Director of Supply Chain Operations

Objective The Director of Supply Chain leads a talented team in driving all aspects of supply chain operations for our early-stage but rapidly growing company. The role entails developing, executing, and improving processes, tools, and systems that encompass forecasting, sourcing, procurement, outsourced manufacturing, inventory management, 3PL management, fulfillment, logistics. You work nimbly and tactically, managing day-to-day supply chain activities while also strategically implementing practices for continuous improvements and future growth. You are expected to understand and orchestrate current state systems and supply bases, project future state needs, and roadmap initiatives to help Sunday deliver on its growth plans. As both player and coach (with emphasis on coach), you both digest spreadsheets and also develop team members as technical subject matter experts and as people managers. Responsibilities - Day-to-Day Operations - Owning ultimate accountability for delivery to customers, direct and wholesale, on time and in full; accountable for processes, activities, systems and people that enable effective and efficient customer fulfillment, including forecasting, supply planning, production scheduling, purchase order management, and logistics. - Overseeing supplier/manufacturer management. - Overseeing supply chain and inventory management to ensure that Sunday is positioned to meet sales goals and growth plans without running out of stock and overcommitting to inventory. - Developing and continually refining S&OP and other cross-functional planning processes. - Participating in new product development efforts to make sure projects are completed on-schedule. - Holding accountability for maintaining, improving, and creating new key relationships across suppliers and other network partners. - Sourcing and developing new products and components, in partnership with R&D team. - Overseeing transportation domestically and internationally. - Engaging with the Retail and DTC teams to ensure collaboration with each function that delivers success for both parties. - Performance Tracking - Defining, refining, establishing key performance metrics and benchmarks to measure the success of the materials and logistics initiatives. - Monitoring and tracking program effectiveness using reports, dashboards and scorecards on the operational status and maturity of programs. - Strategic Planning - Creating the strategic plan for supply chain based on evolving business plan and market dynamics. Determining overall optimal supply chain future state (capacities, costs, capabilities, geographics, etc.), leveraging best practices and innovative solutions. - Working directly with management teams to define future states and how we will get there; driving balance of current business needs with need to invest into the future. - Leading cross-functional, strategic projects for Supply Chain. Scope, plan and execute financial and quantitative analyses that will yield critical answers to the strategic questions at hand. - Partnering with functional owners to translate strategic objectives into a project roadmap including people, process, systems and assets. - Connecting the dots across multiple strategies and time horizons, and maintaining a holistic understanding of the business across all functions to maintain or evolve long-term strategies. - Technology Enablement - Understanding and improving current supply chain technology in line with short and longer term objectives. - Evaluating best in class supply chain technology and infrastructure suitable to the scope and size of the business, as well as scale for future growth. - Contributing to the technology strategy by identifying, assessing and recommending external trends in technology and methodologies. - Finance and Accounting Partnership - Partnering with Finance and Accounting for cash forecasting and cost classifications, relating to purchasing projections, COGS analyses, operationa