Senior Ingredient Sourcing Manager
Fully remote | International travel up to 25%
The opportunity
Morgan Mace is partnering with a profitable, founder owned beauty and wellness brand growing across Amazon and direct to consumer channels.
Help shape the ingredients behind its next skincare and supplement products. You’ll build a global supplier network, discover emerging materials and secure ingredients that give the business a competitive advantage, working closely with a small senior Product and R&D team.
What you’d do
Find and develop international ingredient suppliers, building direct relationships with manufacturers, growers and specialist processors.
Assess emerging ingredients and research, recommending promising materials to Product and R&D.
Own supplier qualification, ingredient specifications, laboratory testing and ingredient acceptance or release under the quality system.
Investigate quality concerns and failed lots, protecting traceability, freshness and consistency.
Negotiate commercial terms, explore exclusivity and co-development, and manage ingredient purchasing and supply continuity.
Who we’re looking for A hands-on ingredient sourcing professional who combines technical judgement with strong supplier relationships and commercial skills. You’re curious about new ingredients, comfortable building a supplier network and confident making quality decisions under commercial pressure.
Required experience
Direct ingredient sourcing in beauty, supplements or related consumer health products.
Finding and developing international suppliers beyond an existing approved vendor list.
Hands-on responsibility for ingredient specifications, laboratory testing, results review and acceptance or release decisions.
Ability to assess technical information and ingredient evidence, involving specialists where needed.
Commercial negotiation and procurement experience, with clear documentation and reliable follow-through.
Ability to travel up to 25%, including internationally.
Preferred experience
Experience across both topical skincare ingredients and ingestible supplements.
Work with botanical or marine ingredients, specialty extracts or fermentation derived actives.
Exclusive supplier agreements, co-development or building supplier quality and testing systems.
Relevant scientific training or equivalent applied technical experience.
Apply
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DEI
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