
Vice President – Supply Chain
Kiddom
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $200,000 - $275,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Own planning, execution, systems, and risk management across all physical supply chain operations
- Take end to end ownership of critical workstreams personally driving timelines, accountability, and execution across print, kits, trade books, vendors, systems
- Establish clear accountability structures and operating cadence for the Supply Chain function
- Own team performance and growth, continuously assessing capacity and introducing new roles to support an expanding supply chain and increasing operational complexity.
- Produce and maintain detailed, curriculum-by-curriculum Back-to-School print and fulfillment plans
- Drive early, end-to-end planning across multiple curriculum products and vendors—defining scope, sequencing, timelines, capacity requirements, and contingencies before peak execution windows.
- Partner with Finance and Sales to translate revenue forecasts into accurate procurement and inventory plans
- Own cost discipline for all physical goods, including competitive bidding, vendor comparisons, and spend justification
- Ensure purchasing decisions reflect margin targets, cash flow constraints, and risk tradeoffs
- Own inventory strategy across on-demand print, stocked inventory, and hybrid models
- Lead implementation, improvement, and enforcement of ERP and inventory management workflows (e.g., NetSuite)
- Ensure Supply Chain fulfills all responsibilities required for accurate month-end close and revenue recognition
- Ensure fulfillment operations remain stable and predictable during surge demand and peak periods
- Monitor throughput, backlogs, and service levels daily during high-volume windows
- Act immediately on vendor risk signals and executive escalations
- Maintain continuous visibility into team workload, priorities, and execution status
- Partner with Product, Curriculum, Finance, and wider GTM teams align commitments with operational reality
- Escalate risks early with proposed solutions, not just problem statements
- Represent Supply Chain with clarity, confidence, and execution credibility at the executive level
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience, including ownership of execution at scale
- Proven success operating in seasonal, high-risk, fulfillment-heavy environments
- Deep experience with print manufacturing, physical educational materials, or complex multi-SKU supply chains
- Demonstrated track record of building systems, not deferring them
- Strong financial acumen, including cost modeling, vendor negotiation, and inventory accounting
- Experience leading ERP and inventory system implementations
- Direct, decisive leadership style with comfort making and owning hard tradeoffs
- K–12 education market experience strongly preferred
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Meaningful equity
- Health insurance benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
- One Medical membership (in participating locations)
- Flexible vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.
- 10 paid sick days per year (pro rated depending on start date)
- Paid holidays
- Paid bereavement leave
- Paid family leave after birth/adoption. Minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents, 10 weeks for caretaker parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State.
- Commuter and FSA plans
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
supply chain managementrisk managementinventory managementcost modelingvendor negotiationprint manufacturingfulfillment planningERP implementationcapacity planningrevenue forecasting
Soft Skills
leadershipaccountabilitydecision-makingproblem-solvingcommunicationteam performance managementstrategic planningcollaborationadaptabilityexecutive presence