Vice President of Supply Chain

About Kiddom
Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning. Through unparalleled curriculum management functionality, Kiddom empowers schools and districts to take ownership of their curriculum – resulting in learning experiences tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of local communities. Kiddom’s high-quality curriculum is layered with robust teacher and leader data insights to drive the continuous improvement of instructional decisions, school/district programming, and professional learning.

Kiddom is seeking a high-ownership, execution-driven Vice President of Supply Chain to lead all physical product operations, including print, kits, trade books, inventory, fulfillment, logistics, systems, and vendor strategy (contract negotiation and pricing).This role requires end-to-end accountability, not advisory or conceptual leadership. The VP of Supply Chain is responsible for ensuring operational readiness—especially for Back-to-School—through proactive planning, clear execution plans, system reliability, vendor redundancy, and disciplined financial decision-making. Reporting to the CEO (or equivalent executive), this role is mission-critical to customer trust, revenue recognition, margin performance, and enterprise scalability.

The Role

• Kiddom is seeking a high-ownership, execution-driven Vice President of Supply Chain to lead all physical product operations, including print, kits, trade books, inventory, fulfillment, logistics, systems, and vendor strategy (contract negotiation and pricing). This role requires end-to-end accountability and Operational execution, not advisory or conceptual leadership. The VP of Supply Chain is responsible for ensuring operational readiness—especially for Back-to-School—through proactive planning, clear execution plans, system reliability, vendor redundancy, and disciplined financial decision-making. Reporting to the CEO (or equivalent executive), this role is mission-critical to customer trust, revenue recognition, margin performance, and enterprise scalability.

Core Expectations (Non-Negotiable)

• Success in this role requires:
• Demonstrate deep understanding of the complexities of core curriculum portfolios, managing multiple products with overlapping and non-aligned timelines, and successfully coordinating readiness across concurrent and competing launch windows.
• Proactive planning, not reactive issue management
• Clear, written execution plans with owners, timelines, and risk mitigation
• Deep visibility into team workload, priorities, and capacity
• Financial rigor in all purchasing and vendor decisions
• Systems ownership, not deferral due to operational pressure
• Early escalation of risks with proposed solutions

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Supply Chain Ownership
• Own planning, execution, systems, and risk management across all physical supply chain operations
• Take end to end ownership of critical workstreams personally driving timelines, accountability, and execution across print, kits, trade books, vendors, systems
• Establish clear accountability structures and operating cadence for the Supply Chain function
• Own team performance and growth, continuously assessing capacity and introducing new roles to support an expanding supply chain and increasing operational complexity.
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• Back-to-School Readiness & Peak Planning
• Produce and maintain detailed, curriculum-by-curriculum Back-to-School print and fulfillment plans
• Drive early, end-to-end planning across multiple curriculum products and vendors—defining scope, sequencing, timelines, capacity requirements, and contingencies before peak execution windows.
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• Demand Forecasting & Financial Discipline
• Partner with Finance and Sales to translate revenue forecasts into accurate procurement and inventory plans
• Own cost discipline for all physical goods, including competitive bidding, vendor comparisons, and spend justification
• Ensure purchasing decisions reflect margin targets, cash flow constraints, and risk tradeoffs
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• Inventory, Systems & ERP Ownership
• Own inventory strategy across on-demand print, stocked inventory, and hybrid models, accounting for how digital products and adoption patterns directly inform print volumes, stocking decisions, and fulfillment strategy. Own inventory strategy across on-demand print, stocked inventory, and hybrid models
• Lead implementation, improvement, and enforcement of ERP and inventory management workflows (e.g., NetSuite)
• Ensure Supply Chain fulfills all responsibil