Head of Procurement

Paula’s Choice, a global skincare leader founded in 1995, empowers individuals to define beauty on their own terms through science-backed products. Our mission comes to life through four core values that guide our actions, decisions, and impact:

• Build Trust:We set the standard for skincare, transparency, and shared knowledge.
• Be Bold:We lead through innovation and by challenging the status quo.
• Act with Kindness:We operate with respect and care—for our customers, colleagues, and the planet.
• Create Community:We believe in the power of connection—whether educating customers, supporting each other, or giving back, we grow stronger together.

Our team spans North America, Australia/New Zealand, Europe, and the broader APAC region, collaborating globally to drive innovation. We offer space to thrive—personally, professionally, and through our comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being at every stage:

• 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
• Did we mention we’re a dog-friendly office?

Our culture encourages continuous learning and is fueled by connection, curiosity, and cross-functional collaboration. Whether onsite, remote, or hybrid, we stay connected through shared initiatives that bring our teams together. If you’re inspired by transparency, driven to make an impact, and eager to help foster community—we’d love to have you join us.

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.

• 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.