Head of Supply Chain Jobs
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Position Summary
The Head of Supply Chain owns material flow from suppliers to manufacturing. This role is accountable for building and operating Elve’s resilient and scalable supply chain spanning sourcing, planning, and fulfillment.
You are responsible for anticipating, preventing, and mitigating supply chain problems before they impact production or customers. You will ensure that materials, production, and logistics move in lockstep, and that risks, constraints, and tradeoffs are surfaced and addressed early.
This is a hands-on leadership role. In the near term, the Head of Supply Chain will personally execute planning, and closely partner with team members on sourcing, supplier management, and logistics, while building the systems and processes needed to scale. Team growth will follow demonstrated execution, not precede it.
Strong supply chain execution is critical to Elve’s ability to deliver reliably to customers while scaling a manufacturing operation.
Key Responsibilities
- Systems & Processes
- Define, implement, and execute inventory strategies including safety stock, reorder points, and buffers
- Implement and operate planning, procurement, and inventory management systems
- Partner with Finance to manage inventory investment, working capital, and material cost forecasts
- Partner with Finance, Operations, and IT to implement ERP systems, owning supply-chain-specific configuration, data integrity, and day-to-day use
- Define, own, and execute incoming inspection strategy for purchased parts in partnership with Engineering and Operations
- Supply Chain Strategy, Planning, & Risk Management (prevention and mitigation)
- Ensure material availability for production operations
- Maintain rolling forward visibility into inventory coverage, lead times, supplier capacity constraints, and demand signals.
- Eliminate last-minute expedites, line stoppages, and surprise shortages through disciplined preventative planning, early intervention, and mitigation strategies. Identify supply risks early and develop prevention and mitigation plans in partnership with operations and engineering
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies for critical components, including dual-sourcing and communicating build vs. buy decisions
- Qualify, onboard, and develop suppliers and establish supplier performance metrics across delivery, quality, cost, and responsiveness
- Lead supplier negotiations and capacity planning discussions
- Cost-down
- Drive material cost targets and cost-down execution in partnership with engineering and operations
- Work closely with engineering on part selection, substitutions, and redesigns and ensure supply considerations are incorporated into engineering roadmaps
- Operational Leadership
- Establish and run regular operating rhythms (planning reviews, supplier and capacity reviews, fulfillment reviews, risk register reviews)
- Define and manage against KPIs; maintain dashboards covering inventory coverage, shortages, supplier performance, and delivery commitments
- Build playbooks for supply chain, sourcing, and logistics scenarios
- Gradually develop and lead a lean supply chain function that scales with the business
What Success Looks Like
- The supply chain and fulfillment function scales smoothly and remains lean with growing production volume to 10x current throughput
- Supply chain risks are visible early, clearly communicated, and actively managed
- Regularly address material shortages, supplier delays, and capacity constraints before they impact production or customers
Requirements
Qualifications
- 7+ years in supply chain, sourcing, logistics, or manufacturing operations
- Experience owning supply planning in a production environment
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves and personally do the work while leading a small, lean supply chain team
- High ownership of outcomes
- Background supporting complex, engineered hardware
- Demonstrated success managing suppliers, lead times, and logistics flows
- Demonstrated capability with supply chain planning tools (spreadsheets, automations, data analysis)
- Proactive and structured in approach to planning and execution
- Strong systems thinker
- Programming (python) and automation of supply chain tools
- Clear communicator across technical and commercial teams
- Technically conversant and able to engage with engineers on design and manufacturability
- Adaptable and decisive in fast-moving environments
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations (EAR), candidates must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or otherwise eligible to obtain required authorization.
Preferred Skills (Not Required)
- Experience in aerospace, defense, RF, vacuum electronics, semiconductor, or other high-reliability hardware
- Experience in a high growth, venture capital-backed startup environment
- ERP / MRP implementation experience
- Quality inspection experience
- Experience scaling supply chain and fulfillment from pilot to higher-volume production
- Familiarity with export controls (ITAR) and regulated shipping environments
Benefits
Benefits
Benefits Include:
- The salary range for this position is $110,000 to $190,000 annually
- Health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
- Vacation
- A taste of the start-up life
- Exposure to cutting-edge technology in vacuum electronics, materials science, and additive manufacturing
What it’s like to work at Elve
We are an expanding team, on a mission to bring the next generation of high-speed wireless connectivity to a billion people worldwide. That kind of impact is not going to be achieved with incremental improvements- we are gunning for orders of magnitude advances in production capability, cost, size, and power in the mm-wave RF amplifier market. We work really hard, make sure we get good sleep, we handle conflict intentionally, and we expect great things from each other.
