Description
Why You Belong Here
We acknowledge your value. We recognize that every associate has something unique to add to our brand and business. We strive to recruit, retain, and advance diverse talent that reflects the customers we serve and the communities where we live and work. We foster a culture where everyone belongs because we know our business thrives most when we look for, listen to, and amplify diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We place the customer at the heart of everything we do. We dream big, embrace curiosity and creativity while always learning from our mistakes. We lead with integrity, trust, and respect to achieve the best outcomes as one team.
Your Role
This role will support the Personal Care category development for the Victoria’s Secret Fine Fragrance Beauty and China Beauty business. This team leverages 80+ vendors worldwide with approximately $300M in annual spend. A strong analytical skillset and experience in personal care development, sourcing or manufacturing, balanced with the ability to build and foster strong trusted advisor relationships, will be critical for success in this position.
Your Impact
• Develop a clear understanding of the vendor base, vendor capabilities, existing and new supply chains, competitors and functions of the cross functional teams
• Analyzing vendor quotes for new business and communicate award decision
• Clear understanding of decoration, applications, and component execution and development as it applies to costing in the Beauty business
• Facilitate activities with departments such a packaging, design and quality to support long term cost reduction goals
• Utilize SAP/ Fiori for Request for Quote (RFQ) and final cost roll
• Process Tooling Authorization (TA) forms to support new launch development
• Analyze and help to mitigate cost increase requests and communicate business impact
• Analyze and develop vendor capabilities for subcategory that are aligned with business requirements
• Interface with brand partners, as well as vendors on costing conversations and be able to provide options/problem solve/cost engineer
• New vendor on-boarding process & completion for subcategory to help support building long term relationships with suppliers
• New Product Development & Launch Excellence for subcategory
• Creating Personal Care pricing tiers
• Assist with various financial reporting objectives specific to the Beauty business costing processes
• Support activities related to accurate system product costing and analytical reporting
• Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing team to ensure support of category strategies
• Manage costing work-flow with Operations to ensure on time purchase orders
New York NY United States