Supply Chain Transformation Manager
Kevin's Natural Foods · Stockton · $150,000–$170,000 (stated in the posting)
The Supply Chain Transformation Manager is responsible for defining and delivering the strategic value creation roadmap across the Kevin’s Natural Foods Supply Chain. This role will also lead the development and optimization of a refrigerated distribution and fulfillment network, frozen 3PL, and logistics network, ensuring it delivers competitive advantage through improved cost, service, capacity, and strategic value creation.
Working collaboratively with diverse stakeholder groups, the role supports Kevin's Leadership Team in defining and delivering strategic supply chain programs and associated enterprise-wide initiatives. The focus is on translating strategy into executable roadmaps, building stakeholder alignment, and ensuring successful delivery of complex network, logistics, capability-building, and transformation programs.
This role accelerates step-change improvements in Kevin’s supply chain capabilities by leveraging internal expertise, external partnerships, Mars cross-segment capabilities, and global centers of excellence. It combines industry-leading practices with digital and network innovation to create future-fit supply chain solutions that position Kevin’s for long-term growth, scalability, resilience, and competitive advantage.
What You’ll Do:
Own and deliver the multi-year value creation roadmap for Kevin’s Supply Chain, including network strategy, operational excellence, logistics optimization, strategic partnerships, and transformational initiatives.
Lead the design, deployment, and optimization of a national chilled network strategy including 3PL, warehousing, transportation, and value-added logistics capabilities that improve service, flexibility, cost, capacity utilization, and scalability.
Develop and execute the frozen network strategy, including 3PL, warehousing, transportation, and value-added logistics capabilities that improve service, flexibility, cost, capacity utilization, and scalability.
Identify, evaluate, and implement strategic value creation opportunities across the chilled and frozen networks, including network expansion, co-packing, transportation optimization, and customer-specific solutions.
Partner with the Global VCLT to shape long-term supply chain strategy and translate strategic concepts into executable programs, business cases, and projects.
Lead strategic integration activities across Kevin’s and Mars cross-segment workstreams to unlock synergies, leverage capabilities, align network strategies, and accelerate value creation.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment with Kevin’s growth strategy, customer requirements, operational objectives, and Mars strategic priorities.
Build business cases and secure stakeholder support for network investments, value creation initiatives, and transformation programs while ensuring successful implementation and benefit realization.
Lead selected strategic programs directly while overseeing delivery of other major initiatives through cross-functional teams, external partners, logistics providers, and co-manufacturing networks.
Drive capability building and knowledge transfer across the organization while leveraging best practices from industry leaders, strategic partners, and Mars cross-segment networks.
Establish robust governance, performance management, and continuous improvement frameworks to ensure sustained delivery of strategic, operational, and financial benefits across the Kevin’s Supply Chain network.
Establish a scalable national chilled co-pack network supporting future growth.
Optimize and expand the frozen logistics and 3PL network to improve cost, service, and capacity.
Deliver quantified value creation through network design, logistics optimization, and strategic partnerships.
Accelerate growth by enabling customer-specific requirements closer to market.
Integrate Kevin’s network strategy with Mars cross-segment initiatives to unlock enterprise synergies and capabilities.
Build a future-fit supply chain network that supports long-term scalability, resilience, and profitable growth.
Other duties as assigned or necessary.
What You’ll Need:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations or related discipline.
5+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience in FMCG or food processing industry. Or 5+ years of industry consulting experience with a strong emphasis in project and change management.
Experienced people influencer with demonstrated ability to inspire adoption of significant recommendations involving business process changes and/or new system applications.
Experience on projects requiring change management or transformational process and organization behavior changes
Proactive, self-starter with demonstrated experience solving complex problems by taking on new perspectives together with existing solutions
Strong end-to-end supply chain orchestration capability with strategic and operational depth.
Strong analytical capability with expertise in data-driven decision-making and scenario planning.
Proven leadership and stakeholder management skills across commercial, manufacturing, and finance functions.
Ability to manage complexity in dynamic, multi-channel environments.
Strong financial acumen with focus on working capital and cost optimization.
Healthy, Diverse Teams Breed Innovation:
Kevin’s Natural Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We deeply believe that diverse backgrounds and experiences make better teams, and we seek to attract talent from all walks of life. The team at Kevin’s is smart, humble, and passionate and we value a work environment that fosters personal development and opportunities to move within our small, but quickly growing organization.
More About Kevin’s Natural Foods:
Kevin's Natural Foods is a line of refrigerated and frozen meals, sides, soups, and sauces on a mission to empower even the busiest people to eat clean without sacrificing flavor. Co-founded by Kevin McCray who battled an auto-immune disorder for years, Kevin's Natural Foods was born from his desire to make clean eating seamlessly fit into any lifestyle. Shockingly delicious and made with clean ingredients, Kevin’s products are ready in minutes and always free from gluten, soy, and refined sugar.
In 2023, Kevin’s Natural Foods joined the Mars Food & Nutrition family, allowing us to expand our reach, accelerate innovation, and bring our mission to even more households while staying true to the quality and integrity that define our brand. A true market disruptor, Kevin's is the first clean refrigerated entrée brand working to prove every day that proper nutrition can be as delicious as it is healthy.
Salary Range: $150,000.00- $170,000.00 annually + benefits + bonus
Compensation within this salary range is dependent upon the candidate's experience, education, and relevant qualifications
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