Vice President, Distribution

Bombas•New York, NY

2d•$220,000 - $260,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Bombas is seeking a hands-on, strategic, and highly accountable team player to join their Supply Chain team as the Vice President of Distribution. This role reports to the Chief Supply Chain Officer and will manage e-commerce, wholesale, and donation fulfillment teams. It offers an opportunity to own and scale an omni-channel distribution network, lead through strong external partnerships, and build best-in-class fulfillment capabilities to support Bombas’ continued growth across e-commerce, wholesale, and retail. The position is based at the Bombas HQ in New York City with travel to distribution centers in California and Ohio.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive distribution and supply chain leadership experience
Demonstrated experience both operating company-owned distribution centers and managing third-party logistics (3PL) providers, with a deep understanding of what “great” looks like on the warehouse floor.
Proven success leading on-site warehouse operations, including labor models, productivity, safety, inventory accuracy, peak planning, and daily execution — not solely vendor oversight.
Extensive experience governing 3PL partners at scale, including provider selection, contract negotiation, SLA/KPI design, performance management, escalation handling, and long-term relationship leadership.
Deep, hands-on knowledge of warehouse and fulfillment operations, with the ability to translate first-hand operating experience into effective standards and accountability across external partners.
Strong understanding of omni-channel fulfillment complexity, supporting e-commerce, wholesale, and retail from shared or distributed inventory pools.
Experience with warehouse management systems (WMS), ERP integrations, and operational reporting, with comfort driving adoption and process discipline across internal teams and external partners.
Executive-level leadership experience building, coaching, and scaling high-performing operations teams, including recruiting top talent and developing future leaders.
Highly hands-on leadership style, with willingness to spend significant time on-site at distribution and fulfillment facilities and travel up to 50%
Experience evolving operations with ‘right sized’ automated solutions, enabling the strategic requirements of the business (evolving product mix / sku count / channel complexity / order requirements / volumes)

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end distribution strategy and execution across all warehousing and fulfillment operations, ensuring scalable, reliable support for e-commerce, wholesale, and retail channels across multiple physical distribution locations.
Serve as the primary owner of 3PL relationships, spending significant, regular time on the ground at partner facilities to oversee operations, reinforce expectations, and ensure alignment and accountability with Bombas’ evolving operational, brand, and customer experience standards.
Lead and govern a network of third-party logistics (3PL) partners, including selection, onboarding, contract negotiation, and ongoing performance management to ensure service, cost, quality, and compliance expectations are consistently met.
Ensure day-to-day operational compliance at 3PL sites, validating that processes, staffing models, training, safety practices, and technology usage align with Bombas requirements and scale appropriately as the business grows.
Establish, monitor, and enforce SLAs, KPIs, and operating scorecards, with direct accountability for on-time, in-full delivery, inventory accuracy, throughput, labor productivity, safety, and cost efficiency.
Drive daily execution through influence and presence, maintaining strong operational rhythms with 3PL partners through on-site walkthroughs, weekly operating reviews, escalation management, and quarterly business reviews (QBRs).
Act as the senior escalation point for operational breakdowns impacting customer experience, wholesale partners, or retail stores, personally engaging on-site when needed to drive resolution and long-term corrective actions.
Partner closely with Logistics leadership as a critical liaison point to ensure seamless alignment between inbound transportation, outbound shipping strategies, capacity planning, and fulfillment execution.
Design and evolve the distribution network strategy to support growth, including facility readiness, capacity planning, peak execution, SKU proliferation, channel mix changes, and future expansion or consolidation decisions.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives across partner facilities, identifying and driving process, system, layout, automation, and labor optimization opportunities that improve speed, accuracy, scalability, and unit economics.
Own the distribution operating budget, identifying opportunities to improve cost structure while protecting service levels and long-term scalability.
Build, coach, and develop a best-in-class distribution leadership team, setting a high bar for operational excellence, ownership, and accountability. This includes recruiting top-tier talent, clearly defining roles and expectations, providing regular feedback and mentorship, and ensuring the organization has the capabilities required to scale alongside Bombas’ growth and evolving distribution needs.