Vice President of Supply Chain and Distribution

Vice President of Supply Chain & Distribution

LOCATION: Northeast Atlanta, GA

TRAVEL: 20%

POSITION SUMMARY:

Our client is seeking a Vice President of Supply Chain and Distribution to lead their strategy, performance, and continuous improvement of their end-to-end supply chain, including planning, purchasing, and inventory management across North America. The right candidate will have experience with and be responsible for developing scalable processes that support multiple brands, facilitate, channels, and growth priorities. Key areas they will own include demand and supply planning, procurement execution, inventory health, material availability, inventory carrying costs, and working capital productivity.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developing and executing the North American supply chain management strategy
• Leading purchasing, planning, and inventory management across multiple brands and facilities
• Creating standard work, clear performance expectations, and consistent operating rhythms
• Improving order fulfillment, forecast discipline, supplier reliability, inventory accuracy, material flow, inventory turns, excess and obsolete inventory, and on-time delivery
• Reducing waste and unnecessary complexity in supply chain processes
• Partnering cross-functionally to align supply plans, purchasing priorities, production needs, inventory targets, and customer demand
• Owning purchasing execution, supplier performance management, and planning processes, including supplier scorecards, escalation management, purchasing controls, material availability, cost improvement support, and supply risk mitigation
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives using Lean management, root cause problem solving, visual management, standard work, and disciplined daily/weekly performance review processes
• Building supply chain capability through organizational design, leadership development, workforce planning, talent assessment, succession planning, and performance management
• Supporting integration of acquired or newly aligned brands into a scalable company supply chain management model
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory, trade, supplier, etc. requirements
• Developing annual operating plans, budgets, productivity initiatives, inventory plans, and business cases related to purchasing, planning, inventory, and supply chain performance

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or related field
• Minimum 12 years progressive experience in supply chain management, purchasing, planning, inventory management, procurement, logistics, or manufacturing operations
• Minimum 5 years experience leading multi-site or enterprise-level Supply Chain teams
• Demonstrated experience improving supplier performance, planning discipline, inventory accuracy, material availability, inventory turns, working capital, service levels, and operational cadence in a complex, multi-brand or multi-channel environment
• Experience with foundational Lean tools including Visual Management, Daily Management, Transactional Process Improvement, Standard Work/Leader Standard Work, Problem Solving, 6S, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, 8 wastes, Gemba walks, etc.
• Strong financial acumen, data orientation, supplier management capability, and executive-level communication skills required
• Industry experience in consumer products a plus

Lean Focus LLC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or protected Veteran status.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

At Lean Focus, we help businesses overcome their biggest challenges by transforming them for the better, and for the long-term. A "who's who" of global leaders in every industry, our clients include some of the world's most respected brands and several members of the Fortune 1000.