Our direct client is looking for Supply Chain Management consultant.
Work Location: Can be remote or onsite or hybrid. Manager is flexible- Plano, TX
Job Duties:
• Execute strategic sourcing events to support technology subcategory strategy goals, ensuring appropriate engagement of staff, stake holders, business units and impacted individuals.
• Quantify and document strategic sourcing results.
• Collaborate with Yum! Brands legal management to complete supplier contracts.
• Lead rigorous objective contract negotiations with vendors and key internal stake holders.
• Conduct ongoing business reviews to ensure suppliers are performing to contracted obligations and service levels.
• Lead contract negotiations with potential suppliers, close deals to advance the business agenda and direct new partner activities to get products to market quickly & successfully within the agreed project scope.
• Execute day-to-day procurement operations.
• Follow Procurement practices, operating standards, controls, policies, procedures and performance metrics.
• Develop and maintain key internal relationships as well as good relationships with strategic vendors.
• Engage and influence senior leadership in relation to the benefits of the strategic sourcing and procurement function.
• Build strong working relationships with key technology subcategory stakeholders
• Drive cost optimization and working capital improvements along with supplier performance management.
• Collaborate with Finance and HR to follow standardized policy, processes, guidelines and controls that will ensure value capture.
• Lead negotiation of business terms and conditions ensure alignment between legal terms and procurement objectives.
• Conduct analysis of qualitative and quantitative characteristics including; suppliers’ capabilities, operational objectives, risk profile and financial positioning.
• Lead and develop strategic supplier relationships at the executive level.
• Maintain awareness of global macro-economic factors that directly impact company’s procurement cost and develop alternate sourcing strategies as these factors begin to negatively impact company’s purchasing operations.
Skills and Qualifications:
• 5+ years of overall business experience with at least 3 years in supply chain or Procurement. Experience with retail, service, multi-outlet food and beverage or digital and technology highly preferred.
• Tertiary degree level qualification essential with major in business related discipline preferred.
• A proven track record of strong execution in conjunction with outstanding abilities to drive results.
• High level negotiating and high-level analytical problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build team environment in order to achieve revenue, profit and growth targets.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to liaise with other departments, suppliers and franchisees.
• High work ethic.
Comment from Manager-
It is important that the candidate has a strong procurement background with the ability to jump right into projects, with only needing training on processes.