Director of Supply Chain

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director of Supply Chain based in the United States.

• Own and continuously evolve the end-to-end supply chain strategy across sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, and distribution, ensuring the infrastructure can support rapid domestic and international growth.
• Develop manufacturing and supplier network strategies, including sourcing decisions, dual-sourcing opportunities, manufacturing footprint, and make-versus-buy analysis.
• Identify and mitigate supply risks and single points of failure across manufacturers, suppliers, raw materials, components, and packaging.
• Lead consensus demand planning and supply planning across DTC, Amazon FBA/FBM, retail, wholesale, and international channels, translating commercial forecasts into SKU-level production, procurement, inventory, and capacity requirements.
• Lead the S&OP process and create strong alignment across Sales, E-Commerce, Marketing, Product, Finance, and Operations.
• Establish procurement governance and oversee purchase orders, supplier commitments, production schedules, costs, delivery dates, payment status, and variance management.
• Lead contract manufacturer and supplier selection, onboarding, negotiations, relationship management, performance reviews, scorecards, and QBRs.
• Negotiate pricing, lead times, MOQs, payment terms, capacity reservations, and other commercial conditions while maintaining quality and service standards.
• Own inventory strategy across SKUs, channels, and locations, including safety stock, inventory turns, days/weeks of cover, aged inventory, excess inventory, and obsolescence prevention.
• Partner with Finance to improve inventory accuracy, working-capital management, product-cost visibility, and overall supply-chain financial performance.
• Drive continuous COGS optimization across manufacturing, materials, packaging, freight, and other upstream costs without compromising quality or customer experience.
• Ensure supply-chain readiness for major retail partners, including forecasts, replenishment, inventory availability, OTIF, fill rates, routing, case-pack, labeling, and compliance requirements.
• Lead supply-chain readiness for new product launches by securing materials, packaging, production capacity, finished goods, and replenishment plans against critical launch milestones.
• Develop supply-chain strategies for international expansion, including regional inventory, replenishment, lead-time, freight, capacity, packaging, labeling, and compliance considerations.
• Own supply-chain master-data integrity across SKU, vendor, BOM, MOQ, lead-time, cost, supplier, and inventory information, while supporting ERP implementation and optimization.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing supply-chain organization, establishing clear responsibilities, decision rights, KPIs, accountability, succession planning, and cross-training.
• Lead monthly supply-chain business reviews and recurring vendor QBRs, providing executive-level visibility into inventory, production, capacity, working capital, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Act as a strategic partner to executive leadership, escalating material risks early and presenting clear business impacts, options, recommendations, and required decisions.

• 8–12+ years of progressive supply-chain experience, including meaningful leadership responsibility within a fast-growth CPG or consumer-products organization.
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling supply-chain infrastructure in rapidly growing businesses.
• Deep hands-on expertise across demand planning, supply planning, procurement, contract manufacturing, inventory management, and supplier management.
• Proven experience supporting omnichannel businesses spanning DTC, retail, wholesale, and Amazon FBA/FBM.
• Strong understanding of major retail supply-chain requirements, replenishment, OTIF performance, and inventory planning.
• Significant contract-manufacturing, supplier-management, and commercial negotiation experience.
• Experience managing both domestic and international supply chains and preparing organizations for market expansion.
• Strong financial acumen, including understanding of COGS, inventory investment, margins, cash requirements, and working-capital implications.
• Experience working with ERP and planning systems, with a strong focus on data integrity, planning discipline, and scalable processes.
• Strong strategic and analytical capabilities combined with a hands-on, execution-oriented approach.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to build teams, establish operating rhythms, and create accountability in high-growth environments.
• Experience in beauty, haircare, personal care, or related industries is a plus.