hybrid working, 6% non-contributory pension plan, life assurance x 3 annual salary, Private Medical, Income Protection, 23 days holiday, 50% staff discount and access to product sample sales, Potential annual bonus up to 10%, access to Perks at Work, as well as LOVE money to spend on your wellbeing and personal development.