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Fishwife is a woman-founded food company specializing in ethically-sourced, premium tinned seafood. Founded in December 2020, the company has grown rapidly across wholesale, club, Amazon, e-commerce, and independent retail channels, with coverage in major publications including The New York Times, Bon Appetit, and Forbes.
You will lead the Supply Planning and Inventory function as a Director reporting to the Head of Supply Chain. This is a leadership role managing a team of two: a Supply Planner who owns the supply plan and purchase orders, and an Inventory Analyst who owns inventory accuracy, allocations, and reporting. You are accountable for the monthly S&OP process, supply and inventory planning, in-stock performance, inventory investment, and operations reporting.
Key responsibilities include:
**S&OP & Planning Leadership:** Run the monthly S&OP process end-to-end including executive decision meetings. Reconcile demand and supply plans to resolve gaps across inventory, capacity, and cash. Set coverage and safety stock policies and approve major buy decisions with canneries and co-manufacturers. Partner with sales as the operations decision-maker on pipe fills, promotions, launches, and new customer opportunities. Escalate structural risks such as capacity constraints and supplier concentration to leadership with recommended solutions.
**Inventory Performance & Operating Cadence:** Own inventory policy including weeks-of-cover targets, allocation rules, launch builds, and aged inventory treatment. Be accountable to KPI framework including in-stock rate, weeks of coverage, inventory turns, aged inventory, and supplier on-time/in-full performance. Partner with Finance on inventory valuation, month-end close, purchase commitments, and cash flow planning. Design the function's operating cadence, SOPs, and handoffs with Sales, Procurement, Fulfillment & Logistics, and Quality. Lead, coach, and develop your team.
**Data Accuracy, Systems & Reporting:** Own data accuracy in Cin7 (ERP and system of record). Own integrations feeding the ERP including 3PL, WMS, EDI (SPS Commerce), Shopify, and Amazon. Own and develop reporting platforms and dashboards for inventory, supply, and operational performance. Set the systems and data roadmap, directing the move from manual spreadsheets to automated reporting. Run regular audits of system records against physical counts, receipts, and invoices.
**Requirements:**
- 8+ years of experience in supply planning, inventory management, or supply chain analytics, ideally in CPG food and beverage
- 3+ years of leading planners or analysts, with a record of developing people
- Proven ownership of an S&OP or IBP process, including facilitating decisions among senior stakeholders across Sales, Finance, and Operations
- Experience setting inventory policy and managing to in-stock and inventory investment targets across multiple channels (retail, club, Amazon, direct-to-consumer)
- Experience managing supply through co-manufacturers, including imported goods with long and variable lead times
- Strong command of planning math and ERP data (Cin7, NetSuite, or similar)
- Experience owning ERP data integrity, system integrations, and reporting platforms/dashboards
- Clear, persuasive communication with executives and external partners
- Owner's mindset and comfort building structure in a fast-growing company
**Preferred Qualifications:**
- Experience building automated reporting with BI and data tools (SQL, Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or similar)
- Experience with shelf-stable, specialty food, or seafood products
- APICS CPIM or CSCP certification
- Experience at a high-growth brand through rapid scale
