Procurement Specialist

Overview

Karam

MD Skin is a premium skincare brand rooted in science, innovation, and elevated customer experience. As we continue to scale, we are expanding our operations team to support a fast-growing retail, DTC, and Amazon business. This role is critical in ensuring our supply chain runs smoothly, efficiently, and with excellence.

Location: San Diego, CA

Department: Operations

Reports To: Senior Operations Manager

Type: Full-Time, Individual Contributor

Karam

MD Skin is a premium skincare brand rooted in science, innovation, and elevated customer experience. As we continue to scale, we are expanding our operations team to support a fast-growing retail, DTC, and Amazon business. This role is critical in ensuring our supply chain runs smoothly, efficiently, and with excellence.

We are seeking a Procurement Specialist to own day-to-day procurement execution across our supply chain. This role is heavily focused on purchase order management, vendor coordination, and supply readiness, and will partner closely with the Management to ensure seamless flow of goods from suppliers to fulfillment.

This is an ideal role for someone who is highly detail-oriented, organized, and proactive, with a strong ability to manage multiple vendors and timelines in a fast-paced, growth-stage environment. You will help build and refine procurement processes while maintaining operational rigor and accountability.

• Create, issue, and manage purchase orders for raw materials, components, packaging, and finished goods
• Ensure purchase orders are accurate, complete, and aligned with demand plans and inventory targets
• Track open POs from placement through delivery; proactively identify and resolve risks, delays, or discrepancies
• Maintain procurement trackers, lead times, pricing, and vendor performance metrics

• Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for suppliers and manufacturing partners
• Communicate order timelines, quantities, changes, and confirmations clearly and consistently
• Follow up on production status, ship dates, and documentation requirements
• Escalate supply issues and collaborate with internal stakeholders to drive resolution

• Coordinate inbound shipments with suppliers, carriers, and 3PL partners
• Monitor shipment schedules, delivery windows, and receiving status
• Support inventory accuracy by reconciling POs, receipts, and variances
• Assist with inventory availability tracking for replenishment and new product launches

• Provide regular procurement and supply status updates to operations, demand planning, customer service, and marketing teams
• Support new product launches by coordinating purchase orders, materials readiness, and inbound timing
• Create and maintain SOPs, documentation, and process improvements to support scale

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field preferred
• 3–5 years of experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, logistics, or operations
• Experience in CPG, beauty, skincare, retail, DTC, or ecommerce strongly preferred
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple vendors and timelines simultaneously
• Comfortable working onsite in San Diego with the agility to communicate with remote stakeholders.
• Positive, solution-oriented mindset; proactive approach to identifying issues and improving processes.

• Be part of a premium, fast-growing skincare brand.
• Work closely with senior leadership and influence how our supply chain processes evolve.
• High-impact role with opportunities for growth as the team expands.