Category Buyer

Overview

In this Category Buyer role you develop and execute sourcing strategies for core and new product portfolios, partnering with cross-functional teams to align with business objectives. You drive cost efficiency, lead supplier negotiations, and manage supplier performance to enable sustainable, profitable growth. You will shape supplier strategies for finished goods categories like skincare and bath & body, ensuring ethics, innovation, and quality across the value chain. This is a chance to influence sustainable sourcing at a mission-driven, collaborative company.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement supplier strategy for finished goods categories (e.g., skincare, bath & body)
• Manage spend and drive cost reductions while increasing efficiency
• Identify and deliver cost savings and value creation via negotiations, tendering, and resourcing
• Forecast costs, monitor budgets and KPI data, update financial trends
• Assess feasibility costs for new products and support commercial viability
• Lead cross-functional project updates and status reporting
• Maintain up-to-date market trends and cost impacts for remit
• Manage supplier relationships, evaluate and develop suppliers on costs, ethics, innovation, sustainability and quality
• Negotiate and manage RFQ/RFP processes and contract management
• Collaborate with suppliers to deliver innovative solutions and expand supplier base
• Represent procurement with incumbent and new suppliers and promote cross-team collaboration
• Ensure procurement ethics protocols are documented and followed

Key requirements

• Experience in a sourcing/manufacturing/technical buying environment with project implementation in cross-functional settings
• Experience with supplier performance evaluation, selection, and relationship management
• Experience in sourcing processes, data management, and contract management
• Excellent interpersonal skills and cultural awareness with strong relationship-building
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills (formulas, tables)
• Knowledge of Health & Beauty industry desirable

• Strategic thinking
• Collaborative mindset
• Resilience
• Negotiation
• Spend analysis
• Cost modelling

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