Head of End-to-End Supply Chain - Consumer Brand

Leprino; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 134,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit-sharing & 401(k)

Life, medical/dental/vision coverage

Vacation & paid holidays

Job summary

Ascent/Leprino seeks a Senior Manager, Supply Chain in Denver to lead end-to-end supply chain for a growing consumer brand. You will shape inventory planning, partner with co-manufacturers, and build a scalable network for 30+ products across e-commerce, DTC, and major retail channels.

Reporting to Ascent's General Manager, you will drive demand and materials planning, manage external manufacturing, and optimize service, cost, and working capital while guiding a senior team.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in supply chain, planning, logistics, operations, or a related field.
• Eight years of progressive supply chain experience spanning multiple areas such as planning, inventory, logistics, operations, external manufacturing, or fulfillment.
• Experience leading supply chain activities within a consumer products, CPG, food and beverage, nutrition, or similarly complex product environment.
• Experience working directly with co-manufacturers, co-packers, third-party warehouses, 3PLs, or other external manufacturing and supply chain partners.
• Strong experience with demand planning, production planning, materials planning, and inventory management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Ascent's functional head of supply chain, leading the day-to-day operation and continued development of the function with broad decision-making responsibility.
• Lead Ascent's end-to-end supply chain, with broad responsibility for planning, inventory, external manufacturing, warehousing, fulfillment, and supply chain performance.
• Build and improve supply chain capabilities that support a growing consumer brand while balancing customer service, inventory, cost, quality, and financial goals.
• Lead relationships with co-manufacturers and other external production partners across Ascent's product portfolio, including powder, capsule, gummy, and packaged products.
• Hold external manufacturing partners accountable for quality, production schedules, service expectations, capacity, and reliable delivery while developing strong long-term relationships.
• Lead demand, production, and materials planning across a portfolio of more than 30 products, improving forecast accuracy and visibility to potential inventory shortages.
• Set finished goods and material inventory targets that support product availability while balancing working capital, forecast variability, and changing consumer demand.
• Evaluate Ascent's network of co-manufacturers, warehouses, transportation, fulfillment, and other supply chain partners to identify opportunities to improve service, efficiency, scalability, and cost.
• Lead vendor negotiations and develop commercial relationships that improve supply chain economics across manufacturing, materials, warehousing, fulfillment, transportation, and related services.
• Partner closely with Ascent leadership and teams across Finance, Quality, IT, Master Data, and Leprino Supply Chain while maintaining primary leadership of Ascent's day-to-day supply chain decisions.
• Support Ascent's e-commerce, direct-to-consumer, and retail channels by developing supply chain solutions that respond to different customer, fulfillment, inventory, and service requirements.
• Build supply chain capabilities that can scale with the business, including evaluating when existing processes and partners remain appropriate and when new approaches are needed.
• Develop and mentor a direct report while strengthening the planning and inventory capabilities needed to support Ascent's continued growth.

Skills

Supply chain leadership

Demand planning

Production planning

Inventory management

Co-manufacturers partnerships

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Ascent/Leprino seeks a Senior Manager, Supply Chain in Denver to lead end-to-end supply chain for a growing consumer brand. You will shape inventory planning, partner with co-manufacturers, and build a scalable network for 30+ products across e-commerce, DTC, and major retail channels.

Reporting to Ascent's General Manager, you will drive demand and materials planning, manage external manufacturing, and optimize service, cost, and working capital while guiding a senior team.