Head, Project Management Office

Elfbeauty
Shanghai, China
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have 6–8 years of cross-functional supply chain project management experience in the consumer goods industry.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 6–8 years of cross-functional supply chain project management in consumer goods or FMCG
    — “6–8 years of experience in project management and supply chain operations within the consumer goods, retail or FMCG industry
  • Individuals who have led contingency planning and scenario analysis for operational risks
    — “Proven practical ability to develop business contingency plans and conduct scenario and stress testing analysis.
  • Professionals with experience in creating standardized project governance and document management protocols
    — “Establish and maintain the project governance framework, standardized tools, and functional-level document management protocols.

Things to consider

  • The role requires a hybrid work arrangement with 3 days in-office per week in Shanghai
    — “hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in developing and testing business contingency plans with measurable outcomes
    — “Develop, maintain and test comprehensive business contingency plans covering key operational risk scenarios.
  • Demonstrate your ability to integrate multi-source data for supply chain analytics
    — “Integrate multi-source data across raw material supply, manufacturing, cost control, capacity and delivery
  • Showcase your executive-level communication and data storytelling capabilities in prior roles
    — “Executive-level communication and data storytelling
  • Emphasize your hands-on leadership in cross-functional supply chain projects
    — “Hands-on experience in leading cross-functional supply chain projects
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful project delivery
  • development of comprehensive business contingency plans
  • supply chain insights and analytics
Typical background
supply chain managementproject managementoperations management

Skills & requirements

Required

Project ManagementCross-functional CoordinationSupply Chain ManagementRisk ManagementData Analysis

Preferred

Supply Chain InsightsContingency Planning

Stack & domain

Supply Chain ManagementProject Management

About the role

Original posting from Elfbeauty via Lever

About the Company

e.l.f. Beauty's purpose is to make the world a better place for every eye, lip, and face. 

Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, e.l.f. Hair, Well People, Naturium and rhode.

In our Fiscal year 26, we had net sales of $1.6 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 7 consecutive years of net sales growth. This consistent, category-leading growth is a testament to the strength of our team, strategy, and portfolio of brands. 

Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last seven fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry. 

Visit our Career Page to learn more about our team: https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us

Purpose of Job:

This role drives cross-functional project delivery, provides data-backed supply chain insights, and develops contingency plans to uphold supply chain continuity and agility. As the central cross-functional coordinator, this role aligns resources, delivers practical solutions, builds a proactive risk management system, and fuels sustainable, high-value business growth.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Project management and cross-functional coordination

  • Establish and maintain the project governance framework, standardized tools, and functional-level document management protocols. 
  • Own end-to-end planning, execution and closure of cross-functional projects; develop project charters, timelines, milestones and responsibility assignment matrices.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams to drive consistent, aligned delivery.

Business contingency planning

  • Develop, maintain and test comprehensive business contingency plans covering key operational risk scenarios.
  • Conduct scenario analysis and stress testing to validate plan effectiveness; coordinate cross-functional tabletop exercises to ensure all emergency protocols are fully documented and readily accessible.
  • Monitor early warning indicators and activate emergency response procedures when pre-defined thresholds are triggered.

Supply chain insights and analytics

  • Focus on unlocking value across the end-to-end supply chain in alignment with the company’s supply chain model. Integrate multi-source data across raw material supply, manufacturing, cost control, capacity and delivery, to build and iterate the supply-side commercial insight metric framework and monitoring dashboards.
  • Deliver comprehensive insight reports, actionable implementation plans and strategic recommendations.

Education/Knowledge/Experience:

Basic Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or above in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management or related fields
  • 6–8 years of experience in project management and supply chain operations within the consumer goods, retail or FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) industry
  • Proven practical ability to develop business contingency plans and conduct scenario and stress testing analysis.

Competencies:

  • Structured problem-solving and analytical thinking
  • Cross-functional influence and collaboration
  • Executive-level communication and data storytelling
  • Proactive risk mindset.

Knowledge Requirements:

  • Hands-on experience in leading cross-functional supply chain projects, with in-depth understanding and practical expertise in project management. PMP or equivalent certification is preferred
  • Knowledge of Business Continuity Management (BCM) standards and frameworks

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors’ discretion.

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Source: Elfbeauty careers (Lever)

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