Supply Chain & Procurement Director for a US-Based Company | Remote

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About the Role
We are hiring a Supply Chain & Procurement Director for a fast-growing functional beverage brand in the US. The company manufactures and sells a colorful, flavor-forward product line at significant scale, with 100+ active SKUs, weekly new flavor drops, and a tolling-based manufacturing model across 50+ ingredients.
This is a high-ownership role for someone who can keep a fast-moving product calendar fully supplied without overbuying. You will own planning, procurement, manufacturing coordination, and inventory across the entire operation, and you will be the person who spots shortages, bottlenecks, and risks before they turn into stockouts.
What You Will Do
Supply Chain Planning

Own the end to end supply chain planning process across raw materials, packaging, finished goods, production timelines, and inventory availability

Ensure the brand is never out of stock and is prepared for rapid sales spikes, limited edition drops, and weekly product launches

Build and maintain systems that support 100+ active SKUs and frequent new flavor innovation

Partner with manufacturing, operations, finance, product development, and leadership to align production planning with demand

Identify bottlenecks, risks, and shortages before they become business problems

Procurement & Raw Material Management

Manage procurement across 50+ ingredients, including flavor systems, functional ingredients, packaging, and other raw materials

Own supplier relationships and negotiate aggressively to secure the lowest possible cost without compromising quality, lead times, or supply reliability

Build multiple sourcing options for critical ingredients to reduce dependency and improve leverage

Monitor lead times, MOQs, price changes, supplier capacity, and inventory risk

Drive continuous cost savings across the supply base

Manufacturing Coordination

Work directly with toll manufacturers to ensure production is completed on time, in full, and to quality standards

Track production schedules, ingredient availability, packaging readiness, and finished goods output

Hold manufacturing partners accountable to agreed timelines, quality standards, and service levels

Escalate issues quickly and solve problems in real time

Support rapid product drops and innovation cycles without sacrificing execution quality

Inventory, Forecasting & Cash Conversion

Maintain accurate inventory visibility across raw materials, packaging, WIP, and finished goods

Build planning tools and reporting that help the business make fast, informed inventory decisions

Balance inventory availability with cash discipline, avoiding both stockouts and unnecessary overbuying

Improve the cash conversion cycle through smarter purchasing, better production planning, and tighter inventory management

Analyze demand patterns, drop performance, reorder needs, and SKU velocity

Quality & On Time Execution

Ensure every product is produced to specification and meets brand quality expectations

Partner with QA and manufacturing teams to address product, ingredient, packaging, or production issues immediately

Ensure product availability supports fast shipping, accurate orders, and a strong customer experience

Protect the brand by making sure supply chain execution matches the speed of customer demand

Requirements
What We Are Looking For

Proven experience in supply chain, procurement, production planning, manufacturing coordination, or operations leadership

Experience with food, beverage, supplements, CPG, powders, stick packs, or high SKU consumer products strongly preferred

Strong procurement and supplier negotiation skills

Highly analytical with excellent Excel skills

Strong written and verbal communication, with fast, clear, and accurate responses

Strong understanding of inventory planning, lead times, purchase orders, production schedules, and the cash conversion cycle

Ability to manage multiple priorities, vendors, ingredients, timelines, and urgent issues at once

Extremely detail oriented and highly accountable

Comfortable in a fast paced, high pressure, high growth environment

Willingness to be highly responsive outside traditional business hours when the business requires it

Details

Full time, fully remote

Aligned to US business hours

Direct exposure to leadership and real ownership over a core function of the business

Benefits

Competitive salary

Work From Home

Flexible Hours

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