Director Supply Chain Strategy

Overview

Purpose:

Dole Packaged Foods is a purpose led organization that is a champion of accessible fruit nutrition and builds a brighter future for people through the goodness of fruit.

At Dole, our culture is uniquely driven by core Values. Our commitment to these Values transforms our work into a meaningful journey toward a brighter future together. Here, you'll be part of a respectful, inclusive culture that deeply values our colleagues, customers, and global communities. We strive for excellence, empowering each other to confidently overcome challenges, continuously learn, and achieve world-class results. Guided by unwavering integrity, our actions consistently reflect our commitment to always doing what's right, fostering lasting trust and strong relationships. Through a spirit of collaboration, we cultivate positivity, generosity, and genuine teamwork, enabling collective success toward our One Dole Purpose. Our innovative spirit leads directly to meaningful outcomes and business success.

The Director, Supply Chain Strategy leads the strategy, governance, and continuous improvement of core supply chain processes across the North America enterprise. This role owns strategic planning, end-to-end performance analytics, and transformation initiatives that elevate service levels, cost efficiency, working capital, and team effectiveness. The Director drives a culture of accountability, collaboration, data-driven decision making, and operational excellence across the supply chain network.

Reporting to the Vice President, Supply Chain & Manufacturing, this leader builds and maintains a high-performing team spanning analytics, strategic planning, information technology enablement, project management, and performance improvement. The Director plays a pivotal enterprise role by connecting cross-functional efforts across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Logistics, Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Customer Supply Chain to ensure seamless end-to-end supply chain integration.

This role provides flexibility to work in a hybrid environment of home and our Westlake Village, CA office. (Hybrid is defined as 3 times per week in the office).

Responsibilities

Primary Accountabilities:

Strategic Planning

• Set and align the strategic vision for North America Supply Chain with enterprise objectives, long-range targets, and operating model priorities.
• Own the annual strategic planning process, governance model, and cadence across all Supply Chain functions, ensuring cross-functional alignment and executive buy-in.
• Drive scenario planning and decision-support frameworks that enable leadership to evaluate trade-offs in cost, service, and capital investment.
• Translate enterprise strategy into actionable multi-year Supply Chain roadmaps with clear milestones, owners, and success metrics.
• Lead quarterly strategy reviews and executive-level reporting to measure progress and recalibrate priorities.

Project Management

• Establish and manage a robust Supply Chain project management framework to govern, track, and report on key Supply Chain initiatives across functions and geographies.
• Provide oversight and accountability for major cross-functional programs, including operating model implementation, network redesign, system deployments, and transformation projects.
• Define project charters, resource requirements, milestone timelines, risk registers, and benefits realization plans for all strategic Supply Chain programs.
• Coordinate with executive stakeholders and functional leaders to ensure milestones, budgets, and outcomes are achieved on time and within scope.
• Implement structured stage-gate governance processes that create rigor, transparency, and predictable delivery across the project portfolio.

Analytics & Performance Management

• Oversee the design and execution of advanced analytics, dashboards, and performance scorecards that drive improvement in service levels, inventory turns, transportation cost, manufacturing run efficiency, and customer fill rates.
• Champion data standards, central system governance, and a single source of truth across the supply chain data ecosystem.
• Build and maintain a comprehensive Supply Chain KPI framework; lead monthly and quarterly performance reviews with leadership and functional teams.
• Leverage predictive analytics and demand signals to proactively identify supply risk, capacity constraints, and service failure points before they occur.
• Coach functional teams on data literacy, analytical tools, and insights-driven decision making to elevate the overall analytics capability of the organization.

Information Technology

• Partner with IT and Digital to modernize supply chain data platforms, planning tools, and execution systems to enable real-time visibility and integrated decision support.
• Lead the supply chain technology roadmap, including ERP enhancements and AI application.
• Define business requirements and serve as the Supply Chain business owner for major technology implementations, integrations, and upgrades.
• Evaluate emerging supply chain technologies — including AI, machine learning, and automation — and lead pilots that deliver measurable operational value.
• Ensure data governance, system reliability, and change management practices are embedded into all technology rollout plans.

