(Senior) Manager, Global Supplier Management
Berlin
RND & Product – 52.5. Product - Global Supplier Management /
Full time /
Hybrid
The Lovehoney Group is the world’s leading sexual wellbeing company. We offer exciting brands with innovative, high-quality sex toys, lingerie, and accessories in a smooth online shopping experience.
Lovehoney employs over 900 awesome, diverse & driven people throughout our 9 offices across the globe, celebrating a broad spectrum of talents in engineering, industrial design, sales, and marketing.
We are proud to be a company that thrives by doing things differently, challenging expectations and stereotypes while making a positive impact on our customers’ lives.
We are currently recruiting a Senior Manager, Global Supplier Management, who will be integral to driving high-level performance across Lovehoney Group. Partnering directly with the wider Product Team and other stakeholders, you will manage suppliers for RFQs, pricing discussions, and terms contracting to ensure cost optimization and quality product delivery. Additionally, you will be responsible for maintaining and tracking cost data and conducting savings analysis.
What you will do
- Manage the supplier pool through sourcing new suppliers and managing the existing supplier list for different categories
- Manage the suppliers' category/product catalogs to timely support product sourcing requests
- Work on new sourcing requests from different teams, make reasonable supplier selection and product pricing decision through RFQ and negotiation process
- Actively evaluate our current product pricing and make proper cost/terms optimization proposals, executing towards cost saving goals while ensuring quality product delivery and maintaining healthy supplier relationships
- Maintain the cost/pricing information up to data, support the team's data analytical tasks and teams' dashboard maintenance
- Beside regular products sourcing tasks, work on seasonal and ad-hoc products campaigns regarding pricing/terms negotiations
- Stakeholder management including stakeholders from product, compliance, quality, and supply chain teams etc to achieve project/supplier performance success jointly
What you should bring
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, supply chain management, or related field
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in commercial or purchasing roles, preferably in our same/similar industries
- Strong communication, negotiation and project management skills
- Team player with growth-mindset
- Willingness to travel as needed to meet with suppliers and attend industry events
- Very good spoken and written knowledge of Chinese and English, other language skill is a plus
What we can offer you
- A welcoming workplace full of drinks, snacks, friendly faces and fun team-building events
- Access to unique discounts at high street retailers, hotels, and service providers, in addition to a 50% discount on all Lovehoney products to explore and discover new ways to have fun
- Enjoy a hybrid work model that fosters flexibility and work-life balance, with three days per week in-office and the opportunity to work remotely for up to 4 weeks per year, alongside 25 days’ holiday, plus an additional day for each year you are with Lovehoney, providing ample time for relaxation, rejuvenation, and exploration
- Access to customized training opportunities to support your unique learning journey, complemented by biannual feedback cycles, offering valuable insights into your performance and growth areas, enhancing your development within the company.
- Recognising the significance of physical and mental health, we proudly provide gym benefits in addition to a mental wellbeing platform, to ensure our employees thrive both professionally and personally.
Lovehoney Group is an equal opportunities employer. We promise that every qualified person will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
If you require accommodations during the interview process due to a disability, please inform your Talent Acquisition Specialist so that we can ensure a smooth and inclusive experience for all candidates.
We currently have a hybrid work model supporting a blend of in-office and remote work (3 days per week in-office)
If we have got you interested and you are open to taking the next step, please visit our Lovehoney careers page to apply: https://jobs.eu.lever.co/lovehoneygroup
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