Purchasing Analyst

Job description

The Purchasing Analyst is responsible for driving business compliance to L'Oreal Corporate Internal Controls. Compliance will be demonstrated by preparation and proper storage of purchasing policies, procedures, process maps of work-flow, supplier on-boarding documentation, GR/IR reporting, financial savings tracking and associated training materials. Effectiveness of preparation/compliance will be measured by mock and real internal controls audits. This person should also be able to lead/assist in purchasing led projects within OPEX/CAPEX, as needed.

Typical Duties

·  Key L'Oreal R&I point of contact for compliance to corporate internal controls rules, delivery of compliance training, tracking of training/effectiveness metrics, mock audits preparation and assist R&I Purchasing during actual 2018 audit.
·  Responsible for the continued development of L'Oreal R&I Purchasing policies, procedures, standard forms and work aids, SOP manuals, training materials, and maintaining website with key relevant documents.
·  R&I representative for certain MySourcing enterprise tool and applications. Responsible for financial reporting (e.g. savings report-outs to France and project tracking within MySourcing) and vendor set-up (e.g. all referencing documents within MySourcing).
·  Responsible for Goods Receipt (GR) / Incoming Receipt (IR) tracking, issue resolution, reporting and best practice training of PO Creators across the various L'Oreal R&I campuses
·  Responsible for tracking of all capital assets within L'Oreal R&I's CarlSource global inventor system. Work with selected inventory management supplier to timely capitalize all R&I assets, apply asset tracking tags, monitor equipment utilization and optimize PM scheduling and contracts.
·  Assist Purchasing Manager/ Senior Buyer on select category management across both CAPEX (e.g. R&I Analytical, DemiGrand and Warehouse Equipment) and OPEX (e.g. Integrated Facilities Services and Lab Consumables). The goal is to drive service improvement and cost savings within these categories.
·  Perform other related duties as required

Typical Requirements

·  Education: BS in finance or supply chain management.
·  Skills and Experience: Two (2) to three (3) years minimum of purchasing experience. Expertise using MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point and Visio. Experience with scorecard design, process mapping and web design is quite desirable.

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