Indirect Sourcing Specialist

Join the Indirect Sourcing Team at BEST as an Indirect Sourcing Specialist.

For more than a century L’Oréal has devoted its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence solely to one business: Beauty. Our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity. It is now the industry world leader with the presence in 150 markets and with €44 billion consolidated sales in 2025.

The time is now! Join one of the 6 Zone Business Services Centers that are supporting the Group and are called BEST (Business, Expertise, Services & Technology). Our ambition is to grow, secure and foster the future at L'Oréal and provide world‑class services to the Group.

We are more than 300 people in BEST Madrid, with 31 different nationalities and we deliver Finance, Digital and Data services for countries across Europe creating and delivering value as a strong business partner, leveraging and scaling our expertise across different services. We strive for driving operational excellence in all we do. Come and join us in our quest of being the #1 BeautyTech Company worldwide!

What will be your responsibilities

Compliance

The Indirect Sourcing & Content Specialist will oversee the daily operations related to Compliance processes & data quality, supporting the Compliance effort of our 16 Purchasing teams across Europe.

This includes:

• Supplier referencing process execution, including document collection, compliance checks, and data entry.
• Planning, scheduling, and tracking execution of Suppliers’ social audits for European entities.
• Planning & executing yearly campaigns & compliance checks (e.g., financial health, dependency, anti-corruption processes)
• Managing & collecting compliance documentation (e.g., Ethical Commitment Letter, General Terms and Conditions)
• Contributing to risk management evaluation campaigns (e.g., data privacy, cybersecurity campaigns)

Sustainability

The Purchasing Data and Content Specialist will oversee the daily operations in Sustainable sourcing processes execution, data collection and quality, contributing to our Sustainable sourcing compliance and goals.

This includes:

• Yearly campaigns: Support Suppliers Sustainability evaluation (e.g., Ecovadis, CDP)
• Collect and report KPIs related to Sustainable Sourcing programs (e.g., Retail Eco-design, Forest Policy, Inclusive Sourcing)
• Manage & update information in our Source to Contract tool (MySourcing), related to our Sustainable Sourcing programs.
• Dashboards: Create & maintain sustainability dashboards.

Data quality & Purchasing content management

The Purchasing Data & Content Specialist will look after the data quality & content update in our S2C & P2P tools.

This includes:

• Data Quality & consistency: Ensure data quality and consistency in our S2C & P2P tools: SAP, MySourcing and MyMarket, plan and support data quality campaigns.
• MyMarket (P2P): maintain Preferred Supplier Lists (PSL) and ordering channels, support Annual content update.
• MySourcing (S2C): maintain and update information, documents & data in alignment with our purchasing teams across Europe.
• Data analysis: extract, prepare and analyse data/information to provide guidance and inputs to build action plans and improvement opportunities.
• The Purchasing Data & Content Specialist will also be responsible for reporting activities, specifically related to analyzing, interpreting, and defining actions based on reports, providing significant insights, and ensuring accurate and timely reporting to each local Purchasing Director.

People you will work closely with

In this role, you will work closely with Purchasing Buyers in the 15 entities, the Sourcing Excellence Director and the Sustainable Sourcing Director at Europe Zone level, and Supplier contacts across Europe.

We offer

• Competitive Benefit Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Pension Plan)
• Friendly and dynamic work atmosphere in the diverse environment of the market beauty leader
• Unlimited access to the L'Oréal "MyLearning Platform" to boost your skills (Unlimited access to E-learnings & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
• Remote working: up to 2 days of remote working per week.
• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs
• Cherry on the cake: discount for products from our brands' portfolio!

How the recruitment process looks like

• Online application (we advise you to upload an updated CV).
• Interview with the HR team to understand your profile and your expectations.
• Meeting with the business and with your potential future manager to discover in detail the mission designed for you!

L'Oréal is committed to building a diverse environment and is proud to offer equal opportunity among candidates. L'Oréal rejects discrimination against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, sexual identity, freedom of expression, birth origin, functional diversity or any other freedom protected by law.