Supply Chain Manager || Menlo Park, CA (Onsite) |

Role - Supply Chain Manager

Duration - 6 Months+

Location - Menlo Park, CA (Onsite)

Only Independent Candidate 

Role Overview

Supply Chain Manager to establish and operationalize industry best practices across planning, inventory, order management, fulfillment, sourcing, and channel management for AR/VR consumer electronics programs.

This role will define “what good looks like” for Client’s hardware supply chain by setting performance standards, formalizing KPI frameworks, assessing current-state metrics and reporting, identifying capability gaps, and implementing strong data governance foundations to support scalable, high-volume consumer electronics operations.

This is a transformation and performance enablement role — not a transactional operations role.

Required Domain Experience

Consumer electronics supply chain experience is required.
Candidate must have hands-on experience in high-volume hardware environments and bring expertise in at least four of the following areas:

• Demand & Supply Planning
• Inventory Management
• Order Management
• Fulfillment & Logistics
• Strategic Sourcing
• Channel / Distribution Management

Experience supporting product launches, demand volatility, and global manufacturing networks is essential.

Key Responsibilities

1. Supply Chain Best Practice Implementation

• Introduce and embed consumer electronics industry best practices.
• Define scalable operating model standards across planning, sourcing, fulfillment, and channel operations.
• Align processes to support new product introductions (NPI) and demand swings.
• Benchmark performance against leading hardware supply chain models.

2. KPI Definition & Performance Framework

• Define standardized KPIs across core supply chain domains.
• Establish metric definitions, ownership, and calculation logic.
• Set performance targets aligned to business and customer objectives.
• Implement structured performance review cadence (operational, leadership, executive).

Core KPI Areas:

Planning

• Forecast accuracy & bias
• Plan adherence
• Demand volatility impact

Inventory

• Inventory turns
• Days on hand
• Excess & obsolete exposure
• Safety stock effectiveness

Order Management & Fulfillment

• OTIF
• Fill rate
• Order cycle time
• Backorder rate

Sourcing

• Supplier lead time adherence
• Capacity utilization
• Dual-source coverage
• Cost competitiveness

Channel Management

• Channel inventory health
• Sell-in vs. sell-through alignment
• Service level performance

3. Current-State Assessment & Gap Closure

• Review existing metrics, dashboards, and reporting structures.
• Identify inconsistencies, definition gaps, and misaligned KPIs.
• Assess data ownership and reporting workflows.
• Define a prioritized roadmap to close performance and governance gaps.

4. Data Governance & Reporting Architecture

• Establish clear data ownership and stewardship model across supply chain functions.
• Standardize dashboard structure and reporting hierarchies.
• Implement governance for metric updates and data integrity controls.

Required Experience

• 6–10 years in supply chain management within consumer electronics (required).
• Experience across at least four of the six core supply chain domains listed above.
• Proven experience implementing KPI frameworks and performance management structures.
• Strong understanding of high-volume global manufacturing and distribution networks.
• Experience establishing data governance in ERP/planning environments.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management skills.