It’s our people that make Shoes For Crews special! We hire talented people who support our values and provide training and coaching to our crew to meet their career objectives. Our success comes from great team work and exceptional individual effort. We strive to reward collaboration and recognize accomplishments in an environment of mutual support and respect. It’s much more than a great place to work, it’s where our crew looks forward to Monday, not Friday.

What You Will Love About US

• Great Company Culture-Awarded one of the TOP companies to work for
• Competitive salary
• Generous Health Benefit Package (some at NO cost)
• Prepare for the future-401(k) (with 3% match)
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave
• Hybrid and remote schedules
• Employee recognition platform
• Employee discounts (Including a FREE pair of shoes
• Wellness program
• Robust onboarding program
• QUPID Committee
• Engagement Committee

Our mission is to keep the workforce safe on the job with comfortable, quality protective footwear solutions—reducing accidents and saving money!

Shoes For Crews North America, LLC (SFC) is a dynamic designer, manufacturer and business-to-business marketer of the most technologically advanced, top-rated slip-resistant footwear for the foodservice, hospitality, industrial, and healthcare workplaces. SFC protects over 3.5 million workers per year in over 120,000 workplaces from slip and fall accidents. For over 30 years, the Company has built its reputation through innovative product development technologies, proprietary manufacturing, and distinct niche marketing.

We are committed to getting the workforce home safe!

Shoes For Crews, LLC (SFC) is today’s leading manufacturer of high-tech slip-resistant footwear. Every day we protect over 120,000 workplaces in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and around the globe. We are proud of what we have created—a great culture and great fit for talented and diverse people to serve our customers.

The Vice President of Supply Chain works in a fast-paced environment and partners with business leaders to define, create, implement, and execute key business processes to Plan, Purchase, Deliver and Return goods. Initiates, structures, and enables the business requirements to complete physical, financial, and informational transactions. This role will oversee the purchase and delivery of product to the end user, working closely with product development, shoe designers, third party shoe manufacturers, third party warehouse companies and parcel delivery companies. Develops models, tools, and processes to increase the overall supply chain reliability, responsiveness, costs efficiency and asset utilization. Works collaboratively with vendors, and Shoes For Crews teams to drive the changes that will drive out cost while improving providing a Gold Standard customer and vendor experience.

The supply chain vice president is responsible for directing and planning all aspects of an organization's supply chain initiatives, policies, and objectives. You will oversee the inventory, distribution, and transportation activities of an organization. In addition, you will be responsible for directing and overseeing the supply chain management team in order to optimize several manufacturing locations and distribution centers. Other duties include overseeing the development of the supply chain budget, reviewing the operating performance with quality, cost, and service metrics, and collaborating with quality, customer service, and sales departments to maintain the consistency of supply and demand objectives.

Essential job functions to be performed:
• Overseas inventory management, including ordering, inventory controls, managing inventory turns to an appropriate level and working with the market managers to manage product through its life cycle (i.e., manage obsolescence).
• Optimize shipments and lead to improved cycle time and cost implications.
• Acts in an advisory capacity for sourcing personnel in issues related to import and export of goods.
• Directs and supervises reviews of company's import operations from product development and purchasing to importation and receipt of the merchandise.
• Manages the quality control and product flow process to ensure orders are monitored, critical inventory levels are maintained, identifies transit times with deadlines and proactively directs corrective actions when required. Monitors and advises on the financial performance of the Supply Chain team and creates executive reporting.
• Ensures visibility for domestic and overseas freight and leveraging technology for downstream reporting.
• Responsible for continuous improvements and periodic/ annual metric targets relative to transportation expenses and service provider’s expectations. Reviews and reports Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
• Oversees multiple operational projects. Manage and advise on value-added activities in the areas of Transportation and Warehousing such as consolidated freight station, multi-port consolidation opportunities and bonded logistics activities.
• Reviews and structures all 3rd party relationships through contractual agreements
• Responsible for the process integration and collaboration with our third-party provider (3PL). Maintain best in class Supply Chain process with 3PL staffs to deliver a seamless goods flow.

Requirements/Qualifications/Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain/Operations, Engineering, Statistics or Finance
• 15+ years supply chain, consulting, retail and/or project management experience
• Excellent problem solving and strong analytical skills as well as written and verbal communication skills
• Detail orientation with a demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow-through on projects
• Proven ability to manipulate and analyze data sets

Preferred Qualifications
• Strong proficiency in business intelligence, validation of data sets, and distillation of data into actionable insights
• Proven ability to manage large and complicated projects with experience leading cross-functional projects and teams
• Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPivot, Visual Basic, and Python
• Experience in visualization, coding, big data technologies, data science and/or modeling software (e.g., Tableau)
• Demonstrated ability to own and deliver results
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems
• Proven talent development
• Six Sigma Certification

Education:
• MBA a plus

Shoes For Crews is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. Shoes For Crews provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and/or expression), pregnancy, race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, religion, disability, marital status, age, genetic information, veteran status or any personal attribute or characteristic that is protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws.