Head of Supply Chain

ABOUT HALTER At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Founders Fund https://foundersfund.com, Bessemer Venture Partners https://www.bvp.com/, BOND, https://www.bondcap.com/ DCVC https://www.dcvc.com/, Blackbird https://www.blackbird.vc/, Promus Ventures https://www.promusventures.com/, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures https://www.icehouseventures.co.nz/?utm_term=icehouse%20ventures&utm_campaign=Brand+Keywords&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=4064636360&hsa_cam=16902737884&hsa_grp=134004309485&hsa_ad=592971340272&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-1082530126230&hsa_kw=icehouse%20ventures&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2v-gBhC1ARIsAOQdKY0J0DepRVFDmjQlAkJPbZuQnLSA5UVzUzOXYiPxkjX-SeVa513_BhkaAr-MEALw_wcB. To find out more, visit our LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/halter-limited & Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lifeathalter/. THE ROLE Halter is scaling fast. More products, more customers, more complexity. That means a supply chain spanning contract manufacturing partners in Asia, a global component supplier base, and customers across global markets. We need someone to build it. The Head of Supply Chain owns everything from demand signal to customer delivery. You'll lead the S&OP, supply planning, sourcing, and logistics functions, building a team and a supply chain that is fast, resilient, and capable of scaling with a company that is growing quickly across multiple hardware products and geographies. This is a leadership role as much as a functional one. You'll spend as much time developing your team, building relationships across the business, and shaping how we operate as you will solving day-to-day supply chain problems. You'll work closely with our hardware, operations, commercial, and finance leadership to make sure the supply chain is never the constraint on Halter's growth. You'll own the supply chain function. That means full accountability for performance across supply availability, cost, lead times, and logistics. And it means shaping the strategy, not just executing it. WHAT YOU'LL DO LEADERSHIP AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT - Lead and develop the S&OP, supply planning, sourcing, and logistics functions, building a high-performing team that can scale with Halter. - Set a clear direction for the supply chain function, ensure every part of the team understands what they're accountable for, and hold a high bar on delivery. - Develop the people in your team. Invest in their growth, give them stretch and challenge, and build the depth of capability the function will need as Halter grows. - Build the culture of the supply chain team: high ownership, low ego, fast-moving, and deeply connected to the rest of the business. S&OP AND INTEGRATED PLANNING - Own the S&OP process at Halter, ensuring we have a reliable, well-governed cadence that produces a reconciled demand and supply plan the business can commit to. - Drive alignment between commercial and operational teams on forecast, capacity, and supply position, making sure the right trade-offs are surfaced and resolved at pace. - Ensure the supply chain always has a clear forward view of demand, and that supply plans are proactively adjusted before gaps become crises. SOURCING AND SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT - Own the sourcing strategy across Halter's supply base, ensuring we have the right suppliers, the right commercial terms, and the right relationships to support our growth. - Build a supplier base that is resilient, competitive, and capable of scaling with us, reducing single-source dependency and geographic concentration where it creates unacceptable risk. - Develop strong, trust-based relationships with key suppliers and ensure supplier performance is actively managed against clear expectations. - Lead commercial negotiations on major supply agreements, with a focus on total cost of ownership, lead time, and supply security. SUPPLY PLANNING AND INVENTORY - Ensure we have a supply planning function that translates demand into accurate material requirements, maintains healthy inventory positions, and keeps purchase orders moving reliably through the supply chain. - Own inventory strategy across the portfolio, balancing availability against working capital and ensuring the business always has a clear picture of stock position and risk. - Identify and resolve structural issues in how we plan supply before they become operational problems. LOGISTICS - Own the end-to-end logistics function, ensuring product moves from our manufacturing partners to our customers efficiently, reliably, and at the right cost. - Build and manage relationships with freight and logistics partners, ensuring service levels are met and costs are competitive. - Develop a logistics strategy that can scale with Halter's geographic expansion and growing product portfolio, including customs, compliance, and in-country distribution. STRATEGY AND CROSS-FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP - Own the supply chain strategy for Halter, defining the roadmap for how we build a supply chain that is a genuine competitive advantage as we scale. - Work closely with hardware,