Head of Procurement
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Paula’s ChoiceSkincare procurement
Location: US_RemoteFull-TimeDirector
Salary$170,000 - $190,000 USD/annually
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8–10 in procurement roles within beauty, luxury, or FMCG sectors
- Required Skills
- Negotiation
Requirements
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field.
- Bring 8–10 years in procurement roles within beauty, luxury, or FMCG sectors.
- Have expertise in skincare ingredients and packaging.
- Demonstrate ability to lead cross-functional projects with R&D and Supply Chain.
- Drive adoption of best-practice procurement processes.
- Bring business partnering and stakeholder management experience with senior brand leaders in a matrixed environment.
- Translate brand ambition into sourcing execution and measurable commercial impact.
- Demonstrate RFx and negotiation capability, including price, terms and conditions, and risk.
- Apply strong analytical and commercial acumen to market trends, spend, supplier capability, and formulation dynamics.
- Be fluent in procurement and CLM tools and adept at digital reporting.
- Have working knowledge of procurement in New Product Development (NPD) and stage-gate processes.
Responsibilities
- Own Paula’s Choice sourcing strategy, aligning brand growth priorities, innovation roadmaps, regulatory requirements, and margin targets.
- Lead cost and margin improvement initiatives across formulations and packaging through value engineering, alternate ingredient and packaging development, and supplier consolidation.
- Serve as the first point of contact for escalated supplier issues and brand procurement questions.
- Partner with Planning, R&D, Marketing, Quality, and Portfolio Procurement on procurement topics.
- Represent procurement in brand forums and translate commercial and market insights into recommendations.
- Manage supplier relationships through QBRs, performance scorecards, innovation engagement, and continuous improvement.
- Maintain risk and contingency plans for critical formulations and components, including dual sourcing, capacity reservations, and alternatives.
- Consolidate brand spend and supplier data to identify trends and contribute to executive dashboards.
- Promote digital procurement tools and process improvements, and support change management and capability building.
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