Strategic Supply Chain Director: End-to-End & S&OP+ Leader

Kevin; Stockton (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Job summary

Kevin's Natural Foods is seeking a Supply Chain Director to lead end-to-end planning, logistics, and S&OP governance. You will align Demand & Supply Planning, Materials Planning, Inbound Operations, Warehousing, Transportation, and Customer Fulfillment into a single high-performing function.

You will drive enterprise KPIs, lead planning leaders, and improve working capital while balancing service, inventory, and cost.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of progressive supply chain leadership experience in FMCG or food processing industry.
• Proven experience leading integrated planning, logistics, and S&OP governance.
• Strong exposure to working capital optimization and multi‑channel distribution environments.
• Strong end-to-end supply chain orchestration capability with strategic and operational depth.

Responsibilities

• Define and deploy the integrated Plan & Deliver strategy, covering supply planning, material planning, fulfillment, and logistics.
• Establish governance mechanisms across planning and logistics functions to ensure alignment to business growth objectives.
• Lead the supply chain work required for deployment of S&OP+ in 2027 and future state leadership preparation for monthly S&OP and executive review forums.
• Own enterprise-level KPIs across service, inventory, working capital, and logistics cost.
• Provide strategic leadership to Supply Planning Lead, Material Planning Lead, and fulfillment/logistics Lead.
• Set clear functional charters, KPIs, and accountability frameworks for each domain.
• Review and challenge plans, assumptions, and performance gaps at a leadership level.
• Build succession, capability depth, and cross-functional exposure within the planning and logistics organization.
• Govern supply-demand balancing decisions across Retail, Club and DCOM channels.
• Lead structured scenario planning and risk mitigation for supply disruptions, material shortages, and logistics volatility.
• Resolve cross-functional conflicts between Commercial, Manufacturing, and Finance regarding allocation, prioritization, and capacity constraints.
• Drive inventory optimization while protecting customer service performance.
• Own enterprise-level working capital performance through structured inventory governance and SKU rationalization.
• Drive OTIF, fill rate, and customer service excellence across all channels.
• Optimize inbound and outbound logistics network for cost efficiency and scalability.
• Lead network optimization initiatives including warehouse footprint, 3PL and co-man network.
• Partner closely with Commercial leadership to align supply capabilities with revenue ambitions.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing and Engineering to ensure capacity readiness and execution discipline.
• Work with Finance to balance service levels and inventory with cost and cash flow targets.
• Serve as the single point of accountability for Plan & Deliver performance at the leadership table.
• Drive E2E deployment of Blue Yonder and/or equivalent tool in 2027.
• Establish performance dashboards for executive visibility across service, cost, and inventory metrics.
• Promote a data-driven decision-making culture across planning and logistics teams.

Skills

Supply chain leadership

S&OP governance

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations

MBA in operations preferred

Tools

Blue Yonder

Job description

Kevin's Natural Foods is seeking a Supply Chain Director to lead end-to-end planning, logistics, and S&OP governance. You will align Demand & Supply Planning, Materials Planning, Inbound Operations, Warehousing, Transportation, and Customer Fulfillment into a single high-performing function.

You will drive enterprise KPIs, lead planning leaders, and improve working capital while balancing service, inventory, and cost.