Global Director, Strategic Sourcing - Personal Care

Job Description

Location: Deerfield, IL or Warren, NJ

The Global Director, Strategic Sourcing – Personal Care is responsible for leading global sourcing strategy for Vantage’s Personal Care business unit. This is a critical leadership role that requires a sourcing strategist, execution-focused leader, and strong business partner who can translate business and product strategies into sourcing strategies that support growth, innovation, customer responsiveness, supply continuity, and margin improvement

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This role will focus on sourcing finished goods, managing principal suppliers, working with tolling partners and other external supply partners, and building a strong global supply map for the Personal Care business. The Global Director will partner closely with Marketing, Product Management, R&D, Supply Chain, Commercial, Operations, Quality, Finance, Regulatory, Procurement Operations, and regional teams to ensure sourcing strategies are aligned with business priorities, customer needs, and product strateg

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Position Sc

opeThis is a global business-unit sourcing leadership role supporting Vantage’s Personal Care business. The role will lead sourcing strategies across regions, supplier networks, principal suppliers, tolling partners, finished goods suppliers, ingredient suppliers, formulation-related supply needs, and customer-facing business requiremen

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The position is responsible for managing and continuously improving the Personal Care supply map and supplier pool, ensuring the business has the right suppliers, alternate sources, business continuity plans, and risk mitigation strategies to support global growth and customer commitme

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Essential Duties and Responsibil

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• itiesLead global sourcing for Vantage’s Personal Care business unit for all catego
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• ries.Manage and add to the Principals portfolio ensuring appropriate levels of profitability in back-to-back sales arrangem
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• ents.Develop and execute sourcing strategies that support cost competitiveness, supplier reliability, product availability, quality, speed to market, supply continuity, and business resili
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• ence.Translate Personal Care business strategy, product strategy, customer needs, and market requirements into sourcing strategies and supplier execution p
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• lans.Partner with Marketing, Product Management, R&D, Commercial, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, Finance, Regulatory, Procurement Operations, and regional teams to align sourcing priorities with business object
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• ives.Identify, evaluate, and manage global and regional suppliers, including principal suppliers, tolling partners, finished goods suppliers, ingredient suppliers, contract manufacturers, and other strategic supply part
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• ners.Manage the Personal Care supply map and supplier pool, including current suppliers, alternate sources, regional options, supplier capabilities, capacity, risk exposure, and business continuity n
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• eeds.Lead supplier selection, RFP/RFQ processes, bid analysis, total cost of ownership evaluations, supplier qualification support, sourcing recommendations, and negotiat
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• ions.Negotiate supplier agreements, including pricing, terms, service expectations, supply commitments, quality requirements, contract requirements, risk protections, and long-term value crea
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• tion.Support new product development, alternative sourcing, finished goods sourcing, formulation troubleshooting, and customer-driven innovation by identifying supplier capabilities and sourcing solut
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• ions.Build business continuity and active risk management into sourcing strategies across the supplier pool and with individual supply part
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• ners.Monitor supplier performance, market conditions, cost drivers, ingredient trends, finished goods supply options, regulatory considerations, and competitive dynamics impacting the global personal care and cosmetics indu
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• stry.Partner with internal teams and suppliers to resolve supply, quality, pricing, service, and delivery issues that may impact production, innovation, or customer commitm
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• ents.Identify and execute cost savings, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, productivity, and total cost of ownership improvement opportuni
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• ties.Provide regular updates to Personal Care and sourcing leadership on sourcing strategy, supplier performance, supplier risk, supply map health, savings progress, and key initiat
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Education & Exper

ience:

Educ

ation: Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Chemistry, Engineering, Technical Field, or related discipline required. MBA, advanced degree, or procurement/supply chain certification pre

ferred.

Expe

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• rience: Min imum of 10+ years of progressive ex perience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, product sourcing, category management, or related busines
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• s roles.Experience in a distributor, specialty ingredients, personal care, cosmetics, formulated products, specialty chemical, consumer products, or related B2B environment required; distributor or specialty ingredients experience strongly pr
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• eferred.Experience sourcing finished goods and working with principal suppliers, tolling partners, contract manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, or other complex external supply partners strongly pr
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• eferred.Demonstrated experience managing a complete supply map, supplier pool, or strategic supplier network for a business unit, division, company, or major product c
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• ategory.Experience building business continuity, active supplier risk management, secondary sourcing, contingency planning, and supply resilience into sourcing str
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• ategies.Demonstrated ability to partner with Marketing, Product Management, R&D, Supply Chain, Commercial, Operations, Quality, Finance, and Regulatory teams to translate business and product strategy into sourcing strategies, supplier negotiations, and ex
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ecution.

Knowledge, Skills, &

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• ; TalentsStrong strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, category management, and negotiatio
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• n skills.Strong understanding of finished goods sourcing, principal supplier relationships, tolling partners, contract manufacturers, supplier optionality, and distributor-based sourcin
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• g models.Ability to manage global, complex, high-touch supplier networks and build sourcing strategies that support growth, supply continuity, customer responsiveness, and margin imp
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• rovement.Strong understanding of supply mapping, business continuity planning, supplier risk management, total cost of ownership, supplier qualification, contract management, and supplier performance ma
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• nagement.Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to connect sourcing decisions to cost, margin, product availability, innovation, an
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• d growth.Ability to partner effectively across Marketing, Product Management, R&D, Supply Chain, Commercial, Operations, Quality, Finance, Regulatory, regional teams, and s
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• uppliers.Knowledge of ERP systems, e-sourcing tools, contract management systems, spend analytics, and supplier performance management platforms; experience with SAP, SAP Ariba, Oracle, Coupa, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar systems p
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• referred.Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, accountability, urgency, and custom
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er focus.

Working C

onditions This role operates in a professional office environment with regular interaction across global and regional business teams, operating sites, formulation laboratories, suppliers, and functio

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• nal teams.
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• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed to Vantage locations, supplier sites, customer-related business meetings, manufacturing locations, formulation laboratories, and leadership meetings. Travel is expected to be approximately 10%–25%, based on busi
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ness needs.

Sa lary Range: 190K to 290K plus annual bonus

and benefits