Manufacturing Procurement Specialist * internal applications only *

LUSH; Poole; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

10% Employee Owned

Product discounts

Cycle to work

Wellbeing sessions

Job summary

Lush in Poole is seeking a proactive procurement professional to manage supplier relationships, oversee raw materials and packaging, and ensure ethical sourcing across the business.

You will work with logistics, accounts and production to optimise stock, control costs and support regenerative supply webs while maintaining high standards of quality and compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in inventory management and material requirement planning.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain items on the system, ensuring correct codes and descriptions.
• Plan and coordinate orders with suppliers to balance cost and lead times.
• Work with logistics, accounts and production to optimise stock and compliance.

Skills

Excellent communication

Inventory management

ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Time management

Multitask

Detail oriented

Tools

Microsoft Office

ERP systems

Job description

• Excellent communication

Diversity matters

We are building a brand that represents the people of the world. It’s what you do that counts, and we are always looking to expand perspectives and voices to shape our future.

We see you, we celebrate you, we want you!

Who We Are

You might know us as the inventors of the bath bomb, but there’s more to this great-smelling, partly employee‑owned, family‑run company than pioneering cosmetics. We believe our business should put more back into the world than it takes and demonstrate that capitalism can be a force for good.

The Living Wage Foundation’s statement ‘a hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay’ is one that we are proud to commit to in the UK. As an accredited Living Wage employer, we put our people first and fight cruel practices like animal testing, promote regeneration, and show that it is what’s inside that counts - whether that’s an ingredient in a product, or the minerals in a smartphone.

Want to see where a career at Lush could take you? Head over here to explore real stories of growth and development across the business.

Please note:

We may close this vacancy early if we receive an overwhelming response or our business requirements change.

The Team

As a member of the procurement team you will be expected to ensure all responsibilities are undertaken as each one is crucial to the effectiveness of the role. The key aim in the role is to ensure we purchase the best quality raw materials and packaging, at the right time and at the right price, in a way that supports our vision of 100% regenerative supply webs, taking into account our ethics, financial targets, production requirements and space.

Core Responsibilities Within This Role Include

System knowledge and understanding

• Monitor and maintain new and existing items on the system ensuring they tie in to your buyer and product lines. Make sure MOQ’s, descriptions etc suit how you will buy and that all commodity codes / freight terms are accurate


• Safety stocks are to be planned for the business and reviewed and amended to meet seasonal demands


• Be competent in all systems associated with the department, knowing how to find and use information appropriately.


• Monitor and maintain all off line planning

Order planning

• Planning and coordinating orders at the correct price, with the correct suppliers with the most cost/risk affective considerations


• Raising Purchase Orders at the correct price and confirming with the correct suppliers (who have signed animal testing declarations and had samples approved) – Raw Mats/Packaging & EC’s.


• Ensure correct documents are available prior to ordering and with orders where required ( MSDS, COA )


• Plan orders that make the most business and ethical sense




• Utilising price breaks


• Group orders/deliveries by supplier


• Group orders/deliveries by port/shipment


• Cross check delivery costs with logistics for potential improvements


• Account for available space


• Improve MOQ and price where possible without putting strain on space




• Scheduling blanket orders, multiple deliveries


• Planning receipt of goods and storage


• Working closely with logistics for freight plans


• Planning for and resolving stock issues using historical data, forecast requirement and actual usage to strategically make decisions


• Launch & discontinued scenario planning and reporting


• Collaborate with relevant areas

Maximising Profitability

• Seek to maximise profitability and efficiency of your business wherever possible, Monitoring, managing and improving controllable COG’s.


• Reporting on historical data, future plans and decision impact


• Review reports, processes and potential improvements

Other Responsibilities

Great Communication (local and global)

• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers


• Clear and concise communication to all levels, and areas of the business. To build and maintain relationships with suppliers, imports and transport. To be able to present, update and review your business as and when required. Actively participate in meetings.


• Liaise with sourcing team to ensure items are set up to suit your buyer set up


• Liaise with departments you buy for to ensure stocks are sufficient


• Liaise with logistics to get the most beneficial transport


• Liaise with accounts to ensure stocks and targets are being managed

Quality Control Checks

• Awareness of QC processes and ensuring they are maintained

Maintaining Standards

• Cleanliness, H&S, Regulatory Compliance, Working Environment. Striving towards continuous improvement.

Reporting

• Have a full understanding of reports and information around the business. Ensuring reporting is completed to agreed deadlines.


• Complete monthly reports against fulfilment and efficiencies

Ambassador for Lush

• Represent Manufacturing and the business professionally and ‘on‑brand’ – shop visits, retail/international meetings, trade shows, product presentations, supplier visits and international trips.

Taking Ownership

• Take ownership and responsibility of your business and be accountable for the decisions made in your department. Identify and draw on relevant expertise to be able to make the best decisions.

Skills And Experience

• Critical thinker with the ability to plan for multiple scenarios


• Forward thinking and able to work strategically


• Experience in inventory management and material requirement planning


• Experience in department functions and product set ups/requirement


• Ability to use Microsoft and ERP


• Eye for detail


• Solution focussed


• Ability to organise information to be used by others


• Organised


• Successful time management


• Ability to multitask


• Excellent communication

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays


• 6 months of full pay for parental leave (primary caregiver must qualify for SMP)*


• Enhanced paternity leave*


• Bonus scheme


• Day off for weekday birthdays


• Holiday purchase scheme


• 50% discount on Lush products and spa treatments


• Cycle to work scheme


• Discounted rail and bus season tickets


• Employee assistance programme


• There’s a big difference between “Flexible Working ” (the legal minimum) and working flexibly. What that looks like varies from role to role and location to location. We actively welcome conversations about what working flexibly could mean and look like for you.


• We’re 10% Employee Owned - all colleagues play a role in protecting our ethics, our independence, contributing ideas for the future and share in the rewards of success when the company is doing well.


• Wellbeing & mindfulness sessions


• Access to employee-led Community Networks, including Disability and Chronic Illness, Family Support, Global Majority (Race and Ethnicity), LGBTQIA+, Menopause and Neurodiversity communities.


• Tailored gender affirming care*

Qualifying period/hours required*

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