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Supply Chain Optimization Lead

Spectraforce Technologies
United States, Washington, Seattle
Nov 07, 2026
Job Title: Supply Chain Optimization Lead Location: Open to remote for highly qualified candidates Duration: 7 months Assignment (Possibility for Extension or Conversion based on business need) Shift/Hours: 40hours/week, M to F Summary: The Supply Chain Optimization Lead, Licensed Supply Chain will lead end-to-end supply chain readiness and performance management for the Licensed Coffeehouse business. This role will connect demand, supply, inventory, distribution, ordering, and field execution to improve product availability and ensure coffeehouses are positioned to successfully support promotional launches and ongoing business needs. The role will serve as a central integrator across Licensed Coffeehouse, Demand and Supply Planning, Distribution, Logistics, Finance, Technology, S&OP and other cross-functional teams. It will translate fragmented operational data into actionable insights, proactively identify supply and execution risks, drive root-cause resolution, and develop scalable processes and reporting that improve visibility and decision-making. The strongest candidate will bring a combination of planning discipline, analytical depth, operational problem solving, and cross-functional influence. This is broader than a traditional S&OP cadence-management role. Key projects: Licensed Supply Chain - Product Availability. Responsibilities : Promo & Launch Readiness: Own an end-to-end readiness framework for seasonal promotions, LTOs/VLTOs, and other critical launches. Regularly evaluate and update readiness assessments against intended launch dates, communicate changes in risks and progress, and coordinate follow-up on outstanding gaps. Monitor coffeehouse ordering, shipment confirmation, cancellations, and fulfillment status to identify launch risks before they affect product availability. Develop clear measures for order coverage, shipment readiness, and coffeehouses requiring intervention. Establish appropriate order-by dates and risk windows using launch dates, delivery frequency, and distribution lead times. Partner with business and field teams to enable targeted follow-up for locations requiring action. Product Availability & D86 Improvement: Partner with Licensed Coffeehouse and GSC teams to identify and address the drivers of product unavailability and D86. Analyze store-, item-, and distribution-level performance to distinguish inventory constraints from ordering, distribution, and execution issues. Identify targeted interventions such as ordering follow-up, allocation or segmentation changes, emergency-order support, and other recovery actions. Develop leading indicators that allow teams to move from reactive issue management toward proactive prevention. Supply, Inventory & Allocation Optimization: Evaluate inventory availability and allocation across Licensed Coffeehouse fulfillment models, including CDC and dropship. Investigate disconnects between demand plans, customer allocations, orders, and available supply. Quantify impacts by customer/licensee and develop recommendations for constrained-supply allocation. Partner with Demand and Supply Planning to evaluate incremental production or procurement opportunities and associated tradeoffs. Distribution & Fulfillment Performance: Develop visibility to delivery-frequency utilization and broader distribution performance. Identify recurring fulfillment, transportation, and distribution issues contributing to product availability gaps. Partner across GSC, third-party distribution, and Licensed Coffeehouse teams to clarify root causes, ownership, and recovery paths. Establish more consistent metrics and review mechanisms for distribution performance. S&OP & Cross-Functional Planning: Lead S&OP integration for Licensed Coffeehouses, connecting business priorities with demand, supply, inventory, and distribution plans. Coordinate cross-functional resolution of supply, allocation, ordering, and fulfillment risks. Translate complex operational issues into clear recommendations, tradeoffs, and decisions for business and supply-chain leaders. Establish ownership, escalation paths, and follow-up mechanisms for key supply-chain issues. Analytics, Reporting & Tools: Build and maintain analytical tools and operational promo readiness monitoring tools that integrate order, shipment, inventory, store, and distribution data. Create scalable reporting that identifies exceptions and prioritizes the locations, products, and issues requiring action. Improve underlying data definitions, store populations, and reporting logic to increase confidence in operational metrics. Translate analysis into clear executive-level insights and recommendations. Operating Model & Continuous Improvement: Identify structural gaps in Licensed Coffeehouse supply-chain processes and develop scalable solutions rather than relying on recurring manual intervention. Define clearer processes, ownership, and governance across ordering, allocation, segmentation, launch readiness, and exception management. Apply learnings from supply disruptions and launches to improve future planning cycles. Support development of standardized S&OP processes, reporting, and documentation for the Licensed Coffeehouse business. Technology requirements: Microsoft Office Suite. Smart sheets. Familiarity with co-piolet or other AI tools. Oracle BI. Power BI. Excel (advanced, VLOOKUP's, pivot tables, possible macro experience). Experience & Education: 7+ years of experience in supply chain, S&OP, demand or supply planning, inventory management, logistics, operations analytics, or related disciplines. BA is nice to have. Required background & Skills: Strong analytical capability, including the ability to work across large and imperfect datasets and translate findings into business actions. Experience connecting demand, supply, inventory, ordering, fulfillment, and distribution processes. Demonstrated ability to investigate complex operational issues and drive root-cause resolution across multiple teams. Experience developing performance reporting, dashboards, control towers, or exception-management tools. Strong executive communication and the ability to distill complex supply-chain issues into clear decisions and recommendations. Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments where processes, ownership, and data may still be evolving. Strong cross-functional leadership and influence skills. Business acumen. Strong communication, written and verbal, varying levels of leadership. Nice-to-Haves: Former Client Exp. Demand Planning Exp.