Interim Product, Sourcing & Supply Chain Consultant

We have partnered with our client in their search for an Interim Product, Sourcing, & Supply Chain Consultant to lead a hands‑on transformation for an entrepreneurial automotive products distributor. This leader will combine product strategy and development, strategic sourcing, supply chain execution, inventory planning, and commercial analysis.
This role is hybrid, with some onsite as needed in Sarasota, FL (client will pay for travel).
This is an execution‑led assignment, not an assessment‑only advisory engagement. The successful consultant will diagnose root causes, implement practical improvements alongside the existing team, and establish repeatable operating disciplines that support product availability, profitability, and responsible working‑capital management without adding unnecessary overhead.

• Define distinct strategies for replica and aftermarket product categories, including what to develop, when to develop it, and the commercial rationale.
• Use market demand, vehicle fitment, wheel sizes and finishes, competitor offerings, and commercial potential to prioritize the portfolio and establish a continuous development pipeline.
• Translate product priorities into actionable briefs, design and development stage gates, launch‑readiness criteria, and lifecycle decisions.
• Expand and diversify product design capacity while coordinating product, wholesale sales, and marketing activities to support repeatable, commercially relevant launches.
• Strengthen international supplier selection, due diligence, contracting, and accountability across quality, cost, delivery, and financial stability.
• Validate supplier ownership structures and intermediary or manufacturer relationships.
• Partner with finance and appropriate legal resources to evaluate prepayment exposure, contractual protections, sourcing diversification, and tariff implications.
• Implement supplier scorecards, recovery plans, and escalation routines.
• Improve visibility into production milestones, development timelines, lead‑time assumptions, and incoming inventory.
• Address immediate supply‑continuity risks while building sustainable supplier‑management processes.
• Establish practical demand forecasting, production planning, minimum and maximum inventory levels, safety‑stock logic, and replenishment routines.
• Balance service levels, inventory turnover, product profitability, cash availability, credit capacity, and storage constraints.
• Connect inbound supply decisions with accounting and operational planning.
• Develop a product‑level profitability view that links retail and wholesale pricing, purchase and landed costs, competitive positioning, and product margins.
• Recommend transparent, data‑supported tradeoffs rather than pursuing volume growth or inventory accumulation alone.
• Clarify functional responsibilities, decision rights, process ownership, and cross‑functional communication.
• Assess process and role capacity without evaluating individual employee performance.
• Coach the team in the adoption of SOPs, KPIs, escalation paths, and issue‑closure routines.
• Evaluate existing resources and operating capacity before recommending additional headcount or overhead.

The initial scope will be prioritized with the assignment sponsor following access to relevant data and completion of a baseline review. Expected deliverables include:

• A validated diagnostic and prioritized execution roadmap, including immediate supply and prepayment risk controls, accountable owners, dependencies, and practical resource requirements.
• A prioritized product pipeline supported by market and vehicle‑fitment analysis.
• A documented product‑development stage‑gate and launch process.
• A plan…