Position Purpose:

The Sr Director of Supply Chain will manage all elements of the supply chain to provide adequate but not excessive finished goods inventory to meet customer demand in a high growth company. The position will lead, teach and motivate the teams to procure, produce and stock inventories in a professional cGMP environment. Reports to the CEO.

Operational Responsibilities:

Procurement

Assess suppliers with structured evaluation process.
Manage purchasing, receiving and QC for RM inspection process.
Manage inbound 3PL relationships.
Take receiving and inventory control to ‘next level’ by utilizing scanning and reducing internal manual processes.

Inventory Controls

Review and improve physical controls, including safety requirements.
Own and improve the cycle count program, achieving 99% accuracy.
Review and improve warehouse and production locator system for all inventory types.

Packaging Development

· Work with marketing and R&D to create and improve primary and secondary packaging, taking into account product appearance, ease of production, inventory controls and fulfillment activities.

· Work with fulfillment to improved Company’s capability to service distributors with standard shipping packaging and labeling.

· Work with R&D to improve bottle labeling and conformance, and kit labeling to improve standardization.

· This function will likely be outsourced and managed by this position.

Demand Planning & Production Scheduling

· Manage this function, collaborating with Marketing and Sales to reach agreement on sales forecasts updated monthly.

· Ensure data is integrated in Inventory Planning (part of ERP system), and review production and purchasing requirements generated by MFP.

· Translate MRP requirements into digestible production schedules, updating weekly.

· Support growth into new channels or regions with appropriate planning.

Bulk, Bottling & Kitting Production

· Lead & teach production managers/supervisors. Actively support training programs to provide clear goals on graduated job classifications.

· Plan for required production output: capex, staffing, shift management and space.

· Update the current workorder and lot number process to better utilize ERP integration.

· Explore and support Marketing efforts re ‘kit to order’.

· Improve professional work standards to be compliant with cGMP and MOCRA. Own and complete projects to utilize ‘expanded MRP’, to include capacity elements, improved time tracking on workorders & equipment. Enhance inventory tracking (to include lot numbers) across all inventory transactions including RM issuing, workorder completion for all production activities, fulfillment, shipping and customer invoicing.

· Create internal measures to track performance against the production work schedules.

· Create plans for capex and staffing and shifts to support growth.

QC and Regulatory

· Recognize the several functions of QC: Make quality products in appropriate packaging, support NPC and launches w marketing, maintain QC systems (Unipoint), and regulatory (MOCRA, channel compliance, more).

· Streamline current processes to improve efficiency (workorders, batch sheets, lot controls, more), and enhance focus on core QC activities (production review, NC and root cause analysis, CARs).

· Expand QC appropriately to be stronger in bottling, kitting and FG.

· Ensure solid capability re recalls (prompt and targeted—see other comments re inventory tracking across all functions).

· Some of this function (e.g, regulatory) may be outsourced.

Fulfillment

· Manage this function with core goal of improving service/delivery time to customers in all channels.

· Improve utilization of bar code and related tools.

· Evaluate expanding outbound 3PL to include all of DTC in US, allowing focus on PRO, Amazon and potential other e-tail, and distributors.

· Continuously review packaging and package sizes to improve efficiency. Improve automation of package labeling for shipping.

People Development Activities:

· Utilize the performance appraisal system and ongoing routine interaction with the team to focus on internal growth opportunities, promoting deserving people through the job tiers.

· Help connect managers & supervisors to relevant local organizations.

· Working with HR, create a thoughtful curriculum for manager and group training.

Required Skills/Abilities:

· Demonstrated communication & collaboration skills.

o Works well with others to achieve common goals

o Exceptional listener, writer, speaker, presenter

· A leader and motivator and coach.

· At ease with IT systems and Msoft suite.

· Thinks in terms of process flow.

· Curious, enjoys change, growth and continuous improvement.

· A consummate professional—represents the SCM team, other VB associates and the Company well.

· Reaches outside the Company and participates in the business community with appropriate organizations. Always learning and growing.

Education and Experience:

· Bachelor’s degree in appropriate discipline – preferably Supply Chain Management.

· MBA or advanced certification desired, e.g., SCM, APICs, Lean, cGMP.

· Min ten years experience (in a senior SCM position) in multi-channel CPG environment with internal manufacturing (beauty preferred).

· Hands on experience with robust ERP and related supporting systems.

· Demonstrated management/supervisory skills: successful recruiting, training, advancing.

VB Cosmetics, Inc.

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