Sr. Director of Supply Chain Strategy

Every Man Jack•Mill Valley, CA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Director of Supply Chain Strategy leads the planning and project management engine of the Operations organization, connecting demand planning, supply planning, and project execution into a coordinated operating rhythm. The role represents Operations on cross-functional director-level decisions involving new projects, prioritization, SKU rationalization, and other business priorities. It leads the project management team, sets portfolio priorities, assesses new projects for risk and feasibility, partners with the Brand team, and oversees a stage-gate process that enables timely decisions and clear leadership updates. The role owns the end-to-end demand planning process and establishes a stable supply planning rhythm through a true S&OP cadence. It connects sales expectations with deliverable supply, regularly identifies and resolves gaps between the forecast and supply signal, builds forward-looking planning capability, and uses new planning systems to improve visibility. It ensures supply risks are escalated promptly and that actions are taken to mitigate out-of-stocks and inventory risk. This is a hands-on leadership position that combines coaching and team development with direct operational engagement. The Sr. Director leads the Project Management, Supply Planning, and Demand Planning teams; establishes planning and portfolio processes, tools, metrics, and cadences; and drives continuous improvement. The role collaborates with Technical Services, Co-Manufacturing, Logistics, Customer Service, Brand, and other functions, representing Operations in cross-functional forums and ensuring commitments reflect actual capacity and lead times. In partnership with the VP of Operations, the position contributes to operational strategy and helps ensure short- and long-term objectives are met. The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, communicative, calm and flexible in a fast-paced, high-growth product-development environment, and brings a positive, innovative, professional, hands-on approach. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. The position is based in Mill Valley, California, with a hybrid schedule: in office Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; remote Wednesday and Friday. It is full-time, exempt, and salaried.

Requirements

At least 10 years of progressive experience in supply chain, operations, planning, or a related field, with responsibility of comparable scope and complexity.
Demonstrated leadership across demand planning, supply planning, S&OP or integrated business planning, and cross-functional project or portfolio management.
Experience leading and developing managers and teams, setting goals, delegating ownership, and building capability through change and uncertainty.
A record of influencing senior leaders, building consensus, and resolving complex cross-functional tradeoffs using clear analysis and sound judgment.
Strong business and financial acumen, including the ability to connect service, inventory, capacity, cost, timing, and growth decisions.
Experience implementing or improving planning systems, data governance, reporting, and process automation.
Clear, credible written and verbal communication, including executive recommendations and change leadership.
Excellent organization, attention to detail, communication, calmness, and flexibility in a fast-paced, changing environment.
Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience in consumer products, omnichannel retail, or a similarly complex, high-growth environment.
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations, business, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop the Project Management, Supply Planning, and Demand Planning teams, building functional depth and clear ownership.
Identify and remove organizational, process, and system barriers, escalating issues that cannot be resolved at the team level.
Set and communicate team priorities and ensure each function has fit-for-purpose process documentation, tools, and reporting.
Build and own a monthly S&OP process connecting demand planning and supply planning.
Establish and maintain the S&OP calendar, including demand review, supply review, and executive-level reconciliation, with clear inputs, owners, and decision rights.
Define and govern the numbers used for business planning, ensuring consistent handoffs from commercial forecast to supply signal and visibility into risks and opportunities.
Maintain a tiered escalation structure so demand-and-supply gaps are surfaced, quantified, and decided at the appropriate level and time.
Lead the project management team through a disciplined stage-gate process with defined criteria, deliverables, and decisions.
Influence cross-functional portfolio decisions about which projects enter, change, pause, or stop.
Resolve competing priorities through transparent criteria and constructive negotiation.
Provide leadership with accurate portfolio status, capacity, dependencies, risks, recommendations, and required decisions.
Improve portfolio throughput and decision quality by identifying causes of delay and implementing durable corrective actions.
Assess planning and project processes, identify high-impact gaps, and sequence improvements based on business impact.
Build standard work, metrics, and cadences to make performance visible and improvement measurable.
Evaluate and implement tools and automation to reduce manual work and improve planning accuracy and speed.
Use root-cause analysis and cross-functional problem solving to address recurring issues through lasting process, system, or capability improvements.
Lead calmly through pressure and changing conditions, helping teams learn, adapt plans, and stay focused on key outcomes.
Collaborate with Technical Services, Co-Manufacturing, Logistics, and Customer Service to advance operational priorities and foster transparent communication and alignment.
Represent Operations in cross-functional forums and ensure commitments are grounded in actual capacity and lead times.
Bring supply chain insights, risks, opportunities, and operating scenarios forward to influence company strategy and resource allocation.
Partner with the VP of Operations on operational strategy and achievement of short- and long-term objectives.