The farmer's dog

Director, Fulfillment and Inventory

New York, New York, United States Full Time

Who We Are

The Farmer’s Dog was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care. We’re starting by radically improving the $90 billion pet food industry, replacing bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends complete and balanced, freshly-made dog food directly to customers’ doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, delightful and personalized experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future.

To date, The Farmer’s Dog has delivered over 1 billion meals nationwide and raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.

#LongLiveDogs

What We Stand For and Where You’ll Come In

The Director, Fulfillment & Inventory will drive the execution behind how The Farmer’s Dog fulfills at scale, overseeing our 3PL fulfillment network with a focus on operational excellence, strong partner collaboration, team leadership and continuous improvement. This role oversees fulfillment performance, inventory management, and key cost drivers, ensuring day-to-day execution supports both an exceptional customer experience and long-term business health. You’ll lead a high-performing team, build strong partnerships with our external operators, and collaborate cross-functionally to launch new products, stand up new third party warehouse locations, expand capabilities, and thoughtfully scale our fulfillment network alongside the business.

One Team: We don’t think of ourselves as “Acquisition Marketers”, “Engineers”, “Data Analysts”, or “Product Managers”. Beyond denoting skill sets and areas of expertise, we don’t think departments matter. We’d rather align ourselves to the goals we’re working to achieve and make sure we have necessary subject matter expertise to drive meaningful impact. We strive to orient ourselves around customer problems TOGETHER – getting the right people, with the right context, in the right rooms/Zooms to solve problems holistically.

We are skeptical about everything and precious about nothing:  Ideas can and should come from anywhere, and we aren’t tied to our own. We proactively source input. We talk to our customers and leads regularly and are quick to change course if we know there’s a better or more impactful way to solve problems.

We consider the customer journey in all of our decisions:  We know that no interaction exists in a silo and therefore understand how important every single one is.  We ensure our strategy sets prospective and new customers up for success and drives long-term retention.  We answer questions and address problems early and proactively.  We understand the value of different channels, initiatives, and messages and know how to articulate impact and advocate for prioritization holistically.

We Execute For Impact: We don’t subscribe to “best practices” or “industry KPIs”. We’re uninterested in how we compare to “benchmarks”; instead we orient ourselves around being the best we can possibly be. Similarly, we don’t subscribe to rigid or classical expectations of roles – i.e. acquisition is hyper-focused on improving customer retention and experience.

We Are Focused and Work Without Assumption: We are not beholden to ideas. We have goals and believe everything beyond that is a series of hypotheses to validate. To that end, we seek to work in sequence and not in parallel. We constantly ask ourselves, “what’s the most important hypothesis I should be working on right now? How do I confirm or reject that hypothesis as fast as possible?”. We rarely have timelines/deadlines and are constantly taking in new information and adjusting our priorities accordingly. We don’t expect to be perfect the first time.

How You'll Make An Impact

  • Lead fulfillment and inventory management across our 3PL network, ensuring performance, scalability, and strong customer outcomes.
  • Develop and lead high-performing teams aligned to operational excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Further develop existing relationships with 3PL partners, including performance management, capability development, and long-term strategic planning.
  • Drive customer experience improvements by connecting fulfillment performance directly to retention, brand trust, and overall satisfaction.
  • Manage key operational P&L drivers, including OTIF performance, inventory accuracy, and cost per order, while improving customer satisfaction and retention, consistently balancing service levels with disciplined financial performance.
  • Ensure best-in-class fulfillment execution with a focus on quality, accuracy, and on-time shipment.
  • Lead fulfillment and inventory capacity strategy, working cross-functionally to identify emerging network risks early and position the business ahead of potential constraints.
  • Lead initiatives to improve inventory accuracy, enhancing 3PL cycle count rigor and scaling transaction reconciliation capabilities.
  • Partner with leadership on contract negotiations while leading existing contract governance across fulfillment partners.
  • Partner cross-functionally to shape product launch timelines, support evolving operational needs, and enable scalable growth across the business.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives through process optimization, data insights, and technology enablement.
  • Champion operational visibility through metrics, reporting, and clear performance accountability across the network.

