- Lead strategic sourcing and procurement of ingredients, packaging, and contract manufacturing services, negotiating pricing, terms, and supply agreements.
- Build and manage the supplier base through supplier qualification, performance scorecards, and dual-sourcing strategies.
- Manage co-manufacturing partners, including capacity planning, production scheduling, schedule adherence, yield, and quality performance.
- Oversee co-man procurement, component MRP, purchase orders, material reconciliations, and inventory true-ups.
- Set inventory strategy and targets for finished goods, raw materials, and packaging, and reduce excess and obsolete inventory.
- Oversee demand and supply planning software and translate the Demand Plan into an executable Supply Plan for monthly S&OP meetings.
- Manage commercialization of new items and renovations, coordinating launch milestones, sourcing, initial inventory builds, and first production runs.
- Maintain accurate item, BOM, vendor, and inventory data in NetSuite and build dashboards to report supply chain KPIs.
- Partner with Finance on average costs, COGS, budgeting, and cost-savings initiatives.
- Build, lead, and develop the supply chain team and work with cross-functional partners.
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