Director, Supply Chain - Wholesale

As Minted’s Director, Wholesale Supply Chain, you are responsible for driving the strategy and overseeing the day-to-day execution of our supply chain network for our wholesale businesses. You will lead a team that owns inventory and capacity planning and management, logistics, and in-store merchandising across multiple fulfillment models. You will work closely with product development, merchandising, brand and our manufacturing and third party partners to bring new categories and high quality products to life, as well as ensure perfect execution of inventory flow to support in store demand. You enjoy “rolling up your sleeves” to make an impact and deliver results resourcefully.

Are you highly organized with the ability to prioritize a long list of equally important responsibilities? Do you consider yourself to be self-sufficient with a level of expertise to hold all resources and areas of the business honest and accountable?

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You Will:

• Lead the development and implementation of innovative supply chain strategies for the wholesale business to ensure Minted’s continued position as a leader in the greeting card, art and home decor industries
• Manage ongoing supply chain operations to deliver cost savings, ensure supply and achieve Minted’s high quality standards
• Lead contract strategy and negotiations across a broad range of partners and suppliers 
• Build and manage strategic supplier relationships
• Identify and implement opportunities for continuous quality improvement across the product assortment
• Provide guidance around demand, supply, inventory, capacity planning and product development decisions
• Seek and drive implementation of technology solutions to scale our growing wholesale operations
• Communicate professionally and effectively with both internal and external stakeholders
• Identify and implement opportunities to streamline operations, improve product quality and reduce COGS

You Are:

• Able to work with others, have excellent interpersonal skills, and are a good listener
• Deeply analytical, leveraging data to inform your decisions. You are as skilled at extracting and manipulating data as you are at guiding others to model the decisions you are driving
• Highly organized with the ability to prioritize a long list of equally important responsibilities and make fast decisions when necessary
• Self-sufficient with a level of expertise across the supply chain to hold resources and areas of the business accountable to our high quality bar
• Someone who loves to solve problems large and small
• Passionate about and care deeply for the Minted customer
• Eager to “roll up your sleeves” deliver results resourcefully, ensuring every customer has a great experience with Minted
• Equally comfortable taking personal ownership for a task as delegating it

You Have:

• 7+ years of experience in consulting, operations, supply chain, e-commerce and/or retail with experience managing partnership relationships
• Strategic insight to understand the company’s competitive position and overall industry trends and use this information to build best in class supply chain strategies for Minted
• Good judgement and a proactive orientation to anticipate future consequences and make decisions in the face of ambiguity
• Proven ability to lead complex contractual negotiations with a deep understanding of financial considerations 
• Project management skills with an outstanding follow-up, organization, and a track record of on-time delivery
• Significant experience developing financial models, capacity, production, inventory management and distribution plans, and cost models to drive business decisions
• A track record of leveraging technology to enhance supply chain effectiveness and the customer experience
• Strong leadership skills, balancing and productively resolve contradictory demands and timelines in order to deliver against the company vision and goals
• Experience managing partners to grow and support a business
• Experience managing wholesale fulfillment to mass merchandise retailers preferred

About Minted:

Minted is a design platform bringing the best in independent design to consumers everywhere. The company's art, stationery, and textiles products have reached over 75 million homes worldwide.

Minted uses technology to bring unique, best-selling design to market at scale. Using its crowdsourcing technology, consumers are empowered to vote for the designs they love and want to see sold, ensuring that Minted always sells continuously fresh and trend-forward product. The winning designs are manufactured by Minted, enabling artists from around the world to share and sell their work while letting Minted do the rest. Since launch in 2007, the company has expanded to serve consumers in new categories including wall art, textiles, digital content and home decor, as well as serve major retailers and consumer products brands with data-backed design through licensing and wholesale partnerships. 

Minted is headquartered in San Francisco, CA and currently employs 350+ full-time employees plus additional temporary workers during the holiday season. The company has raised over $300M from top-tier investors including Benchmark Capital, T. Rowe Price, Permira, Ridge Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Norwest Venture Partners. Angel investors include Marissa Mayer, Jeremy Stoppelman, Julia & Kevin Hartz, Yishan Wong, and more.

Minted is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and will consider all qualified applicants for employment in accordance with all state, local, and federal laws. Minted participates in the E-verify program. Minted's Job Applicant Privacy Policy.