Benchmarking

• Lead ongoing internal and external benchmarking of supply chain capabilities, costs, service performance, and operating practices against industry peers and best-in-class CPG companies.
• Ensure benchmarking insights are visible, well understood, and actively used to prioritize improvement initiatives and set aspirational performance targets.
• Maintain relationships with industry associations, third-party benchmarking providers, and advisory networks to access current market data and emerging practices.
• Build a structured benchmarking cadence that feeds the annual strategic planning cycle and informs leadership decision making.
• Translate external benchmarks into actionable recommendations and business cases that align with enterprise investment priorities.

Transformation

• Lead large-scale supply chain transformation initiatives, including network optimization, operating model redesign, and organizational capability building across the North America enterprise.
• Act as a visible change agent who communicates clearly, reduces resistance, and builds alignment at all levels of the organization during periods of significant change.
• Develop and execute change management plans, stakeholder engagement strategies, and communication frameworks to ensure successful adoption of new processes, tools, and structures.
• Drive productivity and cost optimization initiatives across warehousing, transportation, manufacturing, planning and customer supply chain through structured CI methodologies (e.g., Lean, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping).
• Establish benefits realization tracking to validate that transformation investments deliver the projected financial and operational outcomes.

End-to-End Supply Chain Integration

• Own the governance and integration framework that connects Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Logistics, Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Commercial functions into a unified, end-to-end operating model.
• Ensure the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, cadence, and governance across Demand, Supply, Finance, and Commercial is fully aligned to our strategic volume, capacity, inventory, and financial commitments.
• Break down functional silos by establishing cross-functional operating rhythms, shared KPIs, and collaborative problem-solving forums.
• Drive end-to-end supply chain visibility by connecting upstream supply and production signals to downstream fulfillment and customer service outcomes.
• Ensure supplier performance, contract manufacturing partnerships, and 3PL relationships are integrated into the end-to-end supply chain strategy and performance management framework.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Experience, Knowledge, & Skills You Bring:                 

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in supply chain, operations, IBP, network planning, or analytics, preferably within the CPG, food & beverage, or consumer products sector.
• Demonstrated track record of leading end-to-end supply chain transformation and large-scale, cross-functional change initiatives.
• Deep experience in S&OP/IBP processes, demand and supply planning, logistics optimization, and supply chain analytics.
• Proven ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing teams across multiple functional disciplines.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills — able to drive alignment across senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to translate complex data and analytics into strategic insight, clear recommendations, and actionable plans.
• Proficiency with advanced supply chain planning systems, ERP platforms (e.g., SAP), data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau), and project management frameworks.
• Expertise in Lean, Six Sigma, or structured continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong financial acumen; ability to build business cases, manage P&L trade-offs, and demonstrate ROI on supply chain investments.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, matrixed organization with the ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

• Passionate about a purpose driven career

• Cultivates respectful and inclusive environments that support employee growth across teams
• Drives strategic initiatives and maintains excellence in complex and dynamic settings
• Establishes transparent decision-making and accountability frameworks
• Encourages organizational teamwork effectively to achieve shared objectives

Education & Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field required.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit and use the computer for extended periods of time; ability to answer phones and use a variety of office equipment; ability to lift 15 pounds and reach overhead.

Travel Requirements:

• Estimated 20-25% travel required to regional distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and external partner sites.
• Some international travel may be required based on business needs.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

FOR JOBS BASED IN CALIFORNIA:

Hiring Pay Scale: $195,000 to $215,000

Dole Packaged Foods is committed to paying our Associates fairly and equitably. The pay rate offered will consider a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, accomplishments, and location. Pay scales are subject to review on a regular basis and will be updated as appropriate.