Sr. Director, Supply Quality and Warehouse and Distribution QualityThe Sr. Director, Supply Quality and Warehouse and Distribution Quality is responsible for leading a comprehensive supply quality, warehouse quality, and distribution quality program across ingredients, packaging, suppliers, warehouses, distributors, and external partners. This role partners closely with Quality, Procurement, Supply Chain, R&D, Regulatory, Legal, plant operations, warehouse and distribution teams, suppliers, brokers, distributors, customers, and third parties to drive quality, compliance, supply continuity, and execution excellence. The director establishes and executes strategy, strengthens governance and systems, leverages data and digital tools to proactively manage risk, serves as a key customer interface, and owns critical customer quality relationships to build trust, resolve issues, and deliver on customer, consumer, brand, and business expectations.
What you will do...- Strategic Leadership: Define, communicate, and execute the supply quality and warehouse and distribution quality strategy, roadmap, objectives, and programs across the supply network. Lead with a systems-thinking approach to prioritize risk, align resources, and drive measurable results.
- Category and Network Oversight: Provide leadership across ingredient, packaging, supplier, warehouse, and distributor categories, applying deep quality expertise to materials, storage, handling, processes, and network performance.
- Standards and Systems Management: Establish, interpret, communicate, and strengthen policies, standards, procedures, specifications, verification, and validation processes to ensure consistent execution of warehouse, distribution, regulatory, and quality expectations.
- Risk and Compliance Leadership: Identify, assess, and mitigate quality, regulatory, operational, and reputational risks across the supply base, warehouse network, and distribution network. Oversee risk assessments, ratings, audits, compliance, nonconformances, and business continuity actions.
- Audit and Verification Oversight: Lead audit strategy and governance, including planning, auditor capability development, execution oversight, corrective action follow-up, and continuous improvement of supplier, warehouse, and distributor verification programs.
- Performance Management and Analytics: Lead the use of metrics, data analytics, digital tools, and AI-enabled insights to monitor supplier, warehouse, and distributor performance, identify trends, accelerate decision-making, and improve accountability, transparency, and consistency.
- Supplier, Warehouse, and Distributor Performance: Oversee relationship management, improvement initiatives, contract and performance reviews, and resource deployment to improve quality, compliance, and service outcomes across the network.
- Regulatory and Industry Leadership: Apply deep knowledge of applicable regulations and industry expectations to guide program design, ensure compliance, and influence best-in-class execution across the supply, warehouse, and distribution network.
- Customer Interface and Relationship Ownership: Serve as a key customer interface for quality-related matters and own strategic customer relationships. Build credibility and trust, lead quality discussions, respond to customer concerns, align on expectations, and drive effective resolution of quality, compliance, and service issues.
- Cross-Functional and Enterprise Collaboration: Partner across supply chain, quality, regulatory, legal, R&D, operations, and external stakeholders to align priorities, influence change, and deliver integrated solutions that protect the business and strengthen performance.
- People and Resource Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop talent while overseeing internal, supplier, and third-party resources. Build a high-performing team environment focused on accountability, capability building, and continuous improvement.
- Benchmarking and Continuous Improvement: Benchmark internal and external best practices, incorporate learnings into systems and processes, and drive future-ready capabilities across supply quality and warehouse and distribution quality.
Who you will work with...Collaborate closely with Quality, Procurement, Supply Chain, R&D, Legal, Regulatory, plant operations, warehouse and distribution teams, suppliers, distributors, brokers, customers, and third-party partners.
What you bring to the table... (Must Have)- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in a relevant field preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive quality, supply quality, warehouse quality, or distribution quality management experience in food manufacturing, consumer products, logistics, or a related industry.
- Demonstrated leadership in supplier quality, warehouse and distribution quality systems, regulatory compliance, and cross-functional program management.
- Strong capability in risk assessment, strategic planning, stakeholder influence, data-driven decision-making, and leading through complexity.
- Experience leading teams, developing talent, and managing external partners and third-party resources.
- Ability to travel up to 50% depending on business, audit, and project needs.
It would be great to have... (Nice to Have)- Experience in supplier quality, warehouse quality, distribution quality, manufacturing operations, or managing complex supply networks in a CPG, food, or logistics environment.
- Certifications such as ASQ, HACCP, PCQI, GFSI, auditing, Six Sigma, Lean, or project management.
- Strong knowledge of quality systems, supplier management, audit programs, warehouse and distribution practices, and applicable FDA, USDA, CFIA, and related regulatory requirements.
- Experience leveraging systems, analytics, and digital tools to strengthen visibility, compliance, and performance management.
Compensation and Benefits:The target base salary range for this full-time, salaried position is between
$203,000-$279,200
Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. Total pay may include other forms of compensation. In addition, we offer competitive health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package.
