Inventory
Shape inventory strategy and strengthen inventory performance.
Echo Electric
A Sonepar Company
Shape the supply chain powering Echo Electric’s next chapter.
Lead enterprise-wide transformation across a growing Midwest distribution network—and help build the One ECHO operating model.
Vice President, Supply Chain Management
St. Louis, Missouri, or within the Echo Electric footprint
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Req ID 49567
Executive opportunity
One ECHO
A platform ready for transformation
$1.2B+sales
1,300associates
60+locations
Leadership impact
Lead the One ECHO supply chain.
Own the strategies that improve performance, service, and enterprise value across a unified electrical distribution platform.
The mandate
Turn supply chain leadership into stronger operating performance—aligning inventory, suppliers, purchasing, and capital around One ECHO.
Executive scope
Four performance levers
Suppliers
Strengthen supplier management and supplier performance.
Purchasing
Improve purchasing effectiveness across the enterprise.
Working capital
Optimize working capital to support enterprise value.
The unifying outcome
Advance the One ECHO operating model.
Echo Electric at scale
A Midwest platform built for impact.
The scale, reach, and resources behind a supply chain leadership mandate with region-wide consequence.
Annual sales
$1.2B+
More than $1.2 billion in sales.
Associates
1,300
People powering customers across the region.
Locations
60+
More than 60 customer-serving locations.
Operating footprint
~500,000
square miles of Midwest reach
Echo Electric serves customers across a broad, connected footprint:
IllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyMissouriOhioNebraskaSouthern South Dakota
04Executive profile
The executive profile to move Echo forward.
Experience and judgment suited to complex distribution operations—paired with the ability to align inventory, suppliers, purchasing, and working capital across a large, multi-location business.
Leadership depth
10+ years of progressive leadership experience
A record of taking on broader responsibility and guiding consequential operating priorities.
Education
A relevant bachelor’s degree
The academic foundation required for this executive supply chain leadership role.
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Executive operating remit
Inventory performance
Supplier management
Purchasing effectiveness
Working-capital optimization
How we lead
Adapt. Dare. Learn.
A close-knit local culture that expects bold thinking, invests in internal development, and opens the door to the resources of Sonepar.
Adapt
Move through change without losing the close-knit relationships that define Echo Electric. Sonepar’s resources add reach while local teams stay connected.
Dare
Bring bold thinking to an essential industry. Challenge assumptions, make clear decisions, and help people move forward together.
Learn
Keep building capability through development training, tuition reimbursement, and internal development—with promotion from within whenever possible.
Total rewards
Support for the whole career—not just the next role.
Health & time
Medical · Dental · Vision · Employer-paid disability and life insurance · Paid time off · Paid holidays
Financial
401(k) match · Profit sharing · Product discounts
Growth
Tuition reimbursement · Development training · Internal development opportunities
Echo Electric, a Sonepar Company
Local roots. Global strength. One Echo Electric.
Six trusted businesses have united under one name—combining longstanding customer relationships with the resources and reach to serve the Midwest in new ways.
A stronger platform, built around the customer
The unified Echo Electric carries forward the service and partnerships customers already trust. The difference is a connected platform designed to deliver enhanced service, improved logistics, and expanded capabilities across electrical products, services, and solutions.
Enhanced service
Improved logistics
Expanded capabilities
Six legacies, one future
Independent roots now move through one connected network.
Echo Electric Supply
Holt
PEPCO
Richards
Shaw Supply
Springfield Electric
One Echo Electric
Local partnerships. Shared capability. One customer promise.
500+
Sonepar U.S. locations
Backed by Sonepar—the worldwide leader in electrical distribution—Echo Electric is pursuing a clear vision: become the Midwest omnichannel leader in electrical products and solutions.
Executive opportunity
Echo Electric, a Sonepar Company
Vice President,
Supply Chain Management
$1.2B+ in salesMidwest platformSonepar-backed
Ready to lead Echo Electric’s supply chain future?
Bring your distribution leadership experience to an enterprise-wide mandate—shaping the One ECHO operating model across a major Midwest electrical distribution platform, with the resources of Sonepar behind you.
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