Redesign Health is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer – we recruit, train, compensate and promote our team members based on qualifications. We know how important it is not only to include, but to actively seek out a diversity of opinions and voices.

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Redesign Health is a healthcare innovation platform. We bring together entrepreneurs, industry experts, and investors to fund and launch companies that transform the healthcare system and empower people to live their healthiest lives. Our first companies include Lively, Ever/Body, Vault Health, Springtide, HealthQuarters, Calibrate, Proper, and stealth ventures in payment integrity, elder care, and complex care. We’re capitalized with permanent capital from world-class institutional investors and entrepreneurs.

Cobalt is a venture-backed company that buys, builds and optimizes brands and products in the consumer healthcare space. We target companies founded by entrepreneurs that primarily focus as third-party sellers on Amazon. We have a team of digital health and Ecommerce veterans that bring talent and capital to these companies and empower them to grow and reach a large group of consumers who need their products. 

As Vice President of Supply Chain & Inventory you will have ownership over all aspects of the supply chain from manufacturing to delivery of products from the brands we acquire. You will advise the head of acquisitions during the due diligence phase to identify and quantify opportunities to improve margin and quality of products. Once we acquire the brands you will build a supply chain for Cobalt including new IT, manufacturing and supplier relationships to deliver incremental margin dollars and profit on an ongoing basis. You will also work with the head of sales and business intelligence to lower working capital requirements by optimizing inventory levels to reach sales goals. You will report to and work with the CEO. This can be a remote position or based at our headquarters in NYC. 

What you'll do:

Process and Operations Management

• Lead, manage, and direct all inventory and supply chain related activities including S&OP, forecasting, planning, procurement, order management, manufacturing liaison, etc.
• Manage global logistics activities in close coordination with suppliers, freight forwarders, transportation carriers, and warehousing/third-party logistics service providers.
• Manage internal ordering processes to optimize inventory, ensuring supplier and manufacturing compliance to contracts and regulatory standards.

Systems and Reporting

• Reporting regularly to the company on key inventory metrics including purchase costs, lead times, inventory aging. 
• Implementing systems and processes to track, manage, and forecast inventory across the business.

Continuous Improvement

• Work with finance to assess, align and optimize supply chain processes internally and with external suppliers and manufacturing partners.
• Own and communicate KPI performance across our supply chain and engage in thought leadership to ensure we are tracking the right metrics.

What you'll need:

• Background (seems light on level of experience)
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business administration, or a related field.
• 7+ years’ work experience, including 3+ years in a managerial role in purchasing, inventory, and logistics or a related field.
• 2+ years managing remote teams.
• Experience managing 50+ suppliers in a fast-paced environment with high variability particularly in retail/e-commerce (Amazon, Shopify, eBay, etc.) and consumer goods.
• Experience in ERP Procure-to-Pay & inventory modules.
• Proven track record in building, managing and leading teams.
• Well-developed communication skills (including verbal and written fluency in English), with strong interpersonal skills and ability to deal effectively with all levels of employees and management.
• Experience managing 500+ SKUs in a fast-paced environment with high variability particularly in retail/e-commerce (Amazon, Shopify, eBay, etc.) and consumer goods.
• Experience in inventory management modeling, forecasting, reporting and automation.

• Behavioral Skills
  
  • Decision Quality - Makes sound decisions, even in the absence of complete information. Relies on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment when making decisions. Considers all relevant factors and uses appropriate decision-making criteria and principles. Recognizes when a quick 80% solution will suffice. Making good, timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
  • Ensures Accountability - Follow through on commitments and makes sure others do the same. Acts with a clear sense of ownership. Takes personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and failures. Establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results. Designs feedback loops into work. Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
  • Manages Complexity - Asks the right questions to accurately analyze situations. Acquires data from multiple and diverse sources when solving problems. Uncovers root causes to difficult problems. Evaluates pros and cons, risks and benefits of different solution options. Making sense of complex, high-quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to solve problems.
  • Optimizes Work Processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.

• Technical Skills 
  • Strategy inventory management
  • Sourcing
  • Process improvement
  • Manufacturing & warehousing management
  • Production planning & logistics management

What Redesign is all about

Redesign’s mission is to transform the healthcare system and empower people to live their healthiest lives by elevating patient experiences, increasing information transparency, and democratizing access to high quality healthcare.

Our vision is to connect extraordinary people and ideas with capital and resources to create better healthcare solutions.

At Redesign, we value achieving results thoughtfully, quickly, and compassionately. To give a sense of what our team is all about, these are the values that guide our work:

• Solve for impact: Healthcare is complex and opaque, but we’re positioned to meet the challenge. If not us, then who?
• Patients first: We are all consumers of healthcare. We create real solutions for real needs.
• Outcome over egos: Our work is bigger than us. What we’re building together is greater than the sum of the parts.
• Bias for action: We move fast, but we’re deliberate. We don’t delay success or failure.
• Continuous learning: We seek feedback early and often. Iteration and insight allow us to connect the dots and are key to our process.
• Practice good intent: We take our work seriously, but we’re never too busy to be kind.

Why work with us?

• Competitive salary and equity compensation
• Comprehensive health & wellness benefits and perks
• Lunch & Learn sessions hosted by internal and external industry experts featuring topics ranging from “Qualities of a Strong Consumer Brand” to “Combating Unconscious Bias”
• Variety of functional, social, and community focused groups and meetups across the Redesign ecosystem and portfolio
• Annual learning stipend
• 16-week parental leave
• Fully stocked kitchen with plenty of coffee and tea, cold brew and iced tea on tap, a Bevi machine, and a variety of snacks
• Dog friendly office