Head of Supply Chain

Head Of Supply Chain

At UNRL, we're redefining what performance wear means. We create premium apparel that blurs the line between work, sport, and everyday life built for those who demand more. Our team is driven by innovation, craftsmanship, and authenticity. We're looking for people who share our belief that people matter, effort counts, success is found in sweating details, and culture drives excellence. Join us and help build a brand that empowers people to look good, feel confident, and perform their best every day.

The UNRL team consists of a small, tight-knit group of hardworking people with an entrepreneurial mindset. We are building a brand that will stand the test of time and continue to make a positive impact in our communities.

The Head of Supply Chain is responsible for leading UNRL's end-to-end global supply chain, ensuring products are sourced, produced, and delivered efficiently while achieving exceptional quality, service, and profitability. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this leader oversees sourcing, production, factory management, quality, logistics, fulfillment, and third-party logistics (3PL) operations. The Head of Supply Chain partners closely with Inventory Planning, Product, Finance, Sales, and Marketing teams to balance demand, supply, inventory investment, and customer service.

This role is responsible for building the scalable supply chain, strategic partnerships, and operating systems that support UNRL's continued growth and create a sustainable competitive advantage.

UNRL is building a premium performance brand with ambitious growth plans. This is an opportunity to build and scale a global supply chain that becomes a competitive advantage for the business while leading a high-performing operations team in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Responsibilities include leading UNRL's end-to-end supply chain, developing and executing the company's supply chain strategy, developing strategic supplier, factory, and logistics partnerships, owning production execution and commercialization timelines, driving operational and financial performance, establishing and maintaining quality standards, partnering cross-functionally, building, coaching, and developing a high-performing supply chain organization, establishing performance metrics and governance, and serving as the organizational owner of supply chain performance.

Success in this role means building a reliable, scalable supply chain that consistently delivers the right product, at the right quality, at the right time, and at the right cost. A successful leader will build trusted supplier, factory, and logistics partnerships, deliver reliable product availability, operational excellence, and successful product launches, improve cost, quality, speed, service, and inventory productivity while supporting profitable growth, develop scalable supply chain processes, systems, and operating disciplines, build a high-performing, accountable team that drives continuous improvement, and establish performance metrics and governance using KPIs, scorecards, and business reviews to improve visibility, accountability, and decision-making.

Requirements include 5+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, sourcing, production, logistics, or operations within an apparel, consumer products, or related industry, 3+ years of leadership experience building, developing, and leading high-performing supply chain or operations teams, demonstrated success managing global sourcing, factory relationships, supplier performance, and outsourced manufacturing operations, experience managing third-party logistics (3PL) providers, transportation partners, and global supply networks, proven ability to build scalable supply chain processes and improve operational performance in a high-growth environment, experience leading cross-functional initiatives and partnering effectively with Product, Merchandise Planning, Finance, Sales, and Commercial Operations, and demonstrated success driving operational improvements in cost, quality, service, and supplier performance.

Technical expertise includes a deep understanding of global sourcing, supplier management, factory operations, production planning, quality assurance, logistics, fulfillment, and third-party logistics (3PL) management, strong financial acumen with experience managing landed cost, freight, supplier costing, operational budgets, and supply chain cost optimization, advanced analytical skills with the ability to translate operational data into actionable business recommendations and drive continuous improvement, experience with ERP, supply chain planning, warehouse management, transportation management, and business intelligence systems, advanced Excel skills and experience developing dashboards, KPIs, supplier scorecards, and executive reporting.

Preferred qualifications include experience supporting a high-growth omnichannel apparel, footwear, or consumer products brand, experience leading supply chain transformation, organizational scaling, or systems implementation initiatives, experience managing global sourcing partners across multiple countries and regions, familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies, and a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or a related field. MBA, APICS (CSCP/CPIM), Lean, or Six Sigma certification preferred.

Our leadership principles include strategic thinking with strong operational execution, ownership, accountability, and sound business judgment, exceptional communication and cross-functional collaboration, data-driven decision-making and financial acumen, continuous improvement and a strong problem-solving mindset, ability to build trusted supplier and external partner relationships, talent development and team leadership, adaptability and resilience in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, annual performance bonus, 401(k) profit sharing retirement plan, PTO, and employee discount on UNRL product.