Who We Are : At Huda Beauty, our Vision is to lead in creating a democratized beauty industry where power is given back to people to define, create, and enjoy beauty for themselves! Launched by award-winning beauty powerhouse Huda Kattan in 2013, Huda Beauty is one of the world’s fastest growing beauty brands. As a company, we are fueled by purpose and not profit; this allows us to approach things differently so that we can create products, content, and a community like no other. A lot has changed since our launch in 2013, but something that will forever remain at the core of Huda Beauty is our focus on business excellence and our unwavering passion for kindness!
Summary : The Senior Finance & Supply Chain Manager is responsible for building, stress-testing, and maintaining financial business models for the APAC market in close partnership with the General Manager – APAC. The role has responsibility for consolidating the regional sales, investment, and overheads into country / regional P&Ls to give transparency and protect a profitable business model across the markets. The role is critical to safeguarding financial health, identifying reinvestment opportunities, and mitigating risks related to currency fluctuations and stock management. This dynamic position will also oversee our demand forecasting and maintain relationships with our 3PLs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop the APAC Finance and Supply Chain teams, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment with global strategies.
- Act as a strategic advisor to global Finance, contributing to long-term financial planning, scenario modeling, and business case development.
- Own the 3–5 year financial plan for APAC, ensuring commercial viability and profitability.
- Present financial insights to senior leadership, including P&Ls, budget performance, risks / opportunities, and currency impact.
- Ensure accuracy and integrity of financial reporting for internal stakeholders.
- Monitor retail and wholesale sales forecasts and investment plans by channel and geography.
- Track and manage A&P (Advertising & Promotion) budgets for distributor partners, ensuring expenses fall within agreed-upon categories and are aligned with commercial objectives and ROI expectations.
- Oversee pricing strategy and margin analysis in collaboration with global teams.
- Oversee regional demand planning, ensuring accurate, timely forecasts that balance sales targets with inventory availability.
- Align financial forecasts with unit sales and inventory plans through active participation in the S&OP process.
- Track inventory value and obsolescence risk, ensuring E&O remains within budget.
- Partner with Operations to forecast, monitor, and optimize logistics budgets, including 3PL fulfillment and distribution costs.
- Monitor and control fixed overheads related to warehousing, transportation, and inventory holding.
- Drive continuous improvement, efficiency, and scalability across the regional supply chain.
- Ensure financial compliance and internal controls across all business operations.
- Refine and optimize financial and supply chain systems and processes to support growth and complexity.
- Promote best practices that enhance operational efficiency and profitability.
- Support external negotiations with retailers (e.g., Sephora) alongside the General Manager, providing financial and supply chain insights to protect business interests.
Requirements
8+ years of finance management experience, ideally in a start-up to scale-up organizationBachelor’s degree in Finance / Accounting / Supply Chain Management or other relevant fieldProven experience negotiating and managing relationships with multiple external stakeholders, including retailers, distributors, and 3PL partners.Flexibility, resilience, and comfort navigating ambiguity, the tempo at Huda Beauty is fast and can pivot quickly, ability to thrive and lead a team in this environment.Proven success as a kind and empathetic leader and coach / mentor with success in hiring and fostering growth of their team; ability to successfully motivate and challenge a team of talented and creative people at all levels of the organization.Ability to roll up their sleeves and get things done, but also be a strategic leader with the ability to build frameworks, and communicate this effectively to company leadership, the organization, the Board, and the global market.High levels of intellectual horsepower combined with empathy and emotional intelligence, the ability to listen to and learn from their team.Benefits
Monthly “Self Love Days” – at company discretionPremium Medical / Dental / Vision coverage for employee plus dependentsMonthly coaching sessions with our in-house Success CoachEmployee discounts on all Huda Beauty productsQuarterly product giftingHuda Beauty is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams and upholding an equal employment workplace that is free from discrimination. We hire stellar individuals regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical conditions, disability, or veteran status. If you need reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.