Global Marketing Procurement Manager

About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty

Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace. Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic.

About the role

We are looking for a dynamic individual who has appropriate Global Marketing Procurement experience, to meet the needs of the key responsibilities, working within a fast-paced environment, ideally from within a digitally mature industry or heavy presence online retailer. The individual will support global marketing sourcing and cost reduction across key categories. Key categories across Global Marketing include but are not limited to; Digital/Performance Marketing, Media, PR, Events, Creative & Design.

• Taking a lead role in sourcing preferred global supplier network, managing supplier performance meetings, plus monitoring and expediting performance improvements.
• Lead cost saving initiatives in partnership with our marketing stakeholders and lead on new strategic projects with both global and regional teams.
• Spend Mapping analysis of all Marketing spend to provide recommendations on cost saving opportunities.
• Manage the following categories; Digital/Performance Marketing, Media, PR, Events, Creative & Design.
• Formulate category specific strategies for significant areas.
• Negotiate contracts and liaise with internal teams throughout the procurement process.
• Work closely with marketing, finance and legal teams to align procurement activities and business objectives.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policy, ethical standards and legal regulations.
• Manage ESG initiatives with suppliers, including Ecovadis audit and improvement actions.
• Project manage global ways of working across internal teams.
• Streamline and improve current ways of working.
• Manage and update the contract database including mapping renewal dates.
• Ad-hoc invoice reconciliation management versus rate cards.
• Work strategically to build a network of stakeholders internally and externally.
• Provide full end to end process of RFI/RFPs, including collation of responses and score carding with appropriate analysis provided.
• Organise QBR supplier reviews across key strategic suppliers, including annual meeting plans.
• Responsible for chasing through improvement actions and KPI management.
• Track rebate management and regular liaison with finance team to ensure accurate accruals and ready availability of audit information.
• Take ownership of cost initiative projects as part of their personal development plan, and in accordance with Procurement Director expected annual savings targets.
• Set up and deliver ongoing supplier credit monitoring and record feedback on any critical profile changes, using D&B tracker system.
• Keep up to date with market trends, new technologies and innovation and construct regular market reviews.

About you

• Capability to quickly take on board and disseminate new data/info quickly and communicate to team effectively.
• Able to work at a fast pace, without making unchecked errors across a wide range of projects at the same time.
• Ability to commit to and deliver against agreed deadlines, where there will be multiple priorities to consider and manage.
• Must be conversant with both sourcing tenders/RFP processes.
• Strong negotiation skills, and be able to develop relationships with their suppliers and stakeholders alike.
• Must be able to take responsibility for own resource time, prioritising work according to demands of the PM taking ownership of delivery, with minimal direct support.
• Deep knowledge of marketing category, relevant supplier capabilities and competitor activity.
• Previous global marketing procurement experience within digitally mature industry or Cosmetic/Personal care online retailer.
• Previous negotiation experience in Marketing procurement.
• Proven project management experience track record - a must have.
• Strong operational stakeholder relationship development and management.
• Must be strong in data analysis, and have excel analytical expertise, including Vlookups, nested ‘if’ statements, pivot tables filters etc.
• Must be comfortable working with ambiguous and/or incomplete information.
• Some experience in formal contract development would be a distinct advantage.

Why join us?

Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves. We’re a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you. 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday. Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey. Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all. Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues. Bring your furry friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces. And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!

At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.

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