Senior Order Fulfillment Specialist

VAST Data
VAST Data

Administration · Full-time

Campbell, CA, USA

Posted on Sep 25, 2026

Senior Order Fulfillment Specialist

  • Operations
  • Campbell, CA
  • Full-time
  • ID: VDT27068

Description

The Senior Order Fulfillment Specialist leads the day-to-day execution, strategic coordination, and operational oversight of customer orders from booking through fulfillment. This role serves as a key operational anchor and senior liaison between cross-functional teams and Contract Manufacturers (CMs) to ensure complex orders progress smoothly according to customer commitments and high-level business goals.

The ideal candidate is an experienced, highly organized, and proactive leader who excels at navigating high operational complexity, driving cross-functional alignment, resolving critical escalations, and continuously refining fulfillment processes in a fast-paced environment.



Order Fulfillment Execution

  • Oversee and manage high-priority, strategic customer order backlogs throughout the end-to-end fulfillment lifecycle.
  • Drive alignment between customer request dates, shipment commits, material availability, and operational readiness.
  • Proactively identify risks, systemic bottlenecks, material shortages, and delays across orders, establishing mitigation plans before customer impact occurs.
  • Ensure backlog notes, commits, milestones, and status updates are maintained accurately.

CM Coordination

  • Serve as the senior operational contact for Contract Manufacturers (CMs), driving partner accountability, capacity alignment, and performance standards.
  • Follow up on shipment commits, ASN tracking, and fulfillment readiness.
  • Manage and resolve high-level execution gaps, critical risks, and supply issues directly with CM leadership and internal stakeholders.
  • Partner with CM teams to resolve operational issues impacting customer deliveries.

Cross-Functional Coordination

  • Lead cross-functional synchronization with Order Management, Supply Base Management, Sales, and RevOps to optimize fulfillment workflows and key customer deliverables.
  • Coordinate site survey/BOM readiness, shipment scheduling, customer priorities, and fulfillment dependencies.
  • Ensure accurate communication of shipment timelines and fulfillment status with sales.

Escalation & Risk Management

  • Proactively identify fulfillment risks before customer impact occurs.
  • Drive timely follow-up and issue resolution across stakeholders.
  • Lead executive escalations and manage key high-value customer orders, driving cross-team consensus and rapid solution deployment.

Operational Excellence

  • Spearhead process improvement initiatives to enhance fulfillment efficiency, data visibility, scalability, and execution quality.
  • Identify recurring operational friction points and design scalable frameworks or recommendations for leadership implementation.
  • Help improve reporting accuracy and operational documentation.

Qualifications

  • Order Fulfillment Experience:
  • 5-7+ years of progressive experience in order fulfillment, supply chain operations, or logistics leadership.
  • Organizational and Detail-Oriented:
  • Exceptional attention to detail with strong organizational and analytical skills.
  • Process-oriented mindset.
  • Proven track record of managing complex, high-priority order flows and critical escalations.
  • Customer Service and Sales Focus:
  • Customer service and sales-centric approach.
  • Technical Skills:
  • Proficient/advanced in GSheet/Excel (pivots, charts, xlookup).
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Initiative and Innovation:
  • Ability to identify problems and offer solutions.
  • Desire to innovate and contribute fresh ideas to improve operational processes and positively impact other departments.
  • Startup Attitude:
  • Thrives in a fast-paced and sometimes unpredictable startup setting.
  • Adaptable, quick thinker, and resilient in the face of ambiguity.
  • Enjoys the challenges and rewards of working in a startup environment without being easily flustered by occasional chaos.
  • Self-starter with the ability to flourish in a fast-paced environment.
  • Global Time Zone Flexibility:
  • US East Coast work hours
  • Flexible to accommodate various global time zones, especially EU.
  • Preferred, but Not Required:
  • NetSuite experience.
  • SFDC experience.