Supply Chain Lead

Highspring•Nashville, TN

1d•$114,886 - $204,000

About The Position

Highspring is hiring a Supply Chain Lead for its Supply Chain Advisory & Transformation team. The role serves commercial clients ranging from growth-stage and mid-size companies to Fortune 100 enterprises, advising executive leaders on improving supply chain performance, resilience, and value realization from transformation investments. The position combines strategic advisory work with hands-on execution across supply chain planning, operations, inventory, procurement, fulfillment, and enabling technology. The Supply Chain Lead assesses current-state operations, identifies root causes and improvement opportunities, and develops practical transformation roadmaps. The role facilitates executive and cross-functional client sessions, translates business goals into process, operating model, governance, data, and technology initiatives, and supports execution through pilots, PMO or workstream leadership, and implementation readiness. It also leads and coaches project teams, contributes to business development and thought leadership, builds trusted client relationships, and helps develop the firm’s internal methods and reusable assets. The position may be hired at Manager or Senior Manager level depending on experience, client leadership capability, and business development track record. Travel of at least 50% is expected as client needs require.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related discipline.
At least 5 years of progressive experience across supply chain and operations, including client-facing professional services or consulting experience and relevant industry experience.
Demonstrated track record helping companies transform supply chain and/or operations with measurable business impact.
Functional experience in several areas including demand, supply, or inventory planning; S&OP/IBP; operating model design; governance; KPI frameworks; process improvement; supply chain technology enablement; PMO/workstream leadership; or performance improvement.
Experience assessing current-state processes, identifying root causes, and building pragmatic future-state roadmaps.
Experience advising Director-, VP-, or C-level executives, presenting complex ideas, and facilitating executive workshops.
Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills and emotional intelligence.
Experience mentoring and leading more junior team members.
Track record managing projects and/or workstreams to successful completion in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
Willingness to travel at least 50% of the time as client needs require.

Nice To Haves

MBA and/or MS in Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field.
Progressive responsibility managing client relationships and achieving business development goals.
Experience in retail, consumer, manufacturing, wholesale/distribution, healthcare, or life sciences.
Experience with supply chain planning ecosystems such as Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, o9, SAP, Oracle, ketteQ, or Anaplan.
Experience developing business cases, value realization frameworks, and executive-ready transformation roadmaps.
Strong point of view on how data, AI, and automation can improve planning and operational decision-making.
PMP, APICS/ASCM (CPIM/CSCP), Lean Six Sigma, or similar certifications.

Responsibilities

Advise commercial clients and executive leaders on improving supply chain performance, resilience, and value realization from transformation investments.
Facilitate executive and steering committee meetings, cross-functional process workshops, requirements sessions, and solution evaluations.
Lead current-state assessments across supply chain functions and develop improvement roadmaps.
Translate business goals into actionable transformation initiatives, including process, operating model, governance, data, and technology recommendations.
Support strategy development and execution of client initiatives, including pilots, PMO/workstream leadership, and implementation readiness.
Manage and coach project teams to deliver complex engagements with high quality, strong client experience, and measurable outcomes.
Support business development through market analysis, client sourcing, relationship building, proposal development, solution shaping, and oral presentations.
Build and maintain trusted relationships with client stakeholders at all levels.
Contribute thought leadership on market trends, including AI-enabled planning, supply chain digitization, network volatility, data quality, operating model evolution, and risk/resilience.
Develop and scale internal capabilities, methods, and reusable assets.
Lead teams and workstreams across strategy and execution phases and contribute to practice growth.