Bobbie makes European-style organic infant formula manufactured end-to-end in the U.S., because we believe every parent deserves to feed their baby with confidence, without judgment and without compromise. No mystery ingredients. No shortcuts. Just clean, thoughtfully made formula that parents can trust.
But Bobbie has never been just a formula company. When the 2022 national infant formula shortage left parents across the country unable to feed their babies, we closed our storefront to new customers rather than leave a single existing family without formula. We went to Washington. We got loud. And we opened our Heath, Ohio manufacturing facility to make sure something like that could never happen again.
That's who we are, and that's what you'd be joining.
Bobbie for ChangeOur advocacy arm, Bobbie for Change, exists because making great formula isn't enough if the systems around parenthood are still broken. We fight for paid federal parental leave, push for legislation to prevent future formula shortages, advocate for feeding equity, and support families navigating impossible situations, including donating formula to parents impacted by breast and gynecologic cancers through the Bobbie Breasties program.
We're a company that genuinely believes becoming a parent makes you an activist. The people who work here feel that too.
The Role
As the VP, Supply Chain, you will have a seat at the table to lead the strategy and the team responsible for expanding our scaling supply chain operations at Bobbie. Reporting to the COO, you will oversee and be accountable for our end-to-end supply chain, including logistics, fulfillment, planning, procurement, co-packing relationships and contracts. You will manage the team in place executing in these functions, and will expand the team to include required expertise to ensure Bobbie hits our target business milestones.
You will establish performance metrics for the organization and report out regularly on progress against our targets.
Bobbie has been nationally recognized for our culture, leadership, and workplace practices, including recognition as 2025 TIME 100 Most Influential Company and by Fast Company for the Innovators Award in the Manufacturing category. This leader will also be responsible for building and scaling a mission-driven, world-class team.
What you will do:
Lead Bobbie’s Supply Chain:
- Oversee and guide the day to day operations of our supply chain
- Deliver against our strategy to scale our supply chain to support and anticipate Bobbie’s growth – from people to capacity to systems
- Manage a strong team of leaders and provide oversight to Planning, Procurement, Logistics & Fulfillment and Manufacturing
- Partner closely with the Regulatory, Quality, Product Development and Safety teams to ensure compliance, quality and food safety in our end-to-end product lifecycle
- Define, own and monitor relevant KPIs, and report out on performance to leadership and the wider organization
- Support commercialization of new products and renovations to ensure our products flow through our supply chain effectively
- Own COGS and Logistics expense including a corresponding multi-year reduction strategy agains those
- Review monthly COGS performance with the Executive Team
- Build both the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and 5 year Strategic Plan for COGS and logistics expenses
- Work closely with Finance to re-forecast the Latest Estimate (LE) as required
People Leadership & Organizational Development:
- Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing supply chain leadership team, ensuring strong decision-making, ownership, and accountability at all levels.
- Drive a culture of operational excellence, fostering leadership development programs to nurture the next generation of leaders.
- Champion workforce engagement initiatives to attract and retain top talent while maintaining a strong, values-driven company culture.
Strong Partnership with Regulatory, Safety, Quality and Manufacturing
- Partner with Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, and Safety teams to ensure strict compliance with FDA, OSHA, cGMP, and other industry standards.
- Proactively manage risk by implementing and maintaining best-in-class food safety and quality control programs.
What we would like you to have:
- At least 10 years direct experience in leading operations, supply chain or similar function with people management experience
- Understanding of warehousing and transportation, both using internal operations and 3PL partners
- Experience working in infant formula, food, beverage, and/or similar regulated products required
- Direct experience managing products both in Retail and ECommerce
- Expertise in ERP, Planning tools, productivity/BI reporting tools and collaboration tools
- Analytical thinking and ability to translate data and analytics into a narrative
- Critical thinking chops and a problem solver attitude with high levels of integrity
- Strong communication skills
You’re inspired by our core values:
- Be Radical - We are change makers, rule breakers and stigma shakers. We are unapologetically bold and use our megaphone for good.
- Nurture the Tension - Parenthood is full of healthy tension, and so is building a company. We embrace the unknowns, practice humility and are a culture of learners.
- Deliver Ounce by Ounce - Our customers have entrusted us to feed their babies. We lose sleep over the details, so they don’t have to.
- Don’t Assume - We embrace our unique perspectives, withhold judgment, and find beauty in the paths that brought us all to Bobbie. Our strength is celebrating each other and our collective voice.
Benefits
- Competitive stock options
- 401k with employer match
- Employee medical, dental, and vision insurance 100% covered by Bobbie, with options to add dependents through a subsidized pre-tax deduction
- US-based remote work model
- Flexible Time Off Policy (including Summer Fridays; half days on Fridays Memorial Day through Labor Day)
- 16 paid company holidays, plus an end of year holiday shut down
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave with the option to take an additional 8 months unpaid
- One year subscription to Bobbie or Baby's Only
- $75 monthly internet stipend
- Co-working space reimbursement
At Bobbie, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive company. We seek to create a culture where everyone can belong because we believe that people do their best work when they can show up every day as their authentic selves. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives.
Bobbie is an equal opportunity employer. We do not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law.
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Skills Required
- At least 10 years direct experience in leading operations, supply chain or similar function with people management experience
- Understanding of warehousing and transportation, both using internal operations and 3PL partners
- Experience working in infant formula, food, beverage, and/or similar regulated products
- Direct experience managing products both in Retail and ECommerce
- Expertise in ERP and Planning tools
- Analytical thinking and ability to translate data and analytics into a narrative
- Strong communication skills
What We Do
Bobbie is the first and only mom-founded and women-led infant formula company in the U.S. Our European-style recipe meets all FDA requirements, is made made with pasture-raised milk from Organic Valley farms, and is the only infant formula to receive both the Clean Label Project’s Purity Award and Pesticide Free Certification. Bobbie is working to shake the stigma and evolve the conversation around how you feed your baby to one of confidence, not comparison, from how we feed to what we feed. We lost sleep over this so you don't have to
