Senior Project Manager, Supply Chain Optimization

About Maesa
Maesa is the world's largest independent beauty company, housing numerous, fast growing "it" brands within all categories of beauty. We are a high growth global company in the middle of the transition from founder lead to private equity owned. With an incubation flywheel ideating on new global brand launches, Maesa pushes creative and technical boundaries to deliver exceptional performance and establish global staying power. Maesa has a keen focus on marketing and white space analysis, which guides its thinking on marketing existing brands as well as development of new brands through its extremely unique structure. We are vertically integrated globally with in-house marketing, branding, product development/formulation, packaging design/engineering and regulatory. With a focus on modernity and sustainability, we design innovative solutions and make proactive choices to achieve environmental neutrality and consumer wellness. Maesa has mastered "commercializing creativity," making itself a leader in the fundamental revolutionary change in the beauty industry. Headquartered in New York and Paris, with additional offices in Los Angeles, Vienna, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Dongguan, Maesa employs about 400 team members worldwide.
Job Summary
Maesa is currently seeking a senior-level Project Manager to lead execution of key change management projects across our supply chain (reformulations of existing products and/or movements of existing items between suppliers). The successful candidate will be a strategist, organizer, timeline-owner, facilitator, and collaborator, capable of building strong relationships and managing workflow amongst all cross-functional team members and external partners.
Pay Range:. $100,000/yr - $130,000/yr Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Primary Responsibilities

• Create detailed project timelines and oversee timely execution of change initiatives
• Validate accuracy of code and BOM updates in the system
• Foster a positive and collaborative team environment
• Orchestrate smooth transitions for product changes by working closely with packaging and supply planning to determine the correct time to activate/deactivate BOMs, transfer component inventory between suppliers, and ensure that vendors receive clear instructions from our planning team regarding which materials to use on any given job
• Own the critical flow of communication between cross-functional team members on each project, including leading weekly project status meetings, creating agendas and recaps for those meetings, maintaining awareness of upcoming deadlines, sharing updates in project scope, and clearly communicating issues, action items, owners, and next steps on a regular basis
• Hold internal teams accountable for meeting project milestones and escalate risks when necessary
• Work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to validate timeline assumptions and adjust them as the project parameters evolve
• Actively work in partnership with cross-functional team members and external stakeholders to find solutions to any obstacles to project completion
• Maintain tracker of all product changes in process across the organization, track KPIs, and lead regular reviews of project activity with leadership to give visibility and drive decision-making

Qualifications And Requirements

• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to be clear and concise
• Attention to detail
• Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent
• Knowledge of supply chain, BOMs, and MRP systems
• Experience in Cosmetics Industry mandatory
• Flexibility and willingness to learn quickly and take on additional responsibilities when needed
• 5+ years of experience in project management
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders - will work across multiple regions, functions and with various levels including senior leadership
• Ability to analyze data to drive insights and decisions. Advanced Microsoft Excel experience required
• Solutions-oriented and results-driven
• Capable of managing multiple large-scale projects simultaneously, escalating issues/roadblocks, driving resolution, and prioritizing deadlines within internal & external teams