Supply Chain & Operations — Executive Search

Supply chain leadership sits at the CEO's table in industrial businesses now — not as an afterthought, but as a core strategic seat. Nearshoring, USMCA, and the corridor-wide reshaping of industrial footprints put it there. Silvia Flores runs Chief Supply Chain Officer, VP Supply Chain, VP Procurement, and VP Logistics searches across the US and Mexico — as part of Alder Koten's retained practice.

Where Supply Chain & Operations searches fit

Four common patterns. An industrial platform with US and Mexico operations naming its first enterprise CSCO. An OEM or Tier hiring a VP Supply Chain to run cross-border logistics and USMCA-compliant sourcing. A private-equity-backed platform bringing in a VP Procurement to drive category-level value creation. And a nearshoring build-out hiring a launch supply-chain leader to stand up sourcing, planning, and logistics from the ground up.

Roles the practice covers

• Chief Supply Chain Officer — enterprise leadership across sourcing, planning, logistics, and distribution
• VP Supply Chain — for OEM, Tier, and industrial mid-market businesses with cross-border footprints
• VP Procurement / Chief Procurement Officer — direct materials, indirect spend, and category leadership
• VP Logistics / Distribution Director — cross-border logistics, distribution networks, and 3PL management
• Head of Planning / S&OP Director — demand, supply, and integrated business planning
• Nearshoring Launch Supply Chain Leader — greenfield and reshored supply-chain builds

How a supply chain search runs

Every engagement runs on The Dynamic Fit Method™ — Ability, Capability, and Capacity assessed against the rate of change the role will carry. For supply chain mandates the calibration weighs technical depth (USMCA, cross-border logistics, S&OP maturity, category management), operating fluency (plant-facing partnership with operations), and cross-functional command (commercial, finance, and operations peer relationships).

Related

For the industry-specific supply chain hub, see Supply Chain Executive Search. For the operator the CSCO partners with, see Chief Operating Officers. For nearshoring launches, see Nearshoring Executive Search.

Supply Chain & Operations — questions

What kinds of supply chain leaders does the practice place?

Chief Supply Chain Officer, VP Supply Chain, VP Procurement, VP Logistics, Head of Planning, and Head of Distribution — for industrial and manufacturing businesses with US–Mexico footprints. USMCA fluency, cross-border logistics depth, and OEM / Tier supplier-management experience are the recurring bars.

How has nearshoring changed supply chain leadership?

Nearshoring pulled supply chain from a back-office cost function to a strategic seat at the CEO's table. The leaders who win now are the ones who can hold the S&OP conversation with commercial and operations peers simultaneously — not just optimize freight and inventory in isolation.

Do you place procurement and category leaders too?

Yes. Chief Procurement Officers, VP Procurement, and Category Directors — with direct-material and indirect-spend depth — are a defined slice of the pool the practice cultivates for industrial businesses.