Vice President, Supply Chain

SmartSweets is seeking an experienced leader to elevate all aspects of its supply chain performance. This leader will have the functional experience, conceptual skills and leadership qualities to continuously improve and execute a high-performance supply chain network that can seamlessly and efficiently scale to support the organization’s growth. This leader will be able to cultivate an environment that supports fast decision making and accountability across the team; they will be experienced at identifying and developing key talent, attracting essential talent to an organization, assessing a team, and optimizing all functional disciplines to perform at the highest levels. The Vice President, Supply Chain, will be agile, collaborative, and a strong people leader. This role can be remote in North America, or hybrid in Vancouver, B.C.

**Who Are We?**

SmartSweets is on a mission to Kick Sugar, Keep Candy We make the delicious candy you know and love with up to 92% less sugar than traditional candy. We are proudly Female-Founded and on our way to kick 5.5 billion grams of excess sugar out of candy in a single year (what we call our Mission to Mars). We are proud of our sweet culture and accomplishments. Our recent accolades include a certified Great Place to Work (3 years in a row), Waterstone Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Culture Winner, NielsonIQ Breakthrough Innovation Award Winner and Instacart’s Emerging Brand List.

**How You Will Grow Our Mission**:

- Partner with the executive team to develop the company’s mid-to long-term strategic and annual business plans.
- Implement the strategic vision of the company while driving growth and managing costs.
- Assist the co-CEOs with the development of long-term operating goals and business expansion plans.
- Lead the development and execution of a fully integrated, forward looking and highly scalable supply chain strategy, spanning all aspects of the value chain from procurement through to logistics.
- Define supporting and scalable supply chain organization design, staff with capabilities necessary to achieve business growth objectives.
- Lead supply chain team in any necessary pivots resulting from changing business environments.
- Deliver critical supply chain KPI’s and performance targets, lead organization to consistent performance goals, as well as lead an aggressive and ongoing Continuous Improvement and Cost Savings agenda.
- Manage all supply chain related budgets, including accountability to deliver to standard cost and gross margin targets.
- Support quality standards across co manufacturing partners.
- Develop and cultivate exceptional cross-functional relationships, enabling supply chain organization to partner effectively with all internal partners to achieve the organization’s growth objectives.
- Cultivate strong relationships and plans with all external supply chain partners, achieving performance excellence in support of the company’s continued growth.
- Negotiate with external partners to ensure consistency of supply and competitive pricing.

**What You Bring**:

- 15+ years’ experience in a supply chain leadership role in both large and small companies; preferably in non-durable Consumer Products
- The ability to set clear and challenging goals while committing the organization to improved performance, tenacious and accountable in driving results.
- Negotiation expertise with different segments of supply (raw/pack/co-man) including supply contract knowledge and experience.
- Versed in strategic sourcing.
- Proven track record of working successfully with external vendors, co-manufacturers and warehousing and logistics providers.
- The ability to attract and recruit top talent, motivate the team, delegate effectively, celebrate diversity within the team, and manage performance.
- Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively.
- Experience in growth environments with an emphasis on strategic planning capability combined with hands-on execution.
- Ability to effectively use data, testing, and results to inform strategic plans and decisions.
- Experience with quality controls and implementation.
- Specific confectionary operational knowledge preferred.

**Skills & Personal Characteristics**:

- Comfortable in a roll-up-your-sleeves environment, but confident as a team player and leader.
- Exhibit a level of “scrappiness” - the ability to accompany strategic instincts with a clear sense of purpose, execution, and delivery.
- Strong communication and team leading capabilities, skilled in leading collaborative teams, particularly in a virtual work environment.
- Seeks insight, data, and input to inform their risk-taking decisions.
- Natural hands-on leadership skills with a collaborative, pragmatic, business-focused approach.
- Organized with the ability to implement systems and processes to bring structure to