VP, Supply Chain - Motive

About the Role:

As the Vice President, Supply Chain, you will be a key member of the leadership team. You will be responsible for managing and developing a talented team responsible for ensuring risk mitigation, continuity of supply, and product affordability for upcoming New Product Introductions and Sustaining Production.

What You’ll Do:

Cost and Commodity Management

• Develop and deliver strategy for commodities and end products.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers and end manufacturers.
• Manage the supply chain by monitoring, reporting, and providing direction on issues which could affect quality, delivery, or pricing.
• Perform industry benchmarking and supplier risk assessments. Build and communicate mitigation plans.
• Maintain electronics industry intelligence on technology trends, sourcing options and competitive pricing.
• Develop alternate sources for current/future product needs and technologies from a worldwide market.
• Improve cost models and forward costing analysis tools.
• Develop should cost models
• Develop business relationships with a global supply chain
• Drive strategy in make/buy decisions.

Strategy and Demand Planning

• Lead, manage, and direct S&OP, Forecasting, Planning, Procurement, Order Management, etc.
• Partner with product development and finance to develop a manufacturing and logistics strategy to support a rapidly growing product line
• Collaborate with stakeholders to keep up with customer/inventory demand
• Assess current and future operational risks globally and locally, and translate those into strategies.
• Manage internal ordering processes to optimize inventory, ensuring supplier and manufacturing compliance for legal, regulatory and sustainability requirements and goals

Logistics

• Develop and deploy logistics, inventory, and warehousing performance standards that support and align with company strategy and customer expectations
• Drive COGs reduction through a robust logistics strategy
• Collaborate with Tax and Trade Compliance on execution of logistics strategy and footprint

Continuous Improvement

• Work closely with engineering leadership to collaboratively develop, direct, and implement manufacturing process and product improvement strategies
• Build an Operations Program Management team to own and drive continuous improvement and efficiency at the factory leading to better efficiency and cost.

Operations Infrastructure

• Align with IT and BizOps teams to implement reports, dashboards, and more.
• Establish and maintain performance metrics for all associated Hardware Ops functions in Cost, Shipping, Production, and Returns & Repairs

What We’re Looking For:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in supply chain & logistics operations with previous experience leading a team
• Previous experience running supply chain for a devices company (either B2B devices or consumer devices okay)
• A bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/Logistics or Business is required, and a master’s degree is preferred
• Demonstrated leadership skills with ability to build out a new team globally
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to perform data analysis to craft tactical operational recommendations
• Ability to learn new concepts and technologies quickly
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills