Vice President, Sourcing & Manufacturing

Launched in 2015, S ol de J aneiro is a globally recognized, award-winning beauty brand, drawing inspiration from Brazil’s beauty rituals, warmth, and spirit. S ol de J aneiro delivers a sensory experience beloved by multi-generational consumers worldwide, with clinically proven results, transformative textures, and transportive fragrances.

Headquartered in New York and launched as a digitally native brand, we have expanded globally with teams in Paris, London, and Germany. Our commitment to excellence has earned high-profile honors, including being named one of TIME1 00’s 2024 Most Influential Companies, Fast Company’s 2024 World's Most Innovative Companies, and WWD Beauty Inc’s Power Brands of 2024, underscoring its leadership in the beauty industry and outstanding workplace .

These accolades highlight our dedication to being a leading brand in the beauty industry and an exceptional workplace.

The Vice President, Sourcing & Contract Manufacturing Performance will lead Sol de Janeiro’s global sourcing organization and contract manufacturing strategy, with responsibility for Direct and Indirect Procurement, Contract Manufacturing Sourcing, and Supplier Performance Management.

Reporting directly to the Chief Supply Chain Officer, this role will be responsible for building and executing sourcing strategies that support Sol de Janeiro’s continued global growth, innovation agenda, margin objectives, and supply chain resilience. The VP will oversee the commercial performance of our global supplier and contract manufacturing network, ensuring we have the right partners, capabilities, capacity, economics, and business continuity plans to support both today’s business and our future growth.

This leader will play a particularly important role in supporting Sol de Janeiro’s fast-paced innovation pipeline. Working closely with Product & Innovation, Technical Packaging, Planning, Finance, Commercial, Marketing, and other cross-functional partners, the VP will ensure new products and components are competitively sourced, commercially negotiated, capacity-secured, and positioned to achieve target costs and launch timelines.

The VP will also lead the evolution of Sol de Janeiro’s enterprise procurement capabilities, establishing modern sourcing practices, governance, supplier management, and spend strategies appropriate for a rapidly growing global beauty business.

Lead Sol de Janeiro’s global Direct and Indirect Procurement organization, developing sourcing strategies that balance cost, quality, service, innovation, capacity, risk, and speed.

Own sourcing strategy across all externally sourced materials and components supporting finished goods, including packaging components and raw materials.

Develop and maintain category and supplier strategies that ensure access to competitive capabilities, economics, capacity, and geographic options required to support continued global growth.

Lead competitive sourcing, RFQ/RFP processes, commercial negotiations, contracting, supplier selection, and ongoing commercial management across the global supply base.

Establish strong fact-based negotiation capabilities, leveraging market intelligence, cost drivers, competitive benchmarks, spend analytics, and supplier economics to deliver sustainable value.

Partner with cross-functional Supply Chain teams to identify and execute value engineering, continuous improvement, and cost-productivity opportunities across the existing portfolio.

Deliver productivity savings required within the annual operating plan and establish disciplined processes for identifying, validating, tracking, and reporting performance against the…