[Remote] VP, Supply Chain & Operations

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Three Bird Nest is a company dedicated to inspiring individuals to express their authentic selves through style. They are seeking a VP of Supply Chain and Operations to oversee all aspects of supply chain management, including procurement and 3PL management, while driving operational efficiencies and scalability in a growing business.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for performance, cost control, service levels, and billing accuracy
• Direct ownership of outbound shipping, returns, and overall 3PL cost structure
• Enact a scorecard to measure 3PL performance
• Drive scalability across fulfillment operations
• Serve as day-to-day liaison between 3BN and 3PL
• Collaborate and provide necessary forecasts for 3PL planning
• Lead holiday and event planning to ensure 3PL performance
• Enact scorecards to measure, share, and improve supplier performance
• Establish a process to share product insights and future needs
• Initiate business review meetings with top suppliers
• Establish auditing and oversight process for direct suppliers
• Manage the 3BN Procurement team
• Evaluate and improve existing processes
• Ensure that procurement capabilities keep up with inventory/product requirements
• Setup indirect procurement (e.g. packaging, shipping material, etc)
• Build a structured planning cadence to align the demand forecast, inventory, and financial targets
• Partner with Chief Merchant to establish inventory targets
• Manage the OTB process, ensuring that quality and quantity metrics are maintained
• Work through all supply constraints to sales forecast
• Ownership of carrier services including contracts, negotiations and ongoing optimization
• Set strategy for shipping account usage to optimize cost and performance
• Ownership of all supply chain data and reporting (e.g. WMS, forecasting tools, etc)
• Ensure data accuracy and alignment across systems architecture (e.g. ShipHero, Shopify, Inventory Planner, etc)
• Ensure that orders are placed and managed to meet pre-sale commitments
• Partner with suppliers to deliver products via pre-sale in accordance with 3BN plans

Skills

• 10+ years of experience in Supply Chain and Operations, with demonstrated success creating solutions that make the business more scalable, keeping pace with a high growth environment
• Experience leading in a high-performance, high-growth apparel business with digital and fashion
• A history of driving efficiencies in product costs and operating expenses
• Affinity for partnering with and influencing senior business leaders while growing talent within one's own team and across the enterprise is needed
• An affinity for a creative, solutions-oriented approach to meeting the needs of the business, brand aesthetic, and customer is desired
• An authentic leader with apparel experience and strong analytical skills is required

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