[Hiring] Head of Procurement @Paula's Choice Skincare

Role Description

The Head of Paula’s Choice procurement owns the end‑to‑end direct materials and sourcing strategy for Paula’s Choice, with full accountability for cost structure, margin performance, ingredient and packaging supply resilience, and innovation enablement. This role partners closely with R&D, Supply Chain, and Portfolio team to translate Paula’s Choice’s positioning into competitive advantage, while ensuring speed‑to‑market and sustainable value creation for the brand.

Core Responsibilities

• Own the Paula’s Choice sourcing strategy, aligning brand growth priorities, innovation roadmaps, regulatory requirements, and margin targets into an integrated plan.
• Lead cost and margin improvement initiatives across Paula’s Choice formulations and packaging, leveraging value engineering, alternate ingredient/pack development, supplier consolidation, etc.
• First point of contact for escalated supplier issues and brand questions regarding procurement topics. Primary interface with Planning, R&D, Marketing, Quality and Portfolio Procurement.
• Serve as the procurement voice in brand forums, translating commercial and market insights into clear brand impact and decision recommendations.
• Drive supplier relationship management (QBRs, performance scorecards, innovation engagement, continuous improvement).
• Maintain robust risk and contingency plans (dual sourcing, capacity reservations, alternates) for critical Paula’s Choice formulations and components in partnership with planning.
• Consolidate brand‑level spend and supplier data to identify trends and inform strategy; contribute to executive dashboards for savings, risk, and margin performance.
• Promote effective use of digital procurement tools and process improvements; partner with central portfolio procurement and brand supply chain on change management and capability building.

Performance Metrics

• Delivery of Paula’s Choice cost savings delivery and year‑over‑year gross margin improvement.
• Improved lead times, OTIF, and inventory efficiency without compromising speed‑to‑market for clinically efficacious launches.
• Increased spend through preferred and sustainable suppliers; strengthened supplier resiliency for critical materials.
• On‑time NPD sourcing and high stakeholder satisfaction (CSAT).
• Reduced re‑sourcing rates via proactive SRM and performance tracking; shortened tactical sourcing cycle times and enhanced supplier responsiveness.
• Completed QBRs on schedule, with measurable improvement in quality and service KPIs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, or related field.
• 8–10 in procurement roles within beauty, luxury, or FMCG sectors, with expertise in skincare ingredients and packaging.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects with R&D and supply chain and drive adoption of best-practice procurement processes.

Requirements

• Exceptional business partnering and stakeholder management with senior brand leaders in matrixed environment.
• Strategic thinking with the ability to translate brand ambition into sourcing execution and measurable commercial impact.
• Deep RFx and negotiation capability (price, T&Cs, risk), with a governance mindset and executive presence.
• Strong analytical and commercial acumen, synthesizing market trends, spend, supplier capability, and formulation dynamics.
• Fluent in procurement and CLM tools; adept at digital reporting and decision transparency.
• Clear communication and escalation handling with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of procurement in New Product Development (NPD) and stage‑gate processes.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off, including time off to volunteer.
• Learning and development resources to support personal and professional growth.
• Wellness benefits like meditation app memberships, product discounts, and free samples of our amazing products.
• Most roles are fully remote (roles that are required to be at our Seattle HQ can be found in the details section of this job post).
• Great location – for roles that are hybrid or fully onsite, we’re in the heart of Seattle’s beautiful International District.
• Dog-friendly office.