OLAPLEX, a category-defining leader in prestige hair care, continuously seeks talented individuals to join in our mission to transform foundational hair health and deliver great hair days today, tomorrow, and for years to come.
As the original bond builder, we are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates the bonds within our teams. OLAPLEX elevates individuals from all backgrounds with the belief that together we can unlock the full potential of science to extend the health, life, and beauty of hair for all.
About the Role:
OLAPLEX seeks a hands-on Business Solutions Leader to be IT's face to the Supply Chain Operations business functions. This position will report to the Chief Information Officer. You will work with the Chief Information Officer to develop and foster relationships with business leaders and to define aligned strategic plans.
In this role, you foster collaboration among cross-functional stakeholders to define, prioritize, and deliver business capabilities aligned with strategic objectives. The Business Solutions Leader must be a strong business partner, possessing an equal mix of business process acumen, technical competence, and project management skills. This role is expected to excel in identifying, prioritizing, and delivering solutions that drive quantifiable business results in collaboration with internal business leaders, IT colleagues, and external partners.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop a strategic roadmap for business solutions in collaboration with business function leaders, which achieves enterprise objectives
- Collaborate with business function leaders to identify, prioritize, and deliver on business solutions and opportunities aligned with strategic roadmaps that achieve business objectives
- Own identification and agreement on the business scope for business solution projects
- Anticipate future business needs and trends to ensure the organization remains competitive
- Evaluate new technologies, tools, and frameworks to optimize processes and results
- Translate business requirements into technical designs and solutions
- Ensure business solutions are effective, efficient, resilient, secure, and scalable
- Lead development and maintenance of business continuity plans for business function
- Drive intuitive business process experiences
- Communicate IT issues, requirements, and solutions effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Own the successful delivery of approved business solution projects within committed time, cost, and scope parameters
- Communicate regularly with business function leaders to manage expectations appropriately
- Identify and mitigate project risks and issues.
- Negotiate and manage contracts with technology vendors relevant to function
- Ensure technology vendors deliver on their commitments
- Keep abreast of the latest trends and technologies for function
- Seek ways to improve business processes and solutions continuously
- Lead and mentor team and mentor other IT team members
- Provide guidance and direction for ongoing activities, ensuring adequate resources to meet commitments
- Manage performance, conduct evaluations, and foster a positive and productive work environment
- Develop and manage relevant project budgets
- Track and report on spending within the function, ensuring resources are used effectively
About You:
You are a self-starter, strategic thinker, proactive communicator, and problem solver with experience being responsible and accountable for results in a business function role, configuring business application software, such as an ERP system, defining technical requirements, and managing projects.
The right candidate will also be a continuous learner with an awareness of market trends and industry developments to ensure solutions address opportunities today and for the future state of the business.
- Relevant business function role with responsibility for achieving results
- Deep business process knowledge and experience
- Lean / Six Sigma experience or other similar data driven process analysis framework
- Hands-on business software configuration experience
- Project management experience – responsibility for planning, execution, and delivery
- Excellent communication, negotiating, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical designs, e.g. programming/coding specifications
- Ability to translate and communicate technical jargon to non-technical audiences
- Leadership experience – direct or indirect leadership and management of teams, projects, and resources
- Budget/Financial management responsibility
- Effective change champion, ensuring others understand and quickly become self-sufficient in new ways of working
- Action orientation while ensuring stakeholders are informed and aligned
- Coach and mentor
We'd love to have you apply, even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement. What's most important to us is finding authentic and accountable people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes. We are looking for someone who will bring all their expertise, learn, and grow with us.
Our Total Rewards:
The annual base pay for this position is
$180,000 - $225,000 with eligibility for an annual bonus. The actual base pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, years of relevant experience, skill level, functional expertise, certificates or other professional licenses held and geographic location.
- Competitive compensation
- Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules
- Wellness: Company Contribution to Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for Employees and their Families, Company Paid Employee Life Insurance, Optional additional Life Insurance, and Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage Options
- Parental Leave: Up to 18 weeks for birthing-parents and up to 10 weeks for non-birthing new parents
- Financial Well-being: Roth and 401k plans: 100% match up to the first 4% and is immediately vested
- Professional Development Reimbursement Program: Career development is as important to us as we know it is to you!
- Our culture has an "attitude of gratitude" and a shared passion for our brand. Join our Bond Builder DEI committee to play a role celebrating DEI at OLAPLEX
- Products: Twenty (20) free products per year, plus a friends and family discount
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
Our mission is to create a culture that celebrates our bonds by embracing, elevating, and empowering individuals from all backgrounds.
OLAPLEX is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.