We're Excited About You Because

  • You bring 10+ years of fulfillment and operations experience from a CPG or direct-to-consumer environments. 
  • You have 4+ years managing 3PL partners at a strategic and executive level, including contracts, negotiations, performance oversight, structuring multi-tiered fulfillment networks, mitigating supplier and operational disruption risk, and optimizing network performance across cost and service tradeoffs.
  • You bring end-to-end supply chain expertise spanning manufacturing, packaging, demand planning and fulfillment, with knowledge of cold chain and frozen product logistics.
  • You bring deep expertise in 3PL warehouse operations, including end-to-end process flows, WMS platforms, ERP integrations, warehouse automation systems, and emerging technologies that enhance operational visibility and scalability.
  • You connect the dots on how fulfillment execution directly impacts customer experience, brand trust, and retention.
  • You have a track record of driving operational change across multiple sites and leading organizations through periods of growth and complexity.
  • You are financially fluent and own cost-to-serve performance, making strategic tradeoff decisions between service levels, growth, and operational efficiency.
  • You have a strong understanding of 3PL cost models and rate structures, with the ability to analyze and navigate their complexities effectively.
  • You are a skilled negotiator who consistently drives favorable contract outcomes while strengthening long-term partnerships.
  • You’re an experienced people leader who builds high-performing teams, coaches and develops mid-level managers, and consistently delivers meaningful results.
  • You intentionally build bench strength, mentor emerging leaders, and develop the next generation of operational talent.
  • You operate effectively in complex, cross-functional environments, influencing decisions at multiple levels and guiding teams and external partners through process, technology, and network changes.
  • You combine data-driven thinking with pragmatic execution and sound judgment.
  • You consistently identify opportunities to improve processes, partnerships, and outcomes.
  • You communicate clearly across technical, operational, and executive audiences.
  • You are willing to travel ~25% of the time.
  • You love dogs.

Office Guidelines

We are an in-office culture, made of in-office people who thrive on the collaboration and magnetism of working in a shared space. We are seeking individuals who excel in this type of environment, where being present fosters deeper connections and engagement.

Our Belonging Philosophy:

At TFD, we believe Belonging is a shared commitment to creating a workplace where every person feels respected, valued, and empowered to be themselves. When people feel a true sense of belonging, they do their best work, take smart risks, and bring forward diverse perspectives — leading to stronger decisions and deeper relationships.
We anchor this belief in a simple phrase: “Everyone’s welcome at the dog park.” No matter your background, identity, or role, there’s space for you here. There’s no one way to show up at the dog park— just shared space, mutual respect, and the freedom to be yourself. Being included is just the beginning, it’s about contributing your voice, growing through challenges, and building trust through shared goals. This philosophy guides how we lead, how we hire, how we communicate, and how we grow.
                    
We continuously evaluate to ensure we are creating a consistent experience that cultivates belonging for all employees, from hiring and performance reviews to talent development. We also believe Belonging happens in everyday moments of connection; lunch with a new teammate, a shared laugh, or a quick story about your weekend. Our structure includes biannual employee surveys, manager training, TFD camps, and support from Humans to ensure we’re listening and learning from our Team.

Together, these efforts reflect what Belonging means at TFD: a culture where everyone can thrive.

A Few of Our Best Benefits

  • Dog-friendly office in Greenwich Village
  • Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
  • Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
  • Company supported mental health benefits
  • 12 week paid parental leave
  • Competitive 401k plan with company match
  • Flexible PTO 
  • Discounted fresh food for your pup
  • Your pet interrupting video calls (and in-person meetings) is now a feature, not a bug

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Farmer's Dog, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic or status. For more information, please visit Know Your Rights.

Reasonable Accommodations

TFD complies with applicable federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.  If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact humansops@thefarmersdog.com.

We're Here to Help

We’re happy to answer any questions you may have about the position or our hiring process - please reach out at careers@thefarmersdog.com.

We commit to building a competitive compensation package and company environment for all individuals to thrive. We believe in competitive base compensation rooted in location specific market data and performance along with equity ownership in the company that allows every team member to build their personal wealth as the company grows, just as much as we believe in fostering a culture that supports our team members personally, professionally, and holistically. For this role the anticipated hiring base compensation range is USD annual and the compensation offered will include a robust market competitive package of base, bonus, and equity. In addition to your base compensation offer you will also receive equity ownership in the company. More information about the value of this equity will be shared at the time of offer. This range is representative of NYC Market Data if you are applying to this role outside of the NYC area the range may change.

NYC Pay Range
$161,000$185,000 USD