Vice President, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Operations and Service Logistics
Sign up free to see how well your resume matches this role.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end supply chain strategy across demand planning, S&OP, procurement, and inventory management for Cohesity's hardware appliance portfolio.
- Executive level vendor engagement and management focused on technology alignment, pricing optimization, and supply assurance.
- Balance inventory investment against service levels and lead times, driving continuous improvement in forecast accuracy and working capital efficiency.
- Build resilience into the supply base through dual-sourcing, risk assessment, and proactive component/EOL management.
- Direct contract manufacturing (CM) partners and internal manufacturing operations, including production planning, test/quality processes, and manufacturing systems (e.g., test data and reporting).
- Drive first-pass yield, throughput, and quality metrics across CM sites; own root-cause and corrective action processes for manufacturing defects and field failures.
- Own NPI (new product introduction) operations readiness in partnership with Engineering and Product Management.
- Set strategic direction for global RMA and spares logistics — including parts dispatch, depot repair, advance replacement programs, and field engineer coverage — while empowering functional leaders to own day-to-day execution.
- Define SLA targets and service-level tiers for parts delivery and technician dispatch (e.g., 4-hour/next-business-day commitments ), and hold the organization accountable to RMA cycle time and SLA-attainment goals.
- Shape the long-term network strategy for third-party logistics, depot repair, and field service partners, ensuring global coverage, scalability, and cost efficiency as the business grows.
- Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing global team across supply chain, manufacturing operations, and service logistics functions.
- Partner closely with Sales, Customer Support, Product Engineering, Finance, and Legal to align operational capacity with business growth and customer commitments (SLAs, entitlements, contracts).
What they're looking for
- 12+ years of progressive supply chain, manufacturing, and/or service logistics leadership experience, including 5+ years in a senior leadership role, ideally in enterprise hardware/technology or data infrastructure.
- Proven track record managing contract manufacturers, global logistics networks, and service/RMA operations at scale.
- Strong analytical and systems background (ERP/NetSuite, Salesforce Field Service or similar, manufacturing test/quality systems) with the ability to translate data into operational decisions.
- Experience building and leading global, cross-functional teams, with excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or related field
Nice to have
- MBA or advanced degree a plus.
Summarised by NextRaise from the employer’s description, which follows in full below.
Full description from employer
Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale.
We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design.
Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry.
Cohesity is seeking a Vice President of Supply Chain, Manufacturing Operations and Service Logistics to lead the end-to-end operational backbone that gets our data security and management appliances built, shipped, and supported around the world. This leader owns supply chain planning, contract manufacturing and quality/test operations, and global service logistics — including RMA fulfillment, spares management, and field service dispatch — ensuring Cohesity can scale reliably while delivering an exceptional customer experience. This is a highly cross-functional, senior leadership role reporting into Global Operations, with direct influence on product availability, cost, quality, and customer satisfaction.
HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME
Supply Chain Strategy & Planning
Own end-to-end supply chain strategy across demand planning, S&OP, procurement, and inventory management for Cohesity's hardware appliance portfolio.
Executive level vendor engagement and management focused on technology alignment, pricing optimization, and supply assurance.
Balance inventory investment against service levels and lead times, driving continuous improvement in forecast accuracy and working capital efficiency.
Build resilience into the supply base through dual-sourcing, risk assessment, and proactive component/EOL management.
Manufacturing Operations
Direct contract manufacturing (CM) partners and internal manufacturing operations, including production planning, test/quality processes, and manufacturing systems (e.g., test data and reporting).
Drive first-pass yield, throughput, and quality metrics across CM sites; own root-cause and corrective action processes for manufacturing defects and field failures.
Own NPI (new product introduction) operations readiness in partnership with Engineering and Product Management.
Service Logistics & Global Support Operations
Set strategic direction for global RMA and spares logistics — including parts dispatch, depot repair, advance replacement programs, and field engineer coverage — while empowering functional leaders to own day-to-day execution.
Define SLA targets and service-level tiers for parts delivery and technician dispatch (e.g., 4-hour/next-business-day commitments), and hold the organization accountable to RMA cycle time and SLA-attainment goals.
Shape the long-term network strategy for third-party logistics, depot repair, and field service partners, ensuring global coverage, scalability, and cost efficiency as the business grows.
Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration
Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing global team across supply chain, manufacturing operations, and service logistics functions.
Partner closely with Sales, Customer Support, Product Engineering, Finance, and Legal to align operational capacity with business growth and customer commitments (SLAs, entitlements, contracts).
Own and report key operating metrics (e.g., on-time delivery, inventory turns, RMA cycle time, cost per repair) to executive leadership.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
12+ years of progressive supply chain, manufacturing, and/or service logistics leadership experience, including 5+ years in a senior leadership role, ideally in enterprise hardware/technology or data infrastructure.
Proven track record managing contract manufacturers, global logistics networks, and service/RMA operations at scale.
Strong analytical and systems background (ERP/NetSuite, Salesforce Field Service or similar, manufacturing test/quality systems) with the ability to translate data into operational decisions.
Experience building and leading global, cross-functional teams, with excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or related field; MBA or advanced degree a plus.
LI-NK1
Disclosure Pursuant to Applicable State Equal Pay Transparency Laws - This position has a starting pay range as listed below. Actual salary depends upon many factors, including a candidate’s skills, qualifications and experience, location, and salary expectations, and therefore a starting salary at the low end, high end, or even above the stated range may be offered. This position may also be eligible for bonus compensation, commission (if in a sales function), and/or equity grants. Additionally, full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits framework, including health and wellness benefits, vacation, paid holidays and refresh days, 401(k) retirement plan, life and disability insurance coverages, and other benefits the Company may offer from time to time.
Pay Range :
The compensation noted above is based on an annualized hourly rate assuming normal full-time employment.
Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates:
For information on personal data processing, please see our Privacy Policy.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEOE)
Cohesity is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at 1-855-9COHESITY or recruiting@cohesity.com for assistance.
In-Office Expectations
Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.
We strongly prefer candidates who are currently located in or near the designated job location. Candidates outside the area should apply only if they are committed to relocating prior to their start date and have the legal right to work in the job location.
Company
Company facts come from this company's own listings. We only show what the postings themselves carry.