Vice President Supply Chain

Irving Knight Group; United States; Remote; USD 210,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Irving Knight Group is seeking a Vice President of Supply Chain - Flavors for a remote role in the United States. You will lead procurement, planning, inventory, and logistics across three facilities, guiding growth to support approximately $100 million in annual spend.

Reporting to the COO, you will build the organization, establish processes, develop the team, negotiate major supplier agreements, and implement KPIs to improve service, cost, and working capital while ensuring supply continuity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, procurement, operations, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of senior leadership experience with responsibility for managing and developing teams.
• Demonstrated experience building or scaling supply chain capabilities in a growing organization.
• Multi-site manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Experience managing significant direct material spend and complex supplier relationships strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company-wide supply chain strategy in support of business growth, customer service, cost, quality, and working capital objectives.
• Assess current and future supply chain requirements and build the organizational structure, roles, and capabilities needed to support the company at scale.
• Lead and develop the supply chain team, including establishing clear responsibilities, performance expectations, succession plans, and future talent needs.
• Provide leadership for procurement and strategic sourcing across raw materials, packaging, indirect spend, and other key categories.
• Develop category and supplier strategies that improve cost, service, quality, supply security, and overall value to the business.
• Lead major supplier negotiations, contracts, and commercial agreements and establish appropriate supplier performance management processes.
• Develop and maintain strategies to identify, assess, and mitigate supply continuity, capacity, geographic, and single-source risks.
• Establish consistent procurement, planning, inventory management, and logistics processes across all company facilities.
• Lead inventory strategy and performance, balancing service requirements, production needs, working capital, shelf life, obsolescence, and supply risk.
• Partner with Operations and Commercial teams to improve demand, supply, and production planning processes and ensure alignment between customer requirements and supply capabilities.
• Establish supply chain KPIs, reporting, and management routines to improve visibility, accountability, and decision-making.
• Identify and lead cost savings, productivity, and value-creation initiatives across the supply chain while maintaining appropriate quality and service levels.
• Evaluate systems, data, and technology requirements and partner with IT and other functions to develop scalable supply chain tools and capabilities.
• Partner closely with Operations, Finance, Commercial, R&D, Quality, and Regulatory to support new products, new materials, supplier qualification, and changing business requirements.
• Support integration and standardization efforts across facilities as the company grows and evolves

Skills

Leadership

Strategic sourcing

Procurement

Inventory management

Planning

Negotiation

Financial acumen

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional leadership

Supply chain strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations, or related field

Job description

Vice President Supply Chain - Flavors (remote United States).

Reporting to the COO, the Vice President of Supply Chain is responsible for leading and developing the company’s supply chain function across all facilities, including procurement, strategic sourcing, inventory management, planning, and logistics. This role will build the organizational structure, team, processes, and capabilities required to support significant growth, including approximately $100 million in annual spend across three facilities within the next five years. The Vice President will ensure supply chain strategy and execution support the company’s operational, financial, service, and growth objectives.

• Develop and execute the company-wide supply chain strategy in support of business growth, customer service, cost, quality, and working capital objectives.
• Assess current and future supply chain requirements and build the organizational structure, roles, and capabilities needed to support the company at scale.
• Lead and develop the supply chain team, including establishing clear responsibilities, performance expectations, succession plans, and future talent needs.
• Provide leadership for procurement and strategic sourcing across raw materials, packaging, indirect spend, and other key categories.
• Develop category and supplier strategies that improve cost, service, quality, supply security, and overall value to the business.
• Lead major supplier negotiations, contracts, and commercial agreements and establish appropriate supplier performance management processes.
• Develop and maintain strategies to identify, assess, and mitigate supply continuity, capacity, geographic, and single-source risks.
• Establish consistent procurement, planning, inventory management, and logistics processes across all company facilities.
• Lead inventory strategy and performance, balancing service requirements, production needs, working capital, shelf life, obsolescence, and supply risk.
• Partner with Operations and Commercial teams to improve demand, supply, and production planning processes and ensure alignment between customer requirements and supply capabilities.
• Establish supply chain KPIs, reporting, and management routines to improve visibility, accountability, and decision-making.
• Identify and lead cost savings, productivity, and value-creation initiatives across the supply chain while maintaining appropriate quality and service levels.
• Evaluate systems, data, and technology requirements and partner with IT and other functions to develop scalable supply chain tools and capabilities.
• Partner closely with Operations, Finance, Commercial, R&D, Quality, and Regulatory to support new products, new materials, supplier qualification, and changing business requirements.
• Support integration and standardization efforts across facilities as the company grows and evolves

Required Skills and Abilities

• Strong leadership skills with demonstrated ability to build, develop, and scale teams.
• Broad knowledge of strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, inventory, planning, and logistics.
• Strong negotiation and commercial skills, including experience managing significant external spend.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen with an understanding of cost, working capital, inventory, and operational performance.
• Ability to develop long-term strategy while maintaining strong execution and follow-through.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through growth, change, and increasing organizational complexity.
• Strong cross-functional leadership, communication, and influencing skills.
• Ability to establish structure, processes, and accountability in a growing organization.
• Strong systems orientation and ability to use data to support decision-making and performance improvement.

Travel

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations, or a related field preferred. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, procurement, operations, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of senior leadership experience with responsibility for managing and developing teams.
• Demonstrated experience building or scaling supply chain capabilities in a growing organization.
• Multi-site manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Experience managing significant direct material spend and complex supplier relationships strongly preferred.
• Food, Flavor, ingredient, chemical, or other regulated manufacturing experience preferred.