The Wella Company is one of the world’s leading professional and retail hair companies. It is a beauty collective with a mission to enable consumers to look & feel like their true self. Its love brands, which include beauty icons such as Wella, Clairol, OPI, and ghd (all together “Wella”), are co-created by & designed for the beauty junkies of today and tomorrow.
Wella company have presence in over 100 countries and an estimated annual net revenue of $2.8Bn. Wella and its brands, are and will remain committed to a range of social causes as well as seeking to minimize its impact on the environment. For additional information about “Wella” please visit
At Wella Procurement you are responsible for bringing the best ideas, talent and capability to support the company’s business needs. You will develop and execute sourcing strategies which deliver best value in terms of innovation, quality, service, cost and cash.
We invest in our relationships: procurement teams develop and manage important external business partner relationships to enable the delivery of the company’s plans and growth objectives.
Working with your Wella colleagues you will represent our business needs toward external business partners and be an active advocate who also flows ideas from our external partners into Wella teams. You will work to enable an agile and effective supply chain for all our goods and services, responsive to the changes in our business.
At Wella we strive to continuously improve the environmental and ethical profile of our supply chains working with our business partners to deliver this in a truly sustainable way.
We operate with discipline. We have a solution mindset. We work to understand and help solve the challenge, one step at a time.
As part of the Global Raw Materials Procurement team, you will work with the Director of Raw Materials procurement on raw materials categories and strategic projects, scouting suppliers to fuel innovation and actively participating in Category and Supplier Relationship Management.
You will drive global market intelligence, supplier identification, negotiations, savings initiatives and longer-term category projects, while progressively taking ownership of defined segments.
Working closely with Global and Regional Procurement, R&D, Operations, Finance and suppliers, you will translate business needs into supplier requirements and sourcing strategies, and drive their execution across markets.
You will help build a cost-efficient, agile and sustainable supply base, leveraging market dynamics and supplier capabilities to deliver savings, innovation and resilience.
This is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in Global Category Management and strategic Procurement, while contributing to key raw materials priorities and projects at Wella.
Wella is committed to continuously improving its ethical and environmental footprint, and you will contribute to this ambition through our external business partnerships.
The Wella Company is an innovative global beauty leader with a robust portfolio of iconic, time-tested brands, including Wella Professionals – the #1 salon color brand globally*, OPI, ghd, Sebastian Professional, Nioxin, Clairol, and Wella / Koleston.
The company’s 6,000+ employees blend science and artistry to innovate, market, and sell a comprehensive range of hair and nail brands, spanning hair color, care, styling, and treatment products, and nail lacquers and care products, as well as heat- and air-assisted hair styling devices. Its 145-year heritage is professional-first, and today the company serves salon owners, hair stylists, nail technicians, and end consumers in over 100 countries.
The company has a performance-based culture, enduring entrepreneurial spirit, and shared desire to positively impact the communities it serves. The company has primary offices in New York City, Geneva, London, and Calabasas, California. The company also has facilities and large employee populations in Germany, Mexico, Thailand, Italy, Poland, Brazil, Japan, India, France, Canada, and Australia, among many others.
*Based on Wella Master Brand USD sales on the 2024 Salon Hair Care Global Series for the hair coloring products category published by Kline