Position Summary
The Head of Supply Chain owns material flow from suppliers to manufacturing. This role is accountable for building and operating Elve’s resilient and scalable supply chain spanning sourcing, planning, and fulfillment.
You are responsible for anticipating, preventing, and mitigating supply chain problems before they impact production or customers. You will ensure that materials, production, and logistics move in lockstep, and that risks, constraints, and tradeoffs are surfaced and addressed early.
This is a hands-on leadership role. In the near term, the Head of Supply Chain will personally execute planning, and closely partner with team members on sourcing, supplier management, and logistics, while building the systems and processes needed to scale. Team growth will follow demonstrated execution, not precede it.
Strong supply chain execution is critical to Elve’s ability to deliver reliably to customers while scaling a manufacturing operation.
Key Responsibilities
- Systems & Processes
- Define, implement, and execute inventory strategies including safety stock, reorder points, and buffers
- Implement and operate planning, procurement, and inventory management systems
- Partner with Finance to manage inventory investment, working capital, and material cost forecasts
- Partner with Finance, Operations, and IT to implement ERP systems, owning supply-chain-specific configuration, data integrity, and day-to-day use
- Define, own, and execute incoming inspection strategy for purchased parts in partnership with Engineering and Operations
- Supply Chain Strategy, Planning, & Risk Management (prevention and mitigation)
- Ensure material availability for production operations
- Maintain rolling forward visibility into inventory coverage, lead times, supplier capacity constraints, and demand signals.
- Eliminate last-minute expedites, line stoppages, and surprise shortages through disciplined preventative planning, early intervention, and mitigation strategies. Identify supply risks early and develop prevention and mitigation plans in partnership with operations and engineering
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies for critical components, including dual-sourcing and communicating build vs. buy decisions
- Qualify, onboard, and develop suppliers and establish supplier performance metrics across delivery, quality, cost, and responsiveness
- Lead supplier negotiations and capacity planning discussions
- Cost-down
- Drive material cost targets and cost-down execution in partnership with engineering and operations
- Work closely with engineering on part selection, substitutions, and redesigns and ensure supply considerations are incorporated into engineering roadmaps
- Operational Leadership
- Establish and run regular operating rhythms (planning reviews, supplier and capacity reviews, fulfillment reviews, risk register reviews)
- Define and manage against KPIs; maintain dashboards covering inventory coverage, shortages, supplier performance, and delivery commitments
- Build playbooks for supply chain, sourcing, and logistics scenarios
- Gradually develop and lead a lean supply chain function that scales with the business
What Success Looks Like
- The supply chain and fulfillment function scales smoothly and remains lean with growing production volume to 10x current throughput
- Supply chain risks are visible early, clearly communicated, and actively managed
- Regularly address material shortages, supplier delays, and capacity constraints before they impact production or customers
Requirements
Qualifications
- 7+ years in supply chain, sourcing, logistics, or manufacturing operations
- Experience owning supply planning in a production environment
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves and personally do the work while leading a small, lean supply chain team
- High ownership of outcomes
- Background supporting complex, engineered hardware
- Demonstrated success managing suppliers, lead times, and logistics flows
- Demonstrated capability with supply chain planning tools (spreadsheets, automations, data analysis)
- Proactive and structured in approach to planning and execution
- Strong systems thinker
- Programming (python) and automation of supply chain tools
- Clear communicator across technical and commercial teams
- Technically conversant and able to engage with engineers on design and manufacturability
- Adaptable and decisive in fast-moving environments
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations (EAR), candidates must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or otherwise eligible to obtain required authorization.
