Nordic Purchaser - L'Oréal Nordic - Copenhagen

Would you like to work for the global market leader in beauty? Have you dreamed about an exciting and diverse job in an international and dynamic working environment? Do you want to be challenged and developed within your area of expertise? Then you might be just the talent we are looking for to strengthen our Purchasing team as the Nordic Purchaser, specializing in procuring Business Services.

As the Nordic Purchaser, you will add great value to the business by procuring the following goods and services:

• Corporate Travel
• Car Fleet
• Temporary Labour
• Transport
• Corporate Events and Venues
• Professional Services
• Facility Services

You will be part of a dynamic Nordic organization in a fast-paced company with many opportunities for a varied and rewarding career path. The role reports directly to the Nordic Purchasing Director.

Your key job accountabilities:

• Define purchasing category strategy
• Maximize supplier relationship to create value to the business
• Perform RFPs, contract negotiations and ongoing business reviews with suppliers
• Make sure suppliers are contractually compliant and treated ethically
• Evaluate and manage risks, performance and efficiency
• Build stakeholder relationships based on trust and integrity
• Manage your annual savings budget and deliver it
• Project manage your assignments to completion
• Anticipate business activity and proactively with new suppliers
• Support corporate social responsibility agenda

Your profile:

• Understand aligning to Business needs
• Experience of e-sourcing tools
• Analytical skills, Excel competent
• Strategy creation
• Persistent, with an attention to detail
• Structuring your work and prioritizing effectively
• Self-starter
• Articulate and good with Powerpoint
• Pragmatist

Experience:

• A relevant university degree is of merit
• Min. 5 years of experience with indirect purchasing, primarily services
• Proven project management experience
• Experience in giving presentations,
• Fluent in English, written and spoken
• Structured stakeholder engagement
• Proven contract negotiation skills

We are looking for Nordic Purchaser to start as soon as possible. The employment is permanent. We are reviewing applications and inviting for interviews on a rolling basis, so do not wait to apply! We welcome everyone to apply for a job at L’Oréal no matter your gender, ethnicity, physical abilities, religion, or sexual orientation.

What’s in it for you?
We offer you a great level of responsibility from the very start, challenges, and opportunities including an individual career plan, coaching leadership, an extensive catalog of training and e-learnings, competitive personnel benefits, modern offices, and a dynamic and international working environment with engaged and skilled colleagues. Our Nordic organization counts close to around 950 employees based in the four Nordic capitals, Denmark being the Nordic headquarters and counting 500 employees, L’Oréal Sweden with 230 employees, L’Oréal Norway with 140 employees and L’Oréal Finland with 100 employees.

Who are we?
Leading the world in beauty and pioneering the world of beauty tech; we have more than 90K employees across 150 countries on five continents and have a unique international portfolio of 37 brands. The Group generated sales amounting to 41.18 billion euros in 2023, and e-commerce accounted for 28% of the Group’s sales. We push boundaries and move fast globally to stay ahead of the game. As the market leader, we continuously deliver innovation and digital solutions that can bring beauty to all people around the world. L’Oréal truly embraces entrepreneurship, and you’ll have the chance to conceptualize ideas and bring them to life in an agile way not least through continued digital innovation. Your job will be your innovation playground.

What we do at L’Oréal always has a big impact. At L’Oréal, we define success as making a positive, conscious impact. We’ve been recognized as the World's most ethical company in the world by Ethisphere®. For the seventh time in a row, L’Oréal has been recognized as a global leader in sustainable development by the international non-profit organization CDP® in three areas: combating climate change, sustainable management of water, and protecting forests, for the fourth year running. In 2023, L’Oréal was for the 6th consecutive year recognized by the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for having successfully created an inclusive and equal work environment. We believe diversity fosters creativity and accelerates innovation. To ensure that our products meet the needs of every form of beauty in every culture, our team members must be as diverse and inclusive as the world itself. For us, our job is more than just a job, it is about building a better future for others and our planet.

Freedom to Go Beyond. That’s the Beauty of L’Oréal.