Senior Buyer, Components

Description

Who We Are

John Paul Mitchell Systems (“JPMS”) is recognized worldwide for developing and marketing innovative hair and skin care products since 1980. We’ve been serving the professional beauty industry with salon-quality hair care products, styling tools and professional hair color through our family of brands including Paul Mitchell, MITCH, Awapuhi Wild Ginger, Tea Tree, Paul Mitchell Tools, Neuro, The Demi, Paul Mitchell the Color, Blonde, and Color XG.

We were the first professional hair care company to take a stand against animal testing and continue our strong commitment to giving back, supporting a wide range of philanthropic causes both domestically and internationally. Sustainability has always been a priority, and we are committed to making our company operations climate neutral to preserve the beauty of the world around us.

Who You Are: 

You are a skilled and enthusiastic, high-performing professional who is passionate about hair care and wants to positively contribute to the growth of our iconic brand as well as to our people first culture.

About the Role 

The Senior Buyer, Components is responsible for the procurement and operational management of JPMS packaging component suppliers — including bottles, closures, pumps, tubes, cartons, and labels — ensuring continuity of supply, achievement of service expectations, and execution of procurement objectives. This role serves as the primary day-to-day liaison between JPMS and assigned component suppliers, supporting ongoing production, commercialization activities, and inventory management across the business.

This position also owns component specification, tooling, and mold records for assigned categories, partnering with Quality and R&D to qualify new components and coordinate first article inspections before production release. As a senior individual contributor, the Senior Buyer is expected to manage supplier relationships and category decisions with minimal oversight, escalating supply risk, quality, and commercial issues to Procurement leadership as needed.

This position also serves as a key analytical resource within the Purchasing organization by developing reports, evaluating supplier performance, monitoring lead time trends, analyzing cost impacts, and providing recommendations that improve service, reduce risk, and support business objectives.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

Skills: 

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, Power Query, and reporting
• Strong analytical, inventory management, and cost analysis capabilities
• Working knowledge of packaging components (bottles, closures, pumps, tubes, cartons, labels) and tooling/mold concepts
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and component specifications.
• Supplier relationship management and negotiation skills
• D365 or other ERP experience
• Strong communication and cross-functional stakeholder management skills

Education: 

• High school diploma or GED required

Experience: 

• Minimum 5 years of purchasing, procurement, supplier management, inventory planning, or supply chain experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Skills: 
• Knowledge of packaging sustainability principles, including PCR content and recyclability, preferred 

Education:  

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, or related field preferred

Experience: 

• Experience with packaging components, tooling/mold management, or new component qualification preferred
• Experience with components, packaging, consumer products, or beauty manufacturing preferred
• We are eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways - not just candidates who check all the boxes. If you think you would be a good fit for the position and our company, we invite you to apply

Working Conditions

• Office environment

Competitive Compensation: 

• The expected base salary range for this position is $80,000 to $85,000. The exact base salary is determined by various factors including geographic location, experience, skills, and education.
• Discretionary Bonus Plan: This position is also eligible for participation in the company discretionary bonus plan, based on personal performance and company results.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: In addition to base salary, JPMS offers a competitive benefits package to eligible employees, including medical, dental, vision, life, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company match, paid family leave, education-related programs, paid holidays, discretionary vacation time, and more.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment.