Vice President of Supply Chain
- Compensation
- 200K–275K
- Location
- Not listed
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- C level
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Category
- Logistics
- Posted
Must have
- • At least 10 years of management experience.
- • Experience leading organizational transformation and applying change management practices.
- • Demonstrated experience driving and implementing process improvements.
- • Experience defining and executing strategy at the executive level.
- • Strong analytical, organizational, strategic, change management, and problem-solving skills.
- • Ability to lead people, develop teams, and drive results through others.
- • Strong relationship-building and communication skills, sound judgment, integrity, and a commitment to performance and results.
- • Ability to adapt to new situations, people, cultures, and technology; appropriately challenge the status quo; and apply new learning to business priorities.
- • High emotional intelligence, including self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, motivation, and interpersonal skills.
- • Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, or a related field.
Nice to have
- • Management experience in logistics, operations, or supply chain.
- • Experience working in distribution.
- Additional requirements:
- • Ability to travel to Viking Electric, customer, and vendor locations.
- • Willingness to occasionally work evenings and weekends and additional hours as needed to meet deadlines. #LI-AH1
Full description
There’s a Place for You at Viking Electric.
A career at Viking Electric is more than a job. You’re investing in a brighter, more sustainable future together and joining a team that makes a real difference for our customers. Viking Electric offers electrical products and services to contractors. If it helps bring electricity to an office, home, factory or other building – you can find it here. We operate throughout the Midwest and are part of the Sonepar group, the world’s #1 electrical distributor with over 45,000 associates around the globe.
Being “Powered by Difference” means we respect and value diverse perspectives. At Viking Electric, we offer a supportive culture and great benefits, and as part of the larger Sonepar group, we can offer exciting opportunities to grow your career.
Vice President of Supply Chain
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota or any Viking Electric Geography
Job type: Full time
Schedule: 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday
Salary: $200,000 - $275,000
*Compensation for this position includes annual salary, 50% short-term incentive bonus, and full benefits package offerings. The exact amount of base salary may vary based on experience and skills brought to the role as well as the geographic location of the role.
What You’ll Do
As Vice President of Supply Chain, you’ll provide strategic vision and leadership for Viking Electric’s supply chain strategy, including purchasing, category management, supplier relations, inventory, and pricing. You’ll optimize supplier partnerships, product portfolio performance, inventory investment, and pricing effectiveness to drive profitable growth, competitive advantage, and a market-leading customer experience.
You will…
- Define and execute strategies for inventory investment, procurement, replenishment, and inventory productivity.
- Partner with Operations and Sales leadership to optimize inventory deployment across the network.
- Improve forecasting, demand planning, and sales and inventory operations planning (SIOP), supported by key performance indicators for inventory health, service levels, and working capital.
- Direct enterprise purchasing and supplier relationship strategies while strengthening growth with strategic vendors.
- Negotiate strategic supplier agreements that improve service levels, product availability, and profitability, and establish supplier performance measures and accountability processes.
- Develop and oversee enterprise pricing strategies, governance, analytics, and margin optimization efforts that balance growth, profitability, and market competitiveness.