Preferred Skills (Not Required)
- Experience in aerospace, defense, RF, vacuum electronics, semiconductor, or other high-reliability hardware
- Experience in a high growth, venture capital-backed startup environment
- ERP / MRP implementation experience
- Quality inspection experience
- Experience scaling supply chain and fulfillment from pilot to higher-volume production
- Familiarity with export controls (ITAR) and regulated shipping environments
Benefits
Benefits
Benefits Include:
- The salary range for this position is $110,000 to $190,000 annually
- Health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
- Vacation
- A taste of the start-up life
- Exposure to cutting-edge technology in vacuum electronics, materials science, and additive manufacturing
What it’s like to work at Elve
We are an expanding team, on a mission to bring the next generation of high-speed wireless connectivity to a billion people worldwide. That kind of impact is not going to be achieved with incremental improvements- we are gunning for orders of magnitude advances in production capability, cost, size, and power in the mm-wave RF amplifier market. We work really hard, make sure we get good sleep, we handle conflict intentionally, and we expect great things from each other.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in head of supply chain jobs.
- 10 or more years of progressive supply chain or operations leadership experience
- Proven expertise in end-to-end supply chain management including procurement and logistics
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle in a large-scale environment
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, engineering, or a related field
- APICS CSCP, CPIM, or equivalent professional certification strongly preferred
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams and managing third-party vendor relationships
Tips for Your Head of Supply Chain Job Search
Quantify operational scale on your resume
Head of supply chain roles require proof of scope. List the number of SKUs managed, annual spend overseen, or distribution centers led. Hiring managers want to see you've operated at a scale that matches their organization's complexity before they read anything else.
Highlight cross-functional leadership experience
Head of supply chain candidates often get screened out for being too operationally narrow. Show explicitly that you've led cross-functional initiatives with procurement, finance, and sales teams, not just managed your own department's KPIs.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists head of supply chain openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that match your industry depth
Supply chain leadership is not interchangeable across industries. A head of supply chain in consumer goods faces very different constraints than one in medical devices. Filter your search by industry vertical and prioritize openings where your sector experience is a direct match.
Prepare a supply chain transformation case study
Interviewers for head-level roles consistently ask for a detailed example of a supply chain transformation you led. Prepare one narrative that covers the initial diagnosis, the structural changes you implemented, and the measurable outcome, ready to deliver in under five minutes.
Negotiate total compensation including equity and bonus
Head of supply chain offers frequently include a significant variable component tied to cost savings or service-level targets. Understand what metrics trigger your bonus and whether the targets are achievable before accepting. Base salary alone does not capture the full offer value.
Head of Supply Chain Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most head of supply chains?
Anduril, Google, and Tutor Intelligence are hiring the most head of supply chains right now, with openings concentrated in California, Massachusetts, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Activity shifts frequently, so checking current listings is the most reliable way to see which employers are actively filling roles.
How many head of supply chain jobs are remote?
About 20% of head of supply chain openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the share varies significantly by function and company size. Strategic and planning-heavy roles such as network design and demand planning tend to offer the most remote flexibility, while roles that require direct oversight of warehousing or manufacturing operations are more likely to require an on-site presence.
How do you become a head of supply chain?
Most heads of supply chain build their path by progressing through functional roles in procurement, logistics, or operations before moving into cross-functional management. Gaining profit-and-loss responsibility, leading enterprise technology implementations, and demonstrating the ability to influence executive stakeholders are the clearest signals that advance candidates into head-level consideration. Earning an APICS certification and an MBA or equivalent graduate credential strengthens candidacy considerably.
Can you get a head of supply chain role without prior head-level experience?
Yes, candidates can move into a head of supply chain role from a director or senior manager position when they can demonstrate they have already operated at that scope informally. The strongest cases involve candidates who led a major transformation project, managed a large multi-site team, or served as the acting head during a vacancy. Framing your experience around organizational impact rather than functional depth is what makes the difference.
What does the head of supply chain interview process look like?
The process typically starts with a recruiter screen followed by a conversation with the CHRO or CPO, then moves into a panel interview with peers across finance, operations, and commercial functions. Most companies include a case study or strategic presentation where candidates are asked to diagnose a supply chain problem and propose a roadmap. Final-stage interviews often involve the CEO or board, particularly at smaller or private equity-backed companies.
Where can I find and apply to head of supply chain jobs?
You can find and apply to head of supply chain jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search for roles that match your industry background and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing that fits your experience.
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