VP, Supply Chain

Department: Supply Chain

Reports To: CEO

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Garland, TX (Hybrid)

The VP, Supply Chain provides strategic leadership and drives continuous improvement in operational performance to support the company's continued aggressive growth trajectory and create a competitive advantage within the various competing market segments. This position is not a manufacturing management role. Rather, it is responsible for the overall management, direction, and coordination of all distribution operations, sourcing, logistics, and contract manufacturing partners globally for Fortified Brands.

This position owns the 3-year operational strategy to deliver on efficiencies, cost, quality, capacity, safety, and customer service for both internal and external customers.

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• Owns and optimizes the operational efficiency, quality, and safety for entire supply chain including sourcing, supplier management, distribution, order management, demand planning, inventory planning, and logistics for all products.
• Assures efficient order fulfillment from multiple warehouse locations and direct from contract manufacturing partners in China, Mexico, and the US.
• Ensures optimized warehouse operations for owned warehouses ensuring proper handling, material flow, and fulfillment of large and long length building materials products using warehouse management system (WMS).
• Ensures effective management of SIOP process across the organization and with contract manufacturing partners.
• Develops Operations KPIs and establishes appropriate tracking and communication processes.
• Ensures that delivery schedules are meeting customer service, cost, and quality expectations.
• Owns the 3-year operational strategy and annual planning process for space, equipment, capacity, and related labor to support the company’s aggressive growth plans. Reviews and updates annually.
• Owns relationships with outside vendors and requires high value partnerships (i.e. manufacturing agreements and productivity enhancements).
• Seeks operational excellence as a competitive advantage (lead times, quality, cost, service flexibility, etc.).
• Leads, manages, and holds team accountable for operational excellence, inventory management, logistics, order management, global sourcing, and supplier management.
• Responsible for holding manufacturing partners accountable to the specifications and encouraging delivery of innovation, productivity, etc. Provides leadership around identifying and implementing global productivity improvement measures, country of origin diversification, and developing and tracking supplier KPIs.
• Establish and improve sourcing processes and procedures to support management of supplier performance, supplier selection strategy, capacity planning, cost negotiations, and analysis of profitability.
• Directs the planning, attraction, selection, retention, and development of staff to ensure the availability of the required talent across Operations teams.

Direct responsibility to lead, manage, and hold accountable the following positions and indirect…