You find a Supply Chain Manager's email by looking it up in a data source first and guessing from a name pattern only when the lookup is empty. A lookup returns an address someone has already checked. A guess is a coin flip you must verify.
Supply Chain Manager addresses come from four places. A data provider holds a work address it collected and checked. The company site often lists only a shared inbox such as info@. A name pattern gives you a guess. A personal address sits in some records but suits business outreach poorly.
Only the first is worth building a process around. This guide uses the LeadOcean API, and every step has a request you can run.
TL;DR
- It takes about 15 minutes to size the audience, find one Supply Chain Manager's address and check its status.
- The walkthrough spends about 4 records: up to 3 from the search and 1 from the reveal. Counts are free.
- Send only to
verified,catch_all_validorcatch_all. Anything you guessed gets verified first.
Prerequisites
- A LeadOcean API key from app.leadocean.io. The free plan has 1,000 records, one-off, and no card.
- The key in your shell as
$LEADOCEAN_API_KEY. curlandjq.- A target company domain. The examples use
acme.com.
export LEADOCEAN_API_KEY="paste-your-key-here"Step 1: Size the Supply Chain Manager audience for free
Count how many Supply Chain Managers you can mail before you spend a record. Send count=true and limit=1 as query parameters. Arrays go comma-separated.
curl -s -G https://api.leadocean.io/v1/people/search \
-H "x-api-key: $LEADOCEAN_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "title=Supply Chain Manager" \
--data-urlencode "jobLevel=Manager" \
--data-urlencode "salesRegion=EMEA" \
--data-urlencode "emailStatus=verified,catch_all_valid,catch_all" \
--data-urlencode "count=true" \
--data-urlencode "limit=1" | jq '.meta | {total, totalIsExact, countOnly}'salesRegion takes NORAM, LATAM, EMEA or APAC. Swap in country=DE for one market. REST meta.total stops at 100,000, so a very wide filter can return a floor with totalIsExact false.
Step 2: Find the Supply Chain Manager at your target company
Search by company domain and title. The search returns a thin row with no address in it. The row carries a person_id and flags that say whether we hold an email.
curl -s https://api.leadocean.io/v1/people/search \
-H "x-api-key: $LEADOCEAN_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"domain": ["acme.com"],
"title": ["Supply Chain Manager"],
"jobLevel": ["Manager"],
"limit": 3
}' | jq '.data[] | {person_id: .meta.source_ids.person_id, contact_data}'Each person returned costs 1 record. Keep limit small. Title values are keywords, so a few rows may carry a neighbouring title such as Senior Supply Chain Manager. Read the title before you pick one.
The title is not standard. The same job appears as Logistics Manager, Supply Planning Manager, Demand Planning Manager or Inventory Manager. When Supply Chain Manager returns little, filter on function instead: "jobFunction": ["Supply Chain & Logistics"] with "jobLevel": ["Manager", "Director"]. Size it with count=true first.
Step 3: Reveal the address
Send the person_id to enrich with reveal_email set to true. Enrich takes exactly one of linkedin_url, email, phone or person_id. There is no name plus domain lookup, which is why Step 2 comes first.
curl -s https://api.leadocean.io/v1/people/enrich \
-H "x-api-key: $LEADOCEAN_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"person_id": "PERSON_ID_FROM_STEP_2", "reveal_email": true}' \
| jq '.data.contact_data | {email_status, contact_emails}'This costs 1 record. A person we hold nothing for is a 404 and costs nothing. If you only want a deliverable work address, GET /v2/people/email/work with the same person_id returns one current-employer address or null. It costs 1 record per call, even when it finds nothing.
Step 4: Read the status before you send
The status says how far to trust the address. verified was tested. catch_all_valid means we confirmed the mailbox on a domain that accepts everything. catch_all means the domain accepts everything and the mailbox is unproven.
curl -s https://api.leadocean.io/v1/people/enrich \
-H "x-api-key: $LEADOCEAN_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"person_id": "PERSON_ID_FROM_STEP_2", "reveal_email": true}' \
| jq -r '.data.contact_data
| select(.email_status | IN("verified","catch_all_valid","catch_all"))
| .contact_emails[0].email'Empty output means the status failed the filter. LeadOcean gives no refund for bounced emails, so this check is your only protection. Treat catch_all as sendable at low volume, not as proof.
