Associate Manager, Project Sourcing

About the Company

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face and paw. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, pioneering clean beauty brand Well People, Keys Soulcare, a groundbreaking lifestyle beauty brand created with Alicia Keys, Naturium, high-performance, biocompatible, clinically-effective and accessible skin care, and our newest brand, rhode, a line of curated skincare essentials, formulated for a variety of skin types and needs with high performance ingredients, it’s a daily routine that nourishes your skin barrier over time.

In our Fiscal year 25, we had net sales of $1 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 26 consecutive quarters of net sales growth. We are the #2 mass cosmetics brand in the US and are the fastest growing mass cosmetics brand among the top 5. Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last six fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry.

Visit our Career Page to learn more about our team: https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us

Purpose of Job:
To ensure the cost and value is optimized and optimal for each assigned project.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• Supplier engagement for the assigned new product development projects

• Following the Sourcing & Supplier Base Strategy, assist the Project Sourcing head to select the proper supplier candidate(s) for each project, with the understanding of the project requirements

• Work with the suppliers to select the proper primary packaging(component)/secondary packaging (carton/label,ect.) options, to get the project acceptance

• Conduct supplier management to ensure project launch on time. Consolidate supplier related issue during project development and drive for supplier performance enhancement.

• New product development projects

• Assess the costing of entire product from TCO perspective to ensure high margin rate

• Provide optimized project development proposals based on cost analysis at the initial stage in the project

• Lead to promote the solution and margin per project target with project team (R&D, PE, Quality and NPI)

• Achieve cost efficiency and value optimization by fully understanding cost driver and value in projects

• Cost and value enhancement in PLM

• Work with the cross functional teams to identify the cost improvement opportunities and drive the cost saving or improve the value to the consumers

• Proactively manage PLM process, continuous proceed cost saving reduction and efficiency boost

• Manage PPV and achieve the cost saving on value chain through the Cost Models optimization.

Education/Knowledge/Experience:
Minimum request:

• Bachelor's Degree or above in supply chain management, business administration

Competency:

• Minimum 5+ years of purchasing & sourcing experience in FMCG, cosmetics, package or chemical industry

• Cost saving & manufactory background is a plus.

Relevant knowledge demand:

• Good English speaking and presenting

• Effective communication and analytical skills

• Multiple projects management skills

• Good inter-personal skills and team player

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors’ discretion.

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