Senior Director, Supply Chain

Job Summary

Pack leaders wanted! We are JustFoodForDogs, and our passion is to help give all animals 'More life. More years. More love' by providing them with the best diet. If you share our passion and you are strategic, then apply to be our Senior Director of Supply Chain today! The Senior Director of Supply Chain will create and execute the supply chain strategy to support the organization's short-term and long-term business and financial goals. They will define and deploy supply chain strategies which will drive continuous improvement in our costs, quality, and deliveries.The Senior Director of Supply Chain must possess strong leadership skills and ability to effectively motivate a team. JustFoodForDogs offers competitive salaries, best in class benefits, and discounts on all our products. Join the pack today!

Key Responsibilities

• Direct and oversee the Company's supply chain/materials management/procurement policies, objectives and initiatives.
• Lead execution of the backlog to maximize on-time delivery to customers and storefronts. Provide regular updates with risk analysis to the executive management team.
• Champion the implementation of supply chain/planning policies that optimize inventory levels and throughput while maintaining best possible materials cost.
• Lead the process to reduce direct and indirect spend
• Select and manage key supply chain partners – e.g. customs brokers, freight forwarders, ocean freight, inland transportation, etc.
• Direct material handling operations and improve and/or modify policies and procedures as necessary to create a world-class material handling operation.
• Monitor all contracts for contractual clarification and analyzes them to ensure compliance with Government regulations and Company policy.
• Works closely with Product Development, Quality, and Operations to understand organizational requirements and ensure company goals, priorities and objectives are achieved.
• Works closely with Sales and Marketing to plan for demand such that optimal inventory levels, launch plans, customer satisfaction and company sales goals are achieved or exceeded.
• Travel for in-person meetings with suppliers, customers and partners and continue to develop key relationships.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (Business Administration, Engineering, or Supply Chain preferred)
• Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of Supply Chain Management (SCM) experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with production transitions (plant to plant, plant to supplier, etc)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience assessing the operational and SCM efficiency of a facility
• Experience implementing and working with demand planning software
• Hands-on experience developing supply chain related processes, procedures, KPI’s etc.
• Advanced experience in data analysis and forecasting.
  
  

Who We Are

Join us in the movement to ensure longer and healthier lives for dogs and cats. JustFoodForDogs is breaking new ground in the world of pet food! Vet-developed and recommended, we started cooking our whole food, human-grade, nutritionally balanced meals in Newport Beach in 2010 and we now have over 50 locations in California, Washington, New York, New Jersey, with continuing growth plan because of our Petco Partnership! We offer best in class benefits, health, dental, vision, 401k, Pet Insurance and Employee Discounts on our food and supplements. Learn more about what we do at www.justfoodfordogs.com