Head - Procurement/Sourcing

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end sourcing strategy across hair care, skin care, personal care and beauty categories.
• Build a strong and scalable supplier/manufacturer ecosystem across India.
• Identify, evaluate and onboard new manufacturing partners aligned to Purplle's growth plans.
• Develop sourcing capabilities that enable speed, innovation, cost competitiveness and quality.
• Drive strategic negotiations with manufacturers and suppliers across pricing, capacity, MOQ, lead times and commercial terms.
• Develop a deep understanding of the ecosystem, including manufacturers, formulations, capabilities and market trends.
• Partner closely with category, product, finance and business teams to translate category requirements into sourcing strategies.
• Build alternate supplier networks and improve supply resilience.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimisation, product innovation and faster time-to-market.

What We Are Looking For:

The ideal candidate is not just a process manager. We are looking for someone who can act as the founding team member for sourcing and build the function for the next phase of Purplle's growth.

You should be:

• Entrepreneurial - comfortable building from scratch and operating with limited playbooks.
• Hands-on - willing to get into supplier, factory and sourcing-level details when required.
• Strategic + execution-oriented - capable of moving seamlessly between long-term strategy and day-to-day problem solving.
• AI-native and technology-oriented - actively looking at how AI, data and automation can transform sourcing and decision-making.
• Commercially sharp - strong understanding of cost, margins, negotiations and supplier economics.
• High ownership - comfortable taking end-to-end accountability for outcomes.
• Influential - capable of working directly with the CBO, founder and senior stakeholders.