Step 5: Fall back to a name pattern
When the data holds no address, build candidates from the manager's name and the company domain. Large manufacturers and retailers, where most Supply Chain Managers work, tend to use a strict shape. Pick the one you can confirm from a known address at the same company.
| Pattern | Example for Jane Doe at Acme |
|---|---|
| first.last | jane.doe@acme.com |
| first initial, last | jdoe@acme.com |
| first | jane@acme.com |
| first initial dot last | j.doe@acme.com |
first="jane"; last="doe"; domain="acme.com"
printf '%s\n' "$first.$last@$domain" "${first:0:1}$last@$domain" "$first@$domain" "${first:0:1}.$last@$domain"Never send to a candidate you have not verified. Run each one through an email verifier you trust first. A domain that accepts all mail cannot confirm a single mailbox, so a guess there stays a guess.
What you get
Step 1 is free. We ran it on 2026-10-21 for each sales region with leadocean_count_leads. The counts are mailable Supply Chain Managers (verified, catch_all_valid or catch_all, the tool default), not every one we hold. The filter is title Supply Chain Manager with job level Manager. Titles match as keywords, so read a sample before you send.
| Region | Mailable Supply Chain Managers | All matches, any email status | Exact |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORAM | 13,256 | 35,299 | Yes |
| EMEA | 9,336 | 37,983 | Yes |
| APAC | 4,655 | 19,083 | Yes |
| LATAM | 1,414 | 4,724 | Yes |
NORAM spans 5,714 employers. The gap between the two columns is people we hold without a sendable address. In APAC, manufacturing, electronics, pharma and chemicals lead the industry breakdown. A revealed person comes back in the shape below. This is the response shape from the API reference, with placeholder values.
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"profile_data": { "...": "name, title, company" },
"contact_data": {
"has_email": true,
"email_status": "verified",
"email_type": "work",
"contact_emails": [
{ "email": "jane.doe@acme.com", "type": "work", "status": "verified" }
]
}
}
}Troubleshooting
| Error | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | The x-api-key header is missing, or the key is wrong or revoked. | Copy a fresh key from the app and reload $LEADOCEAN_API_KEY. |
| 402 | Your records are spent. On Free the 1,000 are a one-off allowance and do not reset. | Check GET /v1/account, or move to a paid plan. |
| 429 | You went above your plan's rate limit: 5 requests a second on Free, 200 on Agency. | Wait the Retry-After seconds and retry. |
| Empty results | A filter value is not an exact enum string, such as Supply Chain for Supply Chain & Logistics. | Call leadocean_list_enum_values for job_function and pass the exact string. |
| 404 on enrich | We hold nothing for that person. | Nothing was charged. Try another person_id or fall back to Step 5. |
| Export refused | One export is capped at 50,000 rows a request and 500,000 rows a day. | Split the job across requests and days, or narrow the filters. |
FAQ
Is it legal to email a Supply Chain Manager you do not know?
Rules differ by country, and this guide is not legal advice. Check the law where your recipient sits and keep your message relevant to their role. Ask your own counsel about anything in doubt.
Why does the search not show the email?
Search returns a thin row with flags such as has_email and email_status. The address comes from enrich with reveal_email set, and that call costs 1 record.
How many Supply Chain Managers can I get on the free plan?
You have 1,000 records, one-off. Each manager costs about 2: 1 from search and 1 from the reveal. That is roughly 500 managers, minus any 404s that cost nothing.
Can I pull a whole region at once?
Bulk CSV export is not on Free. On a paid plan the Exports page in the app takes the same filters, shows the record price before you start, and gives you a CSV. POST /v1/exports does the same by API, up to 50,000 rows a request.
What if the manager uses a personal address?
Enrich can return a personal address when we hold one, flagged by email_type. Work addresses are the safer default for business outreach. Filter on email_type before you send.
The same recipe works for neighbouring buyers. See procurement managers, IT managers and product managers. More recipes live in the blog hub. Plans are on pricing.
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