Director, Procurement and Sourcing

Join our fast-growing beauty brand and become a fundamental member of our team. We are seeking a Director of Procurement and Sourcing. You will collaboratively develop new and improve existing procedures to ensure timely, effective completion. You will assess the needs of the company and find ways to contribute to the big picture by ensuring daily operations run smoothly and as efficiently as possible. You always look to identify opportunities for improvement. You strive to provide high level service both internally and externally. This is a senior position that is proactive and solution oriented. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and wish to build and implement operations best practices. You are always looking for improvement opportunities, automation, and efficiencies. You will report to the VP, Operations Share our passion for creating pure, effective, results-driven skincare that is safe for the planet and you!

Responsibilities:

• Lead key strategic sourcing initiatives. Serve as the primary liaison between stakeholders and vendors in the end-to-end strategic sourcing process, including category/commodity analysis, supplier selection, continuity of supply, and contract negotiation.
• Develop supply management strategies by which vendors are evaluated, selected and managed in accordance with established guidelines and best practices (RFI/RFP, VMI, scorecards, performance metrics, etc.).
• Determine and recommend alternate supply strategies to create cost savings and/or supply support solutions.
• Assist Operations team to acquire and organize all pertinent product data (e.g. vegan statements, component claims, sustainability statements, etc.).
• Identify procurement process opportunities to increase efficiencies and maximize spend opportunities.
• Manage inventory/stock of components and maintain dual sources of supply as needed
• Focus on continuous improvement building supply chain excellence and best practices.
• Produce quarterly reports to senior leadership on values led sourcing initiatives, supply chain optimizations implemented, cost/benefit analyses, and sustainability achievements.
• Identify areas of opportunity to improve our carbon footprint, becoming sustainable in all areas possible.
• Define, plan, and maintain supply inventories within target levels to support manufacturing plans
• Partner with Marketing and Product Development to manage new product launches and packaging development
• Identify creative solutions to reduce costs while ensuring on time delivery of all customerorders
• Own continuous improvement and standards of the planning process and ensure system and item data integrity supporting efficient buying decisions
• Place and execute purchase orders as specified by the production plan to support the sales forecast