Director of Manufacturing – Supply

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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RYZE

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2020

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

💰 $1.5M Seed Round - RYZE Superfoods on 2022-03

Healthcare • Consulting • Marketing

RYZE is a link-in-bio platform that lets creators, brands, and agencies build customizable mini storefronts and landing pages for social profiles. It offers drag-and-drop templates, payment integrations (Stripe, PayPal) to sell digital and physical products, booking and appointment scheduling, affiliate management, tipping and crowdfunding features, email and phone capture, and built-in analytics. The service is free to create and designed to help users monetize social traffic and manage multiple Bio Sites from one dashboard.

📋 Description

• Own full accountability for all co-manufacturing partners, serving as the single point of ownership for output, quality, cost, and delivery • Lead onboarding and stabilization of new co-manufacturers, including recipe transfer, production validation, equipment installation, and ramp-up execution • Manage transitions away from legacy partners, ensuring zero disruption to supply continuity • Establish and lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with each co-manufacturing partner in collaboration with Quality • Develop and implement performance scorecards tracking delivery, quality, cost, and responsiveness • Oversee production scheduling, capacity planning, and line allocation across all manufacturing sites in coordination with Supply Chain Planning • Ensure production commitments are met while proactively resolving constraints, bottlenecks, and line conflicts • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase yield, reduce waste, and optimize per-unit costs • Implement inventory buffer strategies for packaging and raw materials to stabilize operations and eliminate reactive supply issues • Own sourcing, purchasing, and supplier management across all raw materials and inputs • Hire and lead sourcing leadership to manage day-to-day supplier relationships, negotiations, and vendor onboarding • Define and execute a supplier diversification strategy to mitigate single-source risk • Lead supplier negotiations, contract management, and cost optimization at scale • Manage critical raw material supply challenges and ensure continuity of supply for key inputs • Lead and develop a team supporting production, supply, and sourcing operations • Provide coaching, performance management, and day-to-day leadership • Build and scale a high-performing, execution-focused team aligned to business growth • Align with Supply Chain Planning on demand forecasts, production priorities, and inventory targets while providing feedback on constraints and lead times • Partner with Quality on audits, inspections, batch release processes, and QBRs • Support production readiness for new SKUs, including trials, validation, and commercialization ramp-up • Collaborate with R&D / Innovation on formulation feasibility, pilot runs, and scale-up of new products

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing, operations, or supply chain, including 5+ years in a senior leadership role • Proven experience managing co-manufacturing partners, with full accountability for output, quality, cost, and delivery • Demonstrated success onboarding new co-manufacturers, including recipe transfer, production validation, equipment installation, and ramp-up • Experience leading transitions between manufacturing partners with no disruption to supply continuity • Track record of owning sourcing, procurement, and supplier management across raw materials and packaging, including negotiations and contract management at scale • Experience building and leading teams across production, supply, and sourcing functions • Strong command of production scheduling, capacity planning, and line allocation across multiple sites • Proven ability to drive continuous improvement that increases yield, reduces waste, and lowers per-unit costs • Experience developing supplier diversification strategies and mitigating single-source risk • Ability to design inventory buffer strategies for raw materials and packaging that prevent reactive supply issues • Working knowledge of food safety and quality systems, including audits, inspections, and batch release (e.g., GMP, HACCP, SQF/BRC) • Strong financial acumen, including cost modeling, budgeting, and negotiation of commercial terms • Proficiency with ERP and supply chain planning systems and data-driven decision-making

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