Elizabeth Arden Inc. and Williams Lea, a global business process outsourcing company, have entered into a multi-year procurement outsourcing contract. Effective immediately, Williams Lea will manage sourcing activities for Elizabeth Arden's flexible packaging and print requirements. Williams Lea will deliver process expertise and strategic sourcing capabilities, which are expected to secure savings and operational efficiencies for Elizabeth Arden.

Pierre Pirard, senior vice president of global supply chain for Elizabeth Arden, commented, "Focusing on our core business through simplification of our business processes and outsourcing of non-core activities is part of our Global Efficiency Re-engineering initiative started in late 2007, and Williams Lea is fully aligned with this effort."

"We are pleased to be partnering with Elizabeth Arden, a leader in the cosmetics, fragrance and skincare industry. We have created a procurement model that is both aligned with Elizabeth Arden's global growth goal and will generate savings and efficiencies over the course of several years," said Justin Barton, chief executive officer of Williams Lea Americas.