Project Description
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Vice President Lean Operations & Supply Chain
World Pantry is an established, growing San Francisco Bay Area based e-commerce company specializing in gourmet, natural and organic foods. The company partners with leading food companies to handle all aspects of their direct to consumer e-commerce businesses. This includes building and managing their official e-commerce webstores, providing marketing services and customer service support to those sites and fulfilling the orders. WorldPantry currently manages over 85 webstores, and some representative sites include the following:
• Nature’s Path (shop.NaturesPath.com)
• Scharffen Berger Chocolate (shop.ScharffenBerger.com)
• Numi Tea (shop.NumiTea.com)
• Torani (shop.Torani.com)
• Celestial Seasonings (shop.CelestialSeasonings.com)
• PowerBar (shop.Powerbar.com)
Founded in 1998, the company has averaged over +30% growth per year and has steadily grown without venture backing or outside investors. Instead, they have done it the “old fashioned way” by building a great team, providing great service to customers and partners, and with careful financial management. This allows WorldPantry.com to make long- term focused decisions, building a sustainable company which truly sets the new bar for exceptional customer service.
The company is headquartered in San Francisco, with warehouse / distribution centers in Newark, CA and the Harrisburg, PA area. WorldPantry is an open book management company and the ideal candidate will help contribute to the positive team culture and share the values: outstanding service; respect; embrace learning, growth and change; personal responsibility and accountability; and work hard and have fun.