New CID Cosmetics are currently recruiting for a Purchasing Manager to join the team based in Rickmansworth.
New CID Cosmetics is an award winning British Cosmetics brand that is the only range in the world led by a creative team made up of hundreds of working make-up artists. New CID is a premium range that aims to simplify make-up application for all women of different ages and skin tones.
New ID make over and photography studios, New CID Cosmetics is now available in over 13 countries worldwide including QVC Shopping UK, Italy and Germany, and over 1000 salons and Spas.
The success and rapid growth of our business has led to a need to appoint a professional Purchasing Manager with knowledge and experience of the Cosmetics industry. This is a new and exciting role for our organisation. The overall focus of the role is to ensure that all purchases for the cosmetics business are made in a timely and cost effective manner, to serve the needs of the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Review all purchase requests ensuring they are signed off appropriately and verify they are in accordance with company policy.
- Responsible for planning, developing and buying materials etc in a timely and cost effective way whilst maintaining quality standards and specification.
- Maintain accurate records of all purchases ordered and delivered.
- Seek to lower costs by securing competitive purchasing agreements and ensuring that we are always getting the best agreement possible.
- Work and build key relationships with our supplier organisations and resolve any issues that arise in a timely basis.
- Work with the finance team to ensure accurate and timely payment of supplier invoices.
- Negotiate payment terms and pricing with suppliers and where possible improve on lead times.
- Generate invoices, place orders and work with Letters of Credit, where necessary, to ensure the import credit line is maximised and to ensure that the Barclay’s facility and Wormser Manufacturing Facility and New CID cost controls, are optimised.
- Work with the finance team on a regular basis ensuring payment of supplier invoices in prompt manner, whilst ensuring cashflow does not create additional delays.
- Work on Orderwise inventory control software to ensure it is being utilised and efficient and creating reports.
- Implement the Bill of Materials system within Orderwise.
- Ensure all freight forwarding is managed and goods are moving in a timely fashion.
- Take responsibility for all Freight Forwarding arrangements .
- Liaise daily with Director Product and Supply Chain. Track purchasing activity, measure and produce written report on a weekly basis.
- Forecast purchasing needs on a monthly basis, projecting forwards for the remainder of the year.
- Develop key performance indicators of the purchase function whilst measuring the effectiveness against the KPI’s.
If you would like to be considered for this new and important role in our team, please forward a copy of your CV together with a covering letter highlighting your skills and experiences for the attention of Tracy Austin to recruitment@newcidcosmetics.com.
