Role: Director of Supply Chain
Location: Remote
Reports To: CFO
Role Overview
This role demands a hands-on leader who can build scalable processes while executing in the day-to-day. We're looking for someone who's strategic, commercially minded, detail-oriented, and committed to excellence. The Director of Supply Chain will own Procurement, Co-Manufacturing management, Co-Man Procurement, Inventory Management, and Commercialization, ensuring we have the right product, at the right cost, in the right place. With a celebrity founder and a high-profile brand, this role carries significant visibility, and requires someone who stays composed, moves quickly, and delivers in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead strategic sourcing and procurement of ingredients, packaging, and contract manufacturing services; negotiate pricing, terms, and supply agreements to meet cost, quality, and continuity targets.
• Build and manage the supplier base, including supplier qualification, performance scorecards, and dual-sourcing strategies for critical inputs.
• Own the strategic and day-to-day management of co-manufacturing partners, including capacity planning, production scheduling, schedule adherence, yield, and quality performance.
• Lead co-manufacturer contract negotiations, conversion/tolling cost reviews, and quarterly business reviews.
• Manage co-man procurement of raw materials and packaging across buy-sell, consigned, and turnkey models, ensuring materials are available to support production while minimizing excess and obsolescence.
• Oversee component MRP, PO placement, and material reconciliations with co-manufacturers, including scrap, yield, and inventory true-ups.
• Own inventory strategy for finished goods, raw materials, and packaging across co-manufacturers and 3PLs; set and maintain safety stock, reorder points, and days-of-supply targets.
• Drive reduction of excess and obsolete inventory, manage shelf life and code dates, and ensure inventory accuracy through cycle counts and reconciliations.
• Oversee Demand and Supply planning software (Confido) and its development to better automate and optimize forecasting accuracy.
• Oversee commercialization of new items and renovations from development handoff through first production, partnering with Sales, R&D, Quality, and Marketing to manage launch timelines, stage-gate milestones, line trials, and first production runs at co-manufacturers.
• Ensure supply readiness for launches, including ingredient and packaging sourcing, item and BOM setup, initial inventory builds, and coordinated SKU phase-in/phase-out to protect launch dates and minimize obsolescence.
• Translate the Demand Plan into an executable Supply Plan and provide supply content for monthly S&OP meetings, identifying risks and opportunities and proposing mitigation actions.
• Ensure accurate item, BOM, vendor, and inventory data in NetSuite, and drive continuous improvement in supply chain systems and processes.
• Build dashboards to monitor and report on key performance indicators, such as fill rate/OTIF, inventory turns, days on hand, PPV, and cost per case.
• Partner with Finance on average costs, COGS, budgeting, and cost-savings initiatives.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team, and nurture trusted relationships with cross-functional partners in sales, marketing, finance, and operations.
Qualifications
• 8-10 years' experience in supply chain leadership at a similar emerging or high-growth CPG brand
• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business Administration, or a related discipline
• Proven experience managing co-manufacturers and procuring ingredients and packaging within a co-man model
• Experience within Fast-Moving Consumer Goods industry (FMCG), with sweet and salty snack experience required
• NetSuite experience preferred
• Strong working knowledge of inventory management, MRP, and supply planning
• Advanced knowledge of Excel; experience with Power BI, Power Query, or similar tools a plus
• Strong negotiation skills with a track record of delivering cost savings
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment with a celebrity founder; able to exercise discretion and maintain composure under pressure
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to effectively convey complex information to diverse audiences, including senior leadership
• Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and data integrity
