Executive Director, Supply Chain

Socket.dev; Hazelwood (MO, PA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Par Health is seeking an Executive Director of Supply Chain to define strategy and manage daily supply chain activities across all business segments. You will own planning for external manufacturing, logistics, IBP, and material availability to ensure timely product shipments to customers.

The role focuses on inventory control, service levels, and cost optimization, with collaboration across Operations, R&D, Commercial, Quality, IT, and Finance. Travel to plants is required as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, engineering, or materials management.
• 8–10 years in logistics/supply chain/manufacturing with 5+ years in a supervisory role.
• APICS Certification in Production and Inventory Management, Six Sigma and Lean Expert preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee supply chain for ~200 products and manage internal/external materials to meet financial and service objectives.
• Lead short- and long-term planning, ensuring business continuity and network strategy.
• Maintain high customer service levels (UFR/OTIF) and align IBP processes with financial, operational, and commercial goals.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Quality, Finance, and Manufacturing to maintain material availability and optimal stocking levels.
• Manage transportation logistics, trade compliance, and import/export to optimize cost and service.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and staff development across the supply chain organization.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or materials management

Tools

JD Edwards

BPCS

JDA

SAP/Blue Yonder

Job description

Why Us?

At Par Health, we believe great healthcare is built on getting the essentials right. We’re looking for passionate, talented individuals who share our commitment to improving lives. With a global workforce, we lead with pride and purpose—prioritizing quality and safety while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and teamwork. Elevating the Essentials isn’t just our tagline, it’s the higher standard we live by every day.

Job Description Summary

The Executive Director, Supply Chain) defines the strategy and manages the daily activities of Par Health’s supply chain processes with particular focus on service, cost, capability, and people. This role will own planning for all business segments, external manufacturing, logistics, and the IBP Process to include the meeting cycles, the commercial demand inputs, the manufacturing & supply plans, the availability of materials, and the timely shipments of product to our customers.
The individual will be primarily accountable for inventory (cash), service levels, material write-offs, and costs to distribute products. This role will interact with all levels of management including Operations, R&D, Commercial, Quality, IT, and Finance, and will coordinate best practices with Site and across the network.

Job Description

Essential Functions

• Manages the Supply Chain function across ~200 products and deploys internally and externally sourced materials across the Par Health Supply network to meet financial and service-level objectives
• Manages both short-term planning requirements as well as long-term business continuity and network strategy objectives
• Establishes and maintains a high level of customer service (UFR/OTIF).
• Responsible for facilitation of the IBP Process, assuring alignment across financial, operational, and commercial objectives
• Works with Procurement and Quality to establish reliable supplier performance and risk mitigation strategies to ensure availability of materials to support supply plans
• Works with Finance and Manufacturing to manage operational inventory to ensure adequate stocking levels for immediate production items as well as forecasting for future requirements, while managing cash /turns for the enterprise
• Manage the division’s transportation logistics, trade compliance and import/export practices to ensure distribution of products direct to customers, or through distribution centers / warehouses are completed with optimum service at the most efficient cost
• Provides leadership by promoting teamwork, collaboration, coaching, counseling, retention, mentoring, training, talent management, and personal development
• Drives a culture of accountability and results through strategy deployment and effective performance management
• Travel as required to meetings and plant visits as needed to support communication and the company / departmental goals and objectives
• Other duties as assigned with or without accommodation

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or materials management or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 8 - 10 years' logistics/supply chain/manufacturing work experience with at least 5 years in a supervisory/management capacity required.

Knowledge

• APICS Certification in Production and Inventory Management, Six Sigma and Lean Expert preferred

Skills & Abilities

• Strong leadership qualities including interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills. Ability to manage conflict effectively.
• Must be innovative and flexible in responding to a rapidly changing environment while working to achieve organizational and budgetary goals.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / Integrated Business Planning (IBP) practices and systems.
• Familiarity with Supply Chain Segmentation Analysis and impacts/tradeoff’s with Volume, Variety and Volatility.
• JD Edwards/BPCS/JDA/SAP (Blue Yonder) Planning Suite experience strongly desired.
• Must embrace lean enterprise principles and practices. Practical experience in implementing lean technologies and concepts.
• Demonstrated competence with Windows and Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

Working Conditions

• This position works predominantly in an office type environment.
• Travel to plants is required. Travel is approximately 25%.

Scope of Authority

• This position reports to the COO and will have multiple direct reports. This position will work frequently with senior leaders in R&D, Operations and Commercial.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. Management reserves the right to change or modify such duties as required.

EEO Statement:

We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment, and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.