Senior Procurement Specialist

2 weeks ago

Louisville, United States Brightpath Associates LLC Full time

Here are the Job Details:

Job Title: Senior Manager, Food Procurement

Location: Louisville, Kentucky (Onsite)


Job Description

This position is accountable for category leadership to drive breakthrough results in innovation, quality, service, risk reduction and cost across a variety of food products supporting Yum Brands (Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, Habit Burger) and A&W. This will require developing a vision for each category and influencing suppliers around investment, capacity allocation, cost management, and innovation.

Essential Functions

Lead, Develop, Align, and Implement Supply Chain Strategies

  • Category Management & Leadership
  • Leadership and support of key category strategies for core food items including agriculturally based products and side categories.
  • Deliver breakthrough results through the development of effective sourcing strategies and execution of the sourcing process
  • Ensure sourcing plans align Brands with suppliers that meet and/or exceed quality, supply, innovation, and cost requirements.
  • Protect the business through timely, well-structured Agreements.
  • Accountable for capacity analysis and proactively managing supply for short and long-term business continuity.
  • Responsible for development, execution, and reporting of cost savings projects to support targets and improve member margins.
  • Accountable for the development of item level cost forecasts, delivery of cost commitments, and reporting.
  • Subject Matter Expert for category and all associated aspects (manufacturing processes, commodity markets, adjacent industry segments, sustainability)

Education, Experience and Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field required, Master’s or MBA preferred.
  • Minimum of +3 years of procurement and at least 5 years of broader supply chain experience
  • Prefer experience in food/packaging manufacturing or restaurant/QSR industry.
  • Must have strong analytical, planning, and problem-solving skills and be able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment. Attention to detail is critical.
  • Superior organizational skills.
  • Candidate will be solutions oriented, proactive and result driven.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with the ability to shift gears quickly when needed.
  • Ability to collaborate with, influence and build strong cross-functional stakeholder relationships.
  • Ability to anticipate potential issues and proactively build strategies to mitigate
  • Experience in establishing, building, and maintaining relationships ranging across all levels of the organization.
  • Must be an effective facilitator, influencer, and team builder.
  • Ability to effectively present work across various levels within the organization
  • Advanced Excel skills required.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Programs (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

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