Supply Chain Director

POSITION SUMMARY

The Director of Supply Chain leads the supply chain end to end — purchasing, planning, inventory, and warehouse operations — and reports to the President. This leader supports our production facility by turning forecasts and customer orders into plans the plant can execute, and by making the enterprise-level tradeoffs that keep product moving to customers on time.

As a Director, this role leads through other leaders and carries broad responsibility for service, inventory investment, cost, risk, and the strength of the supply chain bench. It requires sound decision-making, disciplined time management, and the independence to keep the organization moving with limited CEO involvement.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

OWN SUPPLY CHAIN RESULTS //TAKE OWNERSHIP WITH INTEGRITY

• Lead and be accountable for all aspects of purchasing, planning, inventory, and warehouse operations to maximize efficiency and minimize company costs.
• Maintain OTF of 95% or greater.
• Manage inventory turns and inventory dollars, understanding the connections among service, capacity, labor, margin, and working capital.
• Oversee the Supply Chain team through its managers and supervisors to ensure work is performed efficiently and accurately, creating accountability without waiting for executive intervention.

CONVERT STRATEGY INTO EXECUTION //CREATE WITH PURPOSE

• Coordinate and develop production schedules on a daily and weekly basis based on forecast and customer orders.
• Form action plans to establish and meet production goals.
• Analyze overall inventory levels and adjust production accordingly.
• Build scalable operating systems, governance, and discipline that support growth across teams, sites, and businesses.

LEAD FOR THE ENTERPRISE //SERVE OTHERS FIRST

• Coordinate with plant management to ensure production schedules are met.
• Coordinate with other departments to ensure raw materials and products are delivered on time.
• Forecast and facilitate stock inventory levels for our brands, and partner with Sales to build and set up stock agreements with high-level customers to ensure OTF.
• Develop managers who independently own outcomes, strengthen the leadership bench, and prepare credible successors.

IMPROVE CONTINUOUSLY //CARRY IT FORWARD

• Examine existing procedures and identify opportunities to streamline activities to meet product distribution needs and improve customer service.
• Direct the movement, storage, and processing of inventory.
• Proactively analyze and optimize inventory procedures.
• Manage inventory auditing and cycle counting.

PROTECT PEOPLE, FOOD SAFETY, AND QUALITY // PROTECT WHAT MATTERS

• Anticipate material supply chain risk, evaluate broader impact, establish preventive controls, and ensure leaders act before harm occurs.
• Maintain and enforce all food safety, employee safety, and quality policies and procedures.
• Comply with GMP, personal hygiene, HACCP, and other quality and employee safety programs.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

HOW SUCCESS IS MEASURED

• OTF of 95% or greater
• Inventory turns and inventory dollars
• Production schedule attainment in partnership with plant management
• Inventory accuracy through auditing and cycle counting
• Supply chain efficiency and cost performance
• Strength of the supply chain leadership bench and succession plan

OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM STANDARD

Every management team member is expected to own measurable results, lead through others, protect the business, and model our values. For this role, the Director Standard applies:

01 OWNS BUSINESS RESULTS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. Owns broader financial and business outcomes. Understands the connections among revenue, margin, labor, capacity, service, working capital, risk, and long-term investment.

TAKE OWNERSHIP WITH INTEGRITY

02 CONVERTS DERVATI STRATEGY INTO EXECUTION. Helps shape strategy and converts it into coordinated operating plans across teams, departments, locations, or businesses.

CREATE WITH PURPOSE

03 WORKS FOR THE ENTERPRISE — NOT ONLY A FUNCTION. Makes enterprise-level tradeoffs, aligns functions around what is best for company, and resolves competing priorities across organizational boundaries.

04 ANTICIPATES RISK AND PROTECTS THE BUSINESS. Anticipates material enterprise risk, evaluates broader impact, establishes preventive controls, and ensures leaders act before harm occurs.

PROTECT WHAT MATTERS

05 MAKES SOUND DECISIONS WITH APPROPRIATE INDEPENDENCE. Makes significant decisions with incomplete information, balances opportunity and risk, communicates rationale, and keeps the organization moving with limited CEO involvement.

CARRY IT FORWARD

06 BUILDS PEOPLE, LEADERSHIP DEPTH, AND SUCCESSION. Develops managers who independently own outcomes, strengthens the leadership bench, addresses organizational gaps, and prepares credible successors.

07 HOLDS PEOPLE AND LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE. Creates accountability across multiple teams and ensures managers handle performance issues without waiting for executive intervention.

TAKE OWNERSHIP WITH INTEGRITY

08 LEADS ACROSS FUNCTIONS AND COMMUNICATES EFFECTIVELY. Communicates at an executive level with concise facts, implications, options, recommendations, and clear asks. Builds alignment among senior stakeholders.

CARRY IT FORWARD

09 BUILDS DURABLE SYSTEMS — NOT PERSONAL DEPENDENCE. Builds scalable operating systems, governance, leadership capability, and organizational discipline that support growth across teams, sites, and businesses.

CREATE WITH PURPOSE — BUILD IT RIGHT. MAKE IT LAST.

10 MODELS DERVATI'S VALUES UNDER PRESSURE. Sets the leadership example for the broader organization and protects Company's mission and values when short-term pressures conflict with long-term enterprise interests.

TAKE OWNERSHIP WITH INTEGRITY

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• 5 years' minimum work experience in an equivalent role in a production environment
• Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Business, or a related field
• Availability to work off hours if a business need arises
• Strong computer skills, especially Excel
• Analytical mindset with an aptitude for problem-solving and troubleshooting
• Sound decision-making and time management, including decisions made with incomplete information
• Communicates effectively at an executive level and across cross-functional teams
• Well organized, with the ability to prioritize projects and adapt to changing deadlines
• Brings solutions to many challenges within a dynamic, fast-paced environment