Vice President, Operations & Supply Chain

Doka Group • Kenilworth, NJ

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About The Position

The Vice President of Operations & Supply Chain provides executive leadership for Doka USA’s Operations and Supply Chain functions. The role develops and executes an integrated strategy to enable safe, efficient, reliable, and scalable business operations, with responsibility for the end-to-end flow and stewardship of material across the business. Areas of oversight include demand and supply planning, inventory management, logistics and freight, distribution, yard operations, operational safety, and continuous improvement.

As a member of Doka USA’s Executive Management Team, the Vice President translates business strategy into operational priorities while balancing customer service and material availability with productivity, inventory utilization, working capital, cost, quality, and risk. The position partners with Finance, Procurement, Sales, Engineering, HR, and other functions to align operational capabilities and resources with customer requirements and Doka’s strategic and financial objectives. It also builds the organizational capabilities, processes, systems, and talent needed to support Doka USA’s future growth and performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related discipline.
• Significant progressive leadership experience across Operations, Supply Chain, Logistics, or related functions, including leadership of complex, geographically dispersed operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading leaders and building high-performing operational organizations.
• Strong understanding of supply-chain planning, S&OP processes, inventory management, logistics, procurement, and operational performance management.
• Ability to connect operational decisions with financial outcomes, including working capital, capital expenditure, productivity, and cost.
• Experience driving operational transformation, process improvement, standardization, and technology-enabled change through a continuous-improvement model.
• Strong analytical and business acumen, with the ability to translate data into strategic and operational decisions.
• Ability to operate effectively across functional and organizational boundaries and influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and change-leadership capabilities.
• English fluency.
• Ability to travel extensively based on business requirements.
• External candidates must be authorized to work for any employer in the USA.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• Experience in construction, industrial equipment, manufacturing, rental, or another asset-intensive business environment.
• Spanish language capability and/or experience operating across international or multicultural environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Operations and Supply Chain strategy in alignment with Doka USA and Area NAMLAM priorities.
• Establish operating models, standards, KPIs, and governance to support consistent execution across the national branch, yard, and distribution network.
• Lead demand and supply planning, S&OP processes, procurement, sourcing, supplier management, logistics, and freight.
• Ensure appropriate material availability while balancing customer demand, lead times, cost, inventory investment, and business risk.
• Develop strategies to optimize inventory levels, material availability, utilization, and quality across the network.
• Partner with Finance, Procurement, and commercial leadership to improve forecasting and convert business demand into material and resource plans.
• Drive continuous improvement in productivity, material flow, yard layouts, equipment utilization, automation, digitalization, and technology.
• Champion standardized processes and a culture of problem solving and continuous improvement.
• Provide executive oversight of operational safety and regulatory and Doka standards compliance; promote a proactive safety culture.
• Partner with the CFO and Finance organization on budgeting, forecasting, capital expenditure planning, and operational performance management.
• Establish operational KPIs and use data to improve productivity, cost effectiveness, inventory performance, and resource allocation.
• Ensure Operations and Supply Chain support the commercial organization through material availability, order fulfillment, delivery, returns, billing accuracy, and service.
• Identify and address operational constraints that may affect customer experience or business growth.
• Evaluate the capacity and effectiveness of the operational footprint, including distribution centers, branches, yards, equipment, material flows, and resources.
• Develop recommendations for future capacity, investment, infrastructure, and network optimization.
• Lead and develop a high-performing Operations and Supply Chain leadership team; establish accountability, succession pipelines, and organizational capabilities.
• Partner strategically across Finance, Sales, Engineering, HR, and other functions to integrate Operations and Supply Chain priorities into business planning and decisions.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Company-paid life insurance and supplemental voluntary term life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan (Roth and Non-Roth).
• Short-term disability.
• AFLAC policies.
• Paid time off, including sick/personal leave, vacation, floating holiday, and company-paid holidays.
• Potential bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation are not included in the stated base salary range.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive