Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions, LLC, a Yum! Brands Co-op is currently seeking a Supply Planner to join the Central Planning Team.

The supply planning team is accountable for ensuring supply continuity for the +$7B in critical Yum! Brand food and packaging components which support 16,000+ restaurants and $20B in revenue across Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell in the United States.

This position will engage with a broad set of teams to plan and execute inventory strategies that assure supply across both promotional and base business, as well as resolve supply disruptions. Responsibility will encompass approximately:

• One hundred Food and Packaging Items ($750M-1B Annual Spend)

• 25 Supplier, plant, and/or item specification transitions annually

Hybrid Position - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote

Excellent Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, Vacation, Holidays, Floating Holidays, Wellness, and much more! The position is located with the Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions team in the Pizza Hut/KFC Headquarters in Plano, TX.

Essential Functions

For all items assigned:

• Assure supply across core and promotional sales, leveraging technology systems (Blue Yonder) to create and

execute supply plans and adjust fulfillment forecasts as needed.

o Collaborate with suppliers, distributors + redistributors, internal procurement team, and concept hub teams

to ensure consensus understanding, preparedness, and execution.

o Maximize supply flexibility while minimizing cost implications and risk of obsolescence; ensuring the right

products/ingredients are in the right location and at the right time.

o Monitor and account for capacity utilization; mitigate risk of product expiration; maintain network inventory

targets; resolve fulfillment plan inaccuracies.

• Accountable to communicate and provide ongoing updates to internal procurement team, hub program management

teams, and leadership in a timely fashion.

• Identify near- and long-term core supply capacity risks; evaluate demand and supply scenarios, develop

contingencies, and execute mitigation efforts.

• Coordinate supply for core product tests, onboarding/closure of production facilities, new lines at existing

facilities, new product specifications and value creation initiatives.

• Participate in continuous improvement and process optimization efforts for supply optimization and technology

systems (Blue Yonder)

• Other duties as assigned by management.

Required Education, Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Prefer a major in Supply Chain or Supply Management.

• Minimum of 5 years of Business experience, including two or more years of experience in Supply/Fulfillment

Planning, Sales & Operations, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Distribution, or Inventory Management.

• Prefer experience coordinating a supplier base or product distribution, especially as related to food and/or

packaging.

• Prefer APICS CPIM certification, Six Sigma Green Belt, or ISM CPSM certification.

• Strong organizational skills, including ability to prioritize and attention-to-detail.

• Problem Identification and resolution.

• Process Orientation (leverage, design, and continuous improvement)

• Technical aptitude.

• Data Analysist (system-based and ad-hoc).

• Teamwork (cooperation, collaboration, and trust in positive intention)

• Coachable (receive and leverage feedback)

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong understanding of the supply chain processes including manufacturing, logistics and distribution.

• Presentation skills geared at the Director/VP levels.

• Strong computer skills: Microsoft Excel (extremely comfortable modeling, analyzing, and manipulating data),

PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.

• Prefer experience with Blue Yonder Fulfillment Module or experience with another enterprise supply chain

planning solution (ie: Oracle, SAP, Logility)

Key Contacts/Interfaces

• Suppliers

• Procurement Teams

• Program Management Teams in Yum! Brand Hubs

• Commodity Risk Management Team

• Distributors and Redistributors

• Cross-functional brand groups (Operations, Marketing, Product Development, Quality Assurance, and Finance)

Required Skills

Required Experience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate with all levels in the organization required.

The ability to manage multiple projects, an attention to detail, facilitation, organization, and creative problem solving skills are also required.

Excellent computer skills, using Microsoft office products