Vice President of Supply Chain/Transportation

What is a day in the life of a VP of Supply Chain/Transportation?

Set the global supply chain and transportation strategy in line with company growth, including new markets and new business models

Lead global teams across North America, EMEA, and APAC, each running the operations for its own market

Oversee inbound freight, outbound freight to marketplaces, and D2C operations in every region

Build cross-border supply chains that do not exist today, including import and export flows, freight consolidation, and port operations

Manage relationships with carriers, marketplaces, and logistics partners, including Amazon, so product moves from our buildings to customers quickly and cost-effectively

Own transportation budgets and spend, and track cost and service performance with data

Partner with warehousing and inventory management leaders to keep goods moving between every Pattern location

Investigate problems, simplify them, and present clear recommendations to executive leadership

What will I need to thrive in this role?

Years of experience at the Director or VP level leading transportation, as a senior leader and not only as a long-tenured practitioner

Strong understanding of supply chain principles and strategy, including cross-border supply chains, import and export, and consolidation

Experience leading global teams across multiple regions

A record of taking supply chain from a narrow functional focus to a broader, business-oriented role, ideally at a company where supply chain is central to the business, such as a marketplace, large retailer, or ecommerce fulfillment company

A results focus and a proactive, data-driven approach to solving problems

The ability to simplify complex issues and communicate clearly with executives

What does high performance look like?

Inbound freight, outbound freight, and D2C run reliably in every region while strategic projects move forward

Transportation cost and service levels are measured by region and improve over time

New cross-border lanes and consolidation efforts are launched on schedule and within budget

Global teams are in place, clear on their goals, and performing

Executives get concise, specific updates and can make decisions quickly

What is my potential for career growth?

This role offers significant opportunity to expand both scope and impact as Pattern continues to grow. The VP of Supply Chain/Transportation will shape how Pattern moves goods around the world and will help build the supply chain capabilities behind new lines of business. This position provides regular exposure to executive leadership and involvement in strategic decisions about global operations, logistics, and growth.

What does success look like in the first 30, 60, 90 days?

First 30 days:

In the first 30 days, you will focus on gaining a deep understanding of Pattern’s current supply chain and transportation operations, including inbound freight, outbound freight, and D2C, as well as our carrier and marketplace relationships, spend, and open projects in each region. You will build relationships with warehousing and inventory leaders and executive stakeholders, and assess current strengths, gaps, and risks.

First 60 days:

By 60 days, you will identify and begin delivering quick wins that reduce cost and improve service. You will set up clearer reporting on transportation performance by region and define priorities for the cross-border supply chains and consolidation efforts that Pattern needs to build.

First 90 days:

By 90 days, you will present a global supply chain and transportation strategy aligned with Pattern’s growth goals. It will include a roadmap for cross-border capabilities, the team structure you need across regions to deliver it, and the measures you will use to show progress.

What is the team like?

You will lead a global supply chain and transportation organization with teams across regions, and work cross-functionally with warehousing, inventory management, and finance. You will be supervised by the executive who leads Pattern’s core operations, including warehousing, inventory management, and transportation. This team is data driven and results oriented. You will collaborate regularly with members of your team to implement actionable solutions. Ideas and input are encouraged from all members.

Sounds great! What’s the company culture?

We are looking for individuals who are:

Game Changers- A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.

Data Fanatics- A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.

Partner Obsessed- An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.

Team of Doers- Someone who is a part of a team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.

What is the hiring process?

Initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team

Video interview with the hiring manager

Onsite interviews with a group of department and cross functional leaders

Professional reference checks

Executive review

Offer

How can I stand out as an applicant?

Discuss professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples

Give specific examples of actions you took and results you drove, not only the strategy you set

Provide insights on how you can add value and be the best addition to the team

Focus on mentioning how you would be partner obsessed at Pattern

Share experience on any side projects related to data and analytics