Interim Chief Supply Chain Officer

xNorth; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 375,000; Full time

Job summary

xNorth is seeking an Interim Chief Supply Chain Officer to lead the end-to-end supply chain for a complex, project-driven organization in the United States. The role reports to the CEO and focuses on stabilizing performance, strengthening planning, and building a roadmap for long-term improvement.

The candidate will oversee planning, procurement, sourcing, inventory, logistics, and supplier management, driving rapid improvements and alignment with project schedules across multiple sites and

Qualifications

• Senior-level supply chain leadership experience in complex, capital-intensive or project-driven orgs.
• Proven ability to stabilize and transform supply chain performance.
• Experience coordinating North American and global supplier networks.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, procurement, sourcing, inventory, logistics, and supplier management.
• Develop 30-, 60-, 90-day action plan for rapid supply chain improvement.
• Stabilize material availability, supplier performance, and delivery reliability.
• Align execution with project schedules and engineering constraints.
• Oversee supplier relationships, escalations, and negotiations.
• Develop KPIs, governance, and escalation processes.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Analytical mindset

Execution-focused

Job description

Founded and led by former operating executives, xNorth deploys interim leaders to help organizations address critical transformation and performance challenges.

We are seeking an Interim Chief Supply Chain Officer to lead the end-to-end supply chain of a complex, project-driven organization.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the Interim CSCO will stabilize supply chain performance, strengthen planning and execution, manage critical supplier risks, and establish a roadmap for longer-term improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Assume leadership of planning, procurement, strategic sourcing, inventory, logistics, and supplier management.
• Conduct a rapid supply chain assessment and implement a 30-, 60-, and 90-day action plan.
• Stabilize material availability, supplier performance, delivery reliability, and inventory.
• Align supply chain execution with operational, engineering, construction, and project schedules.
• Identify and resolve critical material, capacity, quality, commercial, and logistics constraints.
• Lead the qualification, onboarding, development, and ramp-up of multiple suppliers.
• Manage critical supplier relationships, escalations, recovery plans, and negotiations.
• Oversee long-lead, engineered, and technically complex equipment and materials.
• Strengthen demand planning, supply planning, capacity planning, and S&OP or IBP.
• Improve visibility across supplier capacity, production, inventory, logistics, and delivery commitments.
• Establish supply chain KPIs, governance, escalation processes, and operating routines.
• Assess the supply chain organization and address critical structure, leadership, and capability gaps.
• Provide the CEO and executive team with regular reporting on performance, risks, and required decisions.
• Develop a sustainable operating model and transformation roadmap.

Candidate Profile

• Previous experience as a Chief Supply Chain Officer, Chief Procurement Officer, EVP, or SVP of Supply Chain.
• Senior supply chain leadership experience in complex, capital-intensive, regulated, or project-driven organizations.
• Relevant industry experience in nuclear, aerospace, defense, large-scale construction, energy, industrial equipment, or advanced manufacturing.
• Demonstrated success leading supply chain stabilization, transformation, or performance-improvement initiatives.
• Experience managing complex North American and global supplier networks.
• Strong expertise in planning, procurement, strategic sourcing, inventory, logistics, supplier development, and S&OP or IBP.
• Strong commercial, negotiation, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Hands-on, decisive, and execution-oriented leadership style.
• Experience working directly with CEOs, executive teams, and boards.