Purchasing Manager – Supply Chain & Demand Planning
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The Purchasing Manager will own purchasing strategy, demand planning, and supply chain execution for the Hair Division, ensuring accurate forecasting, disciplined buying, and seamless supplier coordination across finished goods, packaging, and raw materials. This role translates demand signals into actionable purchasing plans to protect service levels, optimize inventory, and support profitable growth.
Responsibilities
- Own rolling demand forecasts across SKUs, channels, and product lifecycles using historical data, trends, and forward-looking inputs
- Translate demand plans into purchase orders that support an "always in stock" service level
- Manage reorder points, safety stock, MOQ constraints, and lead times to minimize stockouts and excess inventory
- Maintain and optimize supplier lead times, reliability, and capacity
- Collaborate with vendors to forecast production needs and mitigate supply risk
- Ensure accuracy of item masters, lead times, MOQ data, and purchasing parameters within ERP systems
- Build and maintain clear purchasing dashboards and reporting for leadership visibility
- Improve forecasting, purchasing, and replenishment processes as the business scales
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in purchasing, supply chain, or demand planning
- Proven success managing inventory for multi-SKU, high-growth brands
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into action
- Experience working within ERP and inventory management systems
- Highly organized, detail-driven, and proactive problem solver
- Comfortable working cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in purchasing, supply chain, or demand planning
Nice to Have
- Consumer goods, beauty, wellness, or retail supply chain experience
- Experience supporting new product launches and rapid SKU expansion
- Advanced Excel / forecasting tools experience
- Understanding of global manufacturing and logistics
- ERP experience
Skills
* Required skills
Benefits
About Simply Organic Beauty
Simply Organic Beauty is proudly an Elevated Beauty Group (EBG) Company, committed to creating, incubating, and scaling high-performance beauty brands that inspire confidence, celebrate diversity, and connect with consumers in impactful ways. Their portfolio spans hair, color cosmetics, skincare and...