VP, Supply Chain North America

Position Title: VP, Supply Chain North America
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Grade: Grade 08
Requisition ID: 41320
VP, Supply Chain - North America
[Chicago]
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role .
The VP, NA Supply Chain will shape the North American Supply Chain vision and direction, leading the organization through a transformation toward a highly efficient, digitally enabled, and customer-centric network. This role is accountable for delivering industry-leading cost, cash, and service performance while driving a step-change in speed, transparency, and executional excellence.
The Vice President will oversee key pillars of Supply Chain Management, including Planning and Inventory Management, Network Optimization, Logistics, Customer Service, Customer Supply Chain Collaboration, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), Intercompany Movement processes, and Digital Supply Chain Transformation. This position is responsible for driving network efficiency and enabling strategic decision-making across the organization. Additionally, the role focuses on developing and mentoring supply chain leadership and talent, maintaining active collaboration with the North America Senior Leadership Team, and partnering with global supply chain leaders to achieve sustainable growth and a high-performing organization.
What you'll be doing.
Strategic Leadership & Transformation

• Shape and execute the North America Supply Chain vision to drive high performance, resilience, and enable profitable growth.
• Lead cross-functional, cross-regional transformational initiatives that cut across corporate and business unit boundaries.
• Serve as a key member of the NA Senior Leadership Team, ensuring Supply Chain is a strategic driver of the business agenda.
• Influence senior stakeholders to drive execution at speed while establishing the foundation for long-term transformation.
• Collaborate with Commercial team and Finance to ensure value-added analytical support, fact-based decisions, and accurate project tracking.

Customer & Supplier Collaboration

• Drive Customer Centricity within and beyond the Supply Chain function, ensuring Supply Chain is a competitive advantage and growth lever.
• Lead Customer & Supplier collaboration efforts across NA; participate in strategic customer supply chain initiatives locally and globally.
• Strengthen external partnerships to improve service, responsiveness, transparency, and joint planning.

Cost Leadership & Operational Efficiency

• Lead development and execution of a robust pipeline of cost-saving initiatives, efficiency programs, and productivity projects.
• Identify opportunities to reduce Total Delivered Cost and benchmark performance externally.
• Implement cost-effective technologies that enhance system efficiency, accuracy, and transactional excellence.
• Ensure governance, compliance, and performance management through consistent tracking of cost-savings metrics.
• Collaborate with business/functions and Global Supply Chain to establish and deliver savings targets.

Planning, S&OP & Network Optimization

• Lead the Supply Chain Planning function, ensuring seamless integration across suppliers, plants, logistics, and customers.
• Bring real-time planning and scenario-based decision-making to drive responsiveness to supply or demand changes.
• Own the effectiveness of the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process to enable timely business decisions and profitable growth.
• Drive a continuous process that optimizes available capacity in a constrained and excess capacity environment.
• Improve forecast accuracy, end-to-end visibility, and performance management through enhanced analytics and planning tools.

Digital Supply Chain & Analytics

• Lead the Digital Supply Chain transformation in North America, driving enhanced visibility, data transparency, and decision quality.
• Partner with Global Supply Chain to implement global digital strategies, systems evolution, and advanced analytics capabilities.
• Utilize big data, predictive analytics, and scenario modeling to inform demand planning, network optimization, and overall Supply Chain decision-making.
• Drive continuous improvement, including root-cause problem solving, bottom-up accountability, and consistent KPIs.

Leadership, Capabilities & Culture

• Lead the Supply Chain organization from current to future state, including talent development, capability building, and skill-set evolution.
• Build a high-performing team culture centered on accountability, collaboration, and innovation.
• Introduce industry best practices and champion automation, analytics, reusable platforms, and modern tools.
• Demonstrate courage in decision-making and the ability to navigate complexity with resilience and persistence.
• Propel Supply Chain into a fully integrated business function focused on value creation for customers, employees, and shareholders.

What you'll need to be successful.
Education
• Degree in Engineering or Business Administration required
• Supply Chain or Logistics certifications preferred
• MBA preferred
Role-Specific & Leadership Attributes
• Proven track record leading transformational initiatives and driving rapid step-change improvements.
• Deep expertise in supply chain operations, customer supply chain, planning, logistics, and digital/systems-driven improvement.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes and end-to-end supply chain dynamics.
• Deep appreciation of logistics and transportation dynamics, with the ability to translate operational realities into strategic planning and network decisions.
• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Passion for digital enablement, analytics, and building modern supply chain capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, complex teams and manage multiple initiatives in a dynamic environment.
• Experience leading change, fostering innovation, and building future-ready organizations.
• Resilience and persistence through setbacks, with the ability to challenge constructively at all levels.
Experience
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in supply chain including 10 or more years of managing a team of direct employees.
• Cross-functional business experience strongly preferred.
Travel
• Willingness to travel approximately 25%
About McCain .
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles .
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience .
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We're big believers in the power of working together in person-it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
Compensation Package :
$300,000 - $350,000 USD annually + Bonus eligibility + Long-term incentive eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
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Job Family: Supply Chain & Logistics
Location(s): US - United States of America : Illinois : Oakbrook Terrace || US - United States of America : Illinois : Chicago || US - United States of America : Illinois : Lisle
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.