HireHawk is looking for an Inventory Manager to own the inventory function end-to-end for a growing beauty business. This role is highly cross-functional and will be responsible for maintaining inventory health, ensuring product specs remain accurate, managing shelf life, and strengthening factory partnerships.
What You'll Do
- Own inventory management across all SKUs and manufacturing partners.
- Track and maintain inventory levels, months on hand, shelf life/expiration/batch risk, and product specs tied to current inventory.
- Build and maintain factory/vendor scorecards, including COGS competitiveness, payment terms, quality consistency, timeline reliability, and communication/partnership health.
- Manage and document factory agreements and operational terms.
- Identify inventory risks early (aging stock, expiring units, overproduction, slow movers).
- Partner with Ops and Demand Planning to align replenishment decisions.
- Improve SOPs for inventory tracking, documentation, and reporting.
- Provide leadership-level reporting on inventory health and vendor performance.
What We're Looking For
- 4+ years in Inventory Management, Supply Chain, Operations, or Vendor Management.
- Experience in beauty, skincare, cosmetics, or consumer packaged goods.
- Proven ability to manage external factory relationships and performance.
- Strong understanding of shelf life management, vendor terms, inventory health metrics, and production/replenishment cycles.
- Advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and systems-minded.
- Experience with international manufacturing partners (particularly China and Korea).
- Experience building vendor scorecards from scratch.
- Familiarity with ERP/inventory platforms (NetSuite, Cin7, TradeGecko, etc.).
Technical Stack
- Excel
- Google Sheets
- ERP/inventory platforms (NetSuite, Cin7, TradeGecko, etc.)
Team & Environment
This is a highly cross-functional role, partnering with Ops and Demand Planning.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $1500 - $2000 USD
Work Mode
This is a global remote position.
HireHawk is an equal opportunity employer.
