Vice President - Holman Supply Chain

Holman is a family-owned, global automotive services organization anchored by our deeply rooted core values and principles that have enabled us to continue Driving What’s Right throughout the last century. Our teams deliver the Holman Experience by treating our customers and each other as we would like to be treated, and creating positive, rewarding relationships all around.

The automotive markets Holman serves include fleet management and leasing; vehicle fabrication and upfitting; component manufacturing and productivity solutions; powertrain distribution and logistics services; commercial and personal insurance and risk management; and retail automotive sales as one of the largest privately owned dealership groups in the United States.

Holman is currently accepting applications for the role of Vice President- Supply Chain

Position Summary

The Vice President of Upfit Supply Chain serves as the enterprise leader responsible for end-to-end operational and financial performance across Supply Chain, Aftermarket Operations, and Engineering Governance within Holman Upfit.

This role owns the strategic design, financial stewardship, and execution of forecasting, procurement, inventory management, scheduling, service operations, parts commercialization, driveaway logistics, warranty monetization, and engineering workflow governance.

The Vice President operates as a core member of the Upfit executive leadership team and directly influences more than $400M in revenue,  and $30 in SG&A.

This position carries full P&L accountability across assigned functions and serves as the primary architect of scalable infrastructure supporting growth, margin expansion, working capital discipline, and enterprise integration.

Enterprise Scope of Responsibility

Strategic Supply Chain & Working Capital Ownership

• Establish and govern enterprise supply chain strategy across purchasing, forecasting, inventory control, supplier performance, and scheduling.
• Own working strategy including inventory segmentation, excess and obsolete mitigation, and supplier lead-time risk controls.

Aftermarket Commercialization & Monetization

• Own revenue growth and margin expansion across Parts, Driveaway, Extended Warranty, and Service operations.
• Transition warranty management from cost containment function to revenue and recovery engine.
• Develop and implement structured pricing governance and commercial discipline models.
• Direct aftermarket business case development including field service strategy and market expansion initiatives.

Engineering Governance & Margin Protection

• Establish performance governance across Design & Engineering to protect pricing integrity and reduce margin leakage.
• Institutionalize intake, prioritization, and workflow management through enterprise systems (e.g., Salesforce Service Cloud).
• Ensure manufacturability alignment between engineering deliverables and operational capabilities.

Enterprise Systems & Process Modernization

• Lead cross-functional system alignment between ERP, Service Cloud, scheduling platforms, and financial reporting infrastructure.
• Replace informal processes with measurable, KPI-driven operating frameworks.
• Sponsor automation and technology initiatives that improve scalability and data transparency.

Executive Financial Stewardship

• Directly accountable for functional P&L performance and operating budget adherence.
• Approve capital prioritization within scope.
• Translate operational metrics into financial outcomes for executive reporting.
• Present periodic performance updates to executive leadership.

Organizational Leadership & Succession Planning

• Direct leadership of 2–3 Director-level roles and indirect oversight of 130–175 employees.
• Establish leadership bench strength, succession pipelines, and performance management discipline.
• Drive executive-level accountability standards across multiple operational functions.

Strategic Impact Profile

This role operates at a division-level leadership scope with direct impact across revenue performance, margin protection, working capital optimization, commercial growth enablement, customer SLA performance, engineering output governance, and system modernization and scalability.

The Vice President functions as the operational bridge between Sales, Manufacturing, Finance, IT, and Client Services — ensuring enterprise alignment and protecting Holman’s value proposition.

Accountability & Financial Impact

• $400M+ Direct Revenue Influence
• $30M SG&A Oversight
• Direct working capital performance responsibility tied to inventory

Problem Solving & Decision Complexity

The majority of challenges encountered are unique and enterprise-impacting, requiring strategic tradeoff decisions balancing revenue, margin, and cash, cross-functional conflict resolution, supplier and OEM risk mitigation, complex client supply chain redesign, and financially material escalation management.

Approximately 60% of decisions involve ambiguous conditions with no predefined solution set.

Executive-Level Decision Rights

• Establish enterprise supply chain and aftermarket strategy within division scope
• Approve pricing standards and compliance models
• Authorize budget allocation and resource prioritization within approved financial plan
• Design organizational structure and succession planning frameworks
• Resolve client escalations with material financial exposure

Experience Profile Required for Role Scope

• Prior ownership of multi-function operational P&L
• Demonstrated success driving margin expansion and working capital improvement simultaneously
• Experience leading enterprise system modernization initiatives
• Commercial acumen in revenue-generating service environments
• Executive presence and cross-functional enterprise influence

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At Holman, we exist to provide rewarding careers and better lives for employees and their families. We hire, train, empower, and reward exceptional people. Our journey is guided by our desire to get it right every time and the acknowledgement that we have an opportunity to be better. To be better, we have to do better, and to do better we must know better. That’s why we are listening, open to learning new things – about ourselves and each other. We will never stop striving for improved diversity, equity, and inclusion because we are successful together when we feel trusted and supported. It’s The Holman Way.

At Holman, your total compensation goes beyond your paycheck. To position you for success and provide a rewarding career and better life for you and your family, Holman is proud to offer you the benefits you deserve; including protection against illness, disability, loss of work, or preparation for retirement. Below is a brief overview of the programs available to full-time employees (programs may vary by country or worker type):

• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays, Bereavement, and Jury Duty
• Paid Pregnancy/Parental leave
• Paid Military Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

Benefits:

Regular Full-Time

We offer excellent benefits including health, vision, dental, life and disability insurance, and 401(k) with company match. Our time off benefits include Paid Time Off (PTO), paid holidays, bereavement, and jury duty. In addition, we offer paid pregnancy and parental leave, and supplemental paid military leave to eligible employees.

Temporary or Part-Time

In geographic areas with statutory paid sick leave, part-time and temporary employees will receive a paid sick leave benefit that meets the mandated requirements.

Pay:

We offer competitive wages that are commensurate with job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, and geographic location, starting in the range of $275,430.00 - $426,915.00 USD annually for full time employees. The annual compensation range is comprised of base pay and bonus earnings.

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