Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Three Bird Nest is a company dedicated to inspiring individuals to express their authentic selves through style. They are seeking a VP of Supply Chain and Operations to oversee all aspects of supply chain management, including procurement and 3PL management, while driving operational efficiencies and scalability in a growing business.
Responsibilities
- Accountable for performance, cost control, service levels, and billing accuracy
- Direct ownership of outbound shipping, returns, and overall 3PL cost structure
- Enact a scorecard to measure 3PL performance
- Drive scalability across fulfillment operations
- Serve as day-to-day liaison between 3BN and 3PL
- Collaborate and provide necessary forecasts for 3PL planning
- Lead holiday and event planning to ensure 3PL performance
- Enact scorecards to measure, share, and improve supplier performance
- Establish a process to share product insights and future needs
- Initiate business review meetings with top suppliers
- Establish auditing and oversight process for direct suppliers
- Manage the 3BN Procurement team
- Evaluate and improve existing processes
- Ensure that procurement capabilities keep up with inventory/product requirements
- Setup indirect procurement (e.g. packaging, shipping material, etc)
- Build a structured planning cadence to align the demand forecast, inventory, and financial targets
- Partner with Chief Merchant to establish inventory targets
- Manage the OTB process, ensuring that quality and quantity metrics are maintained
- Work through all supply constraints to sales forecast
- Ownership of carrier services including contracts, negotiations and ongoing optimization
- Set strategy for shipping account usage to optimize cost and performance
- Ownership of all supply chain data and reporting (e.g. WMS, forecasting tools, etc)
- Ensure data accuracy and alignment across systems architecture (e.g. ShipHero, Shopify, Inventory Planner, etc)
- Ensure that orders are placed and managed to meet pre-sale commitments
- Partner with suppliers to deliver products via pre-sale in accordance with 3BN plans
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in Supply Chain and Operations, with demonstrated success creating solutions that make the business more scalable, keeping pace with a high growth environment
- Experience leading in a high-performance, high-growth apparel business with digital and fashion
- A history of driving efficiencies in product costs and operating expenses
- Affinity for partnering with and influencing senior business leaders while growing talent within one's own team and across the enterprise is needed
- An affinity for a creative, solutions-oriented approach to meeting the needs of the business, brand aesthetic, and customer is desired
- An authentic leader with apparel experience and strong analytical skills is required
Company Overview
Three Bird Nest designs, manufactures, and sells fashionable apparel, jewelry, and accessories. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Livermore, California, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.threebirdnest.com.