COO - Scale Operations, Supply Chain & Margin Growth

Golden Child; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Golden Child, a Miami-based pet nutrition startup, seeks a COO to architect the operating engine from ingredient sourcing to delivery. You will own supplier networks, co-manufacturing, inventory, and fulfillment while shaping the cost structure and scalable systems.

You will report to the CEO and collaborate with Culinary, Veterinary Nutrition, Product, Finance, and Growth to drive rapid, sustainable growth and omnichannel expansion while maintaining product quality and customer experience.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressively senior operations, supply chain, manufacturing, or related experience.
• Experience scaling a high-growth consumer business, ideally in food, beverage, supplements, or another operationally complex CPG category.
• Deep experience with manufacturing partners, supplier negotiations, sourcing, production planning, inventory, and logistics.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end supply chain including sourcing, supplier relationships, co-manufacturing, production planning, inventory, cold-chain logistics, fulfillment, and delivery.
• Improve gross margin and unit economics through sourcing, packaging, manufacturing, freight, fulfillment, waste, vendor terms, and operational efficiency.
• Build manufacturing and operational infrastructure to support significant growth.
• Own the operational technology stack across forecasting, purchasing, production, inventory, fulfillment, and supply-chain visibility.
• Lead collaboration with Culinary, Veterinary Nutrition, R&D, and Product to bring new products from concept to production.
• Take an AI-forward approach to operations, identifying opportunities to automate workflows and improve forecasting.

Skills

Operations leadership

Supply chain management

Analytical thinking

Systems thinking

Executive-level collaboration

Job description

Golden Child, a Miami-based pet nutrition startup, seeks a COO to architect the operating engine from ingredient sourcing to delivery. You will own supplier networks, co-manufacturing, inventory, and fulfillment while shaping the cost structure and scalable systems.

You will report to the CEO and collaborate with Culinary, Veterinary Nutrition, Product, Finance, and Growth to drive rapid, sustainable growth and omnichannel expansion while maintaining product quality and customer experience.