Supply Chain Manager

Supply Chain Manager

Seat Cover Solutions • Full-time, on-site — Rogers, MN

Salary: $75,000–$90,000 Bonus

THE ROLE

Seat Cover Solutions is scaling fast — tripling order volume, expanding into retail and B2B, diversifying across factories in three countries, and moving into a 55,000 sq ft warehouse. The supply chain that got us here needs a dedicated leader to run it as a full function, not a side responsibility.

We're hiring a Supply Chain Manager to own end-to-end supply chain operations: supplier management, purchasing, inbound logistics, inventory planning, and cost modeling. You'll manage the factory relationships, place and track POs, keep inventory healthy across 285 component SKUs, and build the processes and reporting that let this function scale without constant oversight.

This role exists to fuel the engine of our quickly growing company. Your analysis, management, and effort will be key to our ability to sell. If you're someone who can own a function, present solutions (not just surface problems), and operate independently in a fast-moving environment, this is for you.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

This is the full scope of the function — where the role is headed, not a checklist you need to master on day one. We'll ramp you in and grow you into the pieces you haven't done before. What matters is that you're hungry to own all of it.

Supplier & Factory Management

• Own day-to-day relationships with overseas factories — communication cadence, timeline management, issue resolution, documentation standards.
• Enforce supplier requirements: commercial invoices, packing lists, labeling specs, carton and palletainer standards.
• Coordinate QC inspections — scheduling, defect escalation, corrective action follow-through.
• Maintain a supplier scorecard tracking on-time delivery, quality rates, and communication reliability.

Purchasing & PO Management

• Own the full PO lifecycle: demand signal to PO placement to production tracking to shipment to arrival.
• Set PO quantities using the demand forecast model and current inventory positions.
• Optimize container efficiency and loading plans to maximize space utilization.
• Maintain the product calendar so all spec and detail work is completed before PO placement.

Logistics & Freight

• Manage end-to-end inbound logistics: booking, customs clearance coordination with our broker, drayage, and delivery scheduling.
• Own HTS classification and tariff strategy with the customs broker.
• Make freight mode decisions (ocean, air, fast boat) based on stock urgency and cost tradeoffs.
• Handle exceptions — delays, holds, documentation errors — and surface summaries, not fires.

Inventory Management & Demand Planning

• Own inventory positions across all component SKUs — days-of-stock, OOS risk flagging, stockout prevention.
• Maintain and iterate on the demand and forecast model, keeping actuals updated and flagging when forecasts drift.
• Track pre-kit component availability — what can be assembled now, what's blocked, what's inbound.
• Coordinate with the warehouse team on receiving, cycle counts, and put-away.

Cost Modeling & Reporting

• Maintain landed cost models per supplier and SKU (unit cost freight duties).
• Deliver a weekly supply chain status report: PO status, inventory health, container pipeline, and risk flags.
• Feed accurate cost and inventory data into the company's financial model.

Process Engineering & Systems

• Identify inefficiencies in supply chain workflows and present optimized solutions with supporting data — options, tradeoffs, and a recommendation.
• Build and maintain SOPs across supply chain operations: receiving, PO placement, supplier onboarding, QC, palletainer policy.
• WMS information evaluation — ensuring reality is consistently reflected from a supply chain perspective so all teams are on the same page.

Team & Cross-Functional

• Directly manage the Supply Chain VA — task assignment, work review, daily priorities, and ensuring the model is updated every day with the most up-to-date information.
• Own cross-department communication for everything supply chain touches:Marketing — maintain real-time visibility on what's out of stock and what's available to sell. Proactively flag upcoming OOS risk so campaigns and promotions can adjust.
• Customer Service — keep the team current on shipping timelines, delays, and any supply-side issues affecting customer experience.
• Warehouse — daily coordination on receiving, component availability, and shipment scheduling.
• Product — factory execution support: tech pack handoffs, sample logistics, spec compliance for new launches.
• Finance — payment milestone timing on POs (deposits, balance payments, post-delivery splits).
• You are the single point of contact for supply chain information across the company. Other departments shouldn't have to chase answers — you push updates before they ask.

SUCCESS METRICS (KPIs)

• Stockout Rate — percentage of active SKUs at zero inventory. Directly impacts revenue and customer experience. OOS is weighted according to % of sales.
• PO On-Time Delivery — percentage of POs arriving within the projected window. Measures supplier management effectiveness and accuracy to estimated lead time.
• Landed Cost Accuracy — variance between projected and actual landed cost per SKU. Drives margin visibility and forecast trust.
• Days of Stock (at-risk SKUs) — forward coverage on high-velocity and critical components. Early warning system for stockouts.
• Inventory Forecast Accuracy — actual demand vs. forecast by SKU category. Reduces overstock and prevents emergency air shipments.
• Ship Time Accuracy — how accurately inventory is reflected, and how often we're split-shipping or overdue to promised ship time.
• Cash Conversion Efficiency (Inventory Turnover) — how optimal our ordering is, and how financially productive our inventory is.

WHO YOU ARE

We care more about who you are than the exact lines on your résumé. The right person brings a specific kind of energy — and that's what we're optimizing for.

What Drives You

• You give it 110%, every single day. You're a high performer by nature. You don't coast, you don't do the minimum, and you're not satisfied with "good enough." You set a high bar for yourself and clear it.
• You move fast. Speed of execution is how you operate. You'd rather ship, learn, and adjust than wait for perfect. When something needs to happen, it happens — today, not next week.
• You're entrepreneurial with a go-get-after-it attitude. You see what needs doing and you do it. You don't wait to be told. You take ownership like the function is your own business.
• You're scrappy and biased toward action. You figure things out with the resources you have. No playbook? You build one. Obstacle in the way? You find a path around it.
• You want to be part of something bigger than yourself. You're energized by building a company on a steep growth curve, not just holding down a job. You want your work to matter to the whole team.
• You want to grow. You embrace challenges every day as a chance to get better — as an operator and as a person. You run toward the hard stuff, not away from it.

The Experience We're Looking For

• 3–5 years managing inventory in a fast-moving environment — purchasing, supplier coordination, stock planning, or similar. You understand how inventory flows and what it takes to keep it healthy.
• Analytical and solutions-oriented: You dig into the data, identify root causes, and present options with tradeoffs — not just flag problems.
• Process builder: You create SOPs, workflows, and systems where there are none. You document what works and improve what doesn't.
• Independent operator: You don't need daily check-ins to stay on track. You own your function and surface what leadership needs to know.
• Comfortable with scale: You understand what changes as order volume doubles — lead times, MOQs, safety stock, supplier capacity — and plan ahead of the curve.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with e-commerce / DTC supply chains and the speed they demand.
• Familiarity with customs brokerage, HTS classification, and tariff strategy.
• Hands-on with ERP or inventory management systems (NetSuite, Fulfil, or comparable).
• Experience managing international freight (ocean, air, drayage) and optimizing container loads.
• Background in consumer products with high SKU counts and kitting/assembly complexity.
• Supplier management experience: You've managed overseas factory relationships — negotiations, documentation enforcement, quality issues — not just placed orders.
• End-to-end supply chain ownership: You've run purchasing, logistics, and inventory as a function, not supported someone else doing it.

COMPENSATION & LOGISTICS

• Target base: $75,000–$90,000
• Bonus: performance bonus tied to KPI targets (stockout rate, PO on-time delivery, landed cost accuracy, forecast accuracy)
• Type / Location: full-time, on-site — Rogers, MN
• Reports to: Brecken Murkins, Head of Operations