Vice President of Supply Chain

Kiddom • San Francisco, CA

28d • $200,000 - $275,000

About The Position

Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning. Through unparalleled curriculum management functionality, Kiddom empowers schools and districts to take ownership of their curriculum – resulting in learning experiences tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of local communities. Kiddom’s high-quality curriculum is layered with robust teacher and leader data insights to drive the continuous improvement of instructional decisions, school/district programming, and professional learning.

Kiddom is seeking a high-ownership, execution-driven Vice President of Supply Chain to lead all physical product operations, including print, kits, trade books, inventory, fulfillment, logistics, systems, and vendor strategy (contract negotiation and pricing).This role requires end-to-end accountability, not advisory or conceptual leadership. The VP of Supply Chain is responsible for ensuring operational readiness—especially for Back-to-School—through proactive planning, clear execution plans, system reliability, vendor redundancy, and disciplined financial decision-making. Reporting to the CEO (or equivalent executive), this role is mission-critical to customer trust, revenue recognition, margin performance, and enterprise scalability.

The Role
Kiddom is seeking a high-ownership, execution-driven Vice President of Supply Chain to lead all physical product operations, including print, kits, trade books, inventory, fulfillment, logistics, systems, and vendor strategy (contract negotiation and pricing). This role requires end-to-end accountability and Operational execution, not advisory or conceptual leadership. The VP of Supply Chain is responsible for ensuring operational readiness—especially for Back-to-School—through proactive planning, clear execution plans, system reliability, vendor redundancy, and disciplined financial decision-making. Reporting to the CEO (or equivalent executive), this role is mission-critical to customer trust, revenue recognition, margin performance, and enterprise scalability.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience, including ownership of execution at scale
• Proven success operating in seasonal, high-risk, fulfillment-heavy environments
• Deep experience with print manufacturing, physical educational materials, or complex multi-SKU supply chains
• Demonstrated track record of building systems, not deferring them
• Strong financial acumen, including cost modeling, vendor negotiation, and inventory accounting
• Experience leading ERP and inventory system implementations
• Direct, decisive leadership style with comfort making and owning hard tradeoffs

Nice To Haves

• K–12 education market experience strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Own planning, execution, systems, and risk management across all physical supply chain operations
• Take end to end ownership of critical workstreams personally driving timelines, accountability, and execution across print, kits, trade books, vendors, systems
• Establish clear accountability structures and operating cadence for the Supply Chain function
• Own team performance and growth, continuously assessing capacity and introducing new roles to support an expanding supply chain and increasing operational complexity.
• Produce and maintain detailed, curriculum-by-curriculum Back-to-School print and fulfillment plans
• Drive early, end-to-end planning across multiple curriculum products and vendors—defining scope, sequencing, timelines, capacity requirements, and contingencies before peak execution windows.
• Partner with Finance and Sales to translate revenue forecasts into accurate procurement and inventory plans
• Own cost discipline for all physical goods, including competitive bidding, vendor comparisons, and spend justification
• Ensure purchasing decisions reflect margin targets, cash flow constraints, and risk tradeoffs
• Own inventory strategy across on-demand print, stocked inventory, and hybrid models, accounting for how digital products and adoption patterns directly inform print volumes, stocking decisions, and fulfillment strategy. Own inventory strategy across on-demand print, stocked inventory, and hybrid models
• Lead implementation, improvement, and enforcement of ERP and inventory management workflows (e.g., NetSuite)
• Ensure Supply Chain fulfills all responsibilities required for accurate month-end close and revenue recognition
• Ensure fulfillment operations remain stable and predictable during surge demand and peak periods
• Monitor throughput, backlogs, and service levels daily during high-volume windows
• Intervene early to rebalance priorities, capacity, or vendor support when risk emerges
• Own vendor selection, diversification, and redundancy planning across print, kits, warehousing, and logistics
• Ensure no single-vendor dependencies exist without explicit mitigation plans
• Act immediately on vendor risk signals and executive escalations
• Maintain continuous visibility into team workload, priorities, and execution status
• Ensure cross functional leaders can clearly articulate what the team is working on, why it matters, and what risks exist
• Coach and develop managers to operate with clarity, urgency, and ownership
• Partner with Product, Curriculum, Finance, and wider GTM teams align commitments with operational reality
• Escalate risks early with proposed solutions, not just problem statements
• Represent Supply Chain with clarity, confidence, and execution credibility at the executive level

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Health insurance benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
• One Medical membership (in participating locations)
• Flexible vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.
• 10 paid sick days per year (pro rated depending on start date)
• Paid holidays
• Paid bereavement leave
• Paid family leave after birth/adoption. Minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents, 10 weeks for caretaker parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State.
• Commuter and FSA plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed