Chief Product (Supply Chain) Officer

Description
Chief Product Officer
Position Summary :
Strategic Leadership over Procurement and Supply Chain, Product Development, Production Strategies with Products (meat blocks, ingredients, packaging supplies, process flow, equipment, etc.) and Sales/Customer Business Development.

Strategic leadership over Corporate Profitability Objectives (yields and margin oversight while maintaining company OH and Indirect Labor goals). C-Suite /Executive team member driving corporate Culture and Value Initiatives, Company Growth Initiatives and Creating Value for Company Shareholders and Stakeholders.
Organizational Relationships:
Reports to the Chief Executive Officer. Member of the executive leadership team. Works closely with internal sales and manufacturing leadership teams. Interacts regularly with external suppliers and customers.
Roles/Accountabilities :
- Strategic oversight for development of organizational procurement strategy. Creation and management of short, mid, and long-term strategies to achieve business profitability goals. Understanding scope of Sales mix and the profitability of each item for customers. Exposure oversight within Supply Chain.
- Developing Procurement Meat Block Strategies. (Possibilities, Industry Options, Vetting, Testing, understanding raw material costs to organization, understanding raw material characteristics.)
- Procurement Contract Negotiations oversight. (Exposure Capacities, Price Structures, Understand leverage points, Incorporating BATNA ((Best alternative to a negotiated agreement)) into Buy Strategy, Spec compliance and supplier accountability/consequences)
- Developing, implementing, and evaluating supply chain improvement strategies. Identifying process challenges and implementing solutions to streamline inefficient areas and achieve maximum productivity.
- Company Subject matter expert for Production and Sales as it relates to finished good product initiatives focusing on specification development, process flow development, yield expectations, customer expectations and company profit expectations. Strategic interfacing with sales and customer base.
- Drive Continuous improvement initiatives to drive out cost and improve profitability. Developing, implementing, and evaluating supply chain improvement strategies. Identifying process challenges and implementing solutions to streamline inefficient areas and achieve maximum productivity.
- Drive profitability through developing sound raw material strategies resulting in high yielding and high performing products for both customer and production. Understanding the full scope of production process and product mix to achieve optimal margin performance.
Requirements
Knowledge/Skills
- Proactive and s trategic

thinking for developing long-term strategies for supply chain improvement.
- Proven and visible leadership capability, with the ability to use a variety of leadership approaches in order to achieve results.
- Clear, logical thinker, able to present a compelling business case supported by data and analysis.
- Experience implementing asset management systems.
- Diplomatic with excellent negotiating skills.
- Proven project/program management experience.
- Able to constructively challenge the status quo.
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or Economics

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