Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions, LLC, a Yum! Brands Co-op, is currently seeking a Senior Manager, Program Management, to join the KFC Concept Development team.
Overview of the Position:
This position is a part of the KFC Supply Chain team that supports the supply chain for KFC’s 3,600+ restaurants in the US.
To be successful in this role, a Senior Manager needs to have a background in supply chain related roles which have a blend of collaboration and data analytics, such as project management, supply chain management, supply planning, and/or demand planning. This person will engage with a cross-functional team to bring new products to market and manage the core menu forecast and limited time offer forecasts. Annual oversight is estimated at:
• 10+ national food and packaging promotions and associated inventory authorizations
• 10+ new product tests
• Support of forecasting processes on a portfolio of core and LTO items
Essential Functions:
Project Management
• Effectively manage and drive the supply chain of high profile and innovative initiatives for KFC.
• Collaborate with cross functional partners, suppliers, and distributors to drive projects from test kitchen
concept to commercialization. Key initiatives include new product introductions, limited time offers, product
transitions and other marketing calendar-related initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to identify, quantify, and document the supply chain demands.
• Collaborate with supply planners to develop supply strategies that enable maximum flexibility with minimal
financial risk. This includes planning contingencies, capacity assurance, and ingredient procurement timelines.
• Manage supply chain timelines and deliverables of both internal and external stakeholders to ensure flawless
execution of marketing initiatives.
• Accountable to communicate and present ongoing updates to supply planners, procurement partners, brand partners,
and leadership in a timely fashion.
• Ensure key learnings and best practices are captured to support future strategic planning and continuous
improvement.
Demand Planning
• Leverage technology systems (primarily Blue Yonder and Power BI) to drive uninterrupted supply:
o Collaborate with cross functional partners to understand marketing activities, gather, and input demand plans
to the system.
o Develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts for assigned core menu items and products.
o Monitor menu sales, rapidly identify forecast misses, coordinate research activities to reconcile significant
variances, adjust plan, and inform stakeholders and leadership.
o Use and maintain demand planning software.
• Participate in continuous improvement and process optimization efforts.
• Special projects, and other duties as assigned by management.
Required Skills
• Project management skills
• Teamwork (cooperation and collaboration)
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• Ability to influence decisions and outcomes.
• Process orientation
• Problem identification and resolution
• Data analysis
• Technical aptitude
• Attention to detail.
•Presentations Skills geared at the Director/VP levels.
Required Experience
Bachelor’s degree required with an emphasis in business or related field.
• Prefer APICS certification Six Sigma Green Belt, or ISM CPSM certification.
• Minimum of 8 years’ business experience in one or more of the following areas: Demand Planning, Project
Management, Program Management, Supply Chain, Operations, and/or Purchasing.
• Prefer 10+ years’ experience with food/packaging supply chain planning or project management in the
restaurant/foodservice, distribution, or manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office – Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• High expertise in using Excel.
• Prefer experience using Blue Yonder demand and fulfillment planning.
• Experience in Oracle SCM, SAP SCM, or other enterprise supply planning software systems a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Key Contacts/Interfaces:
• Cross-functional brand groups (Restaurant Operations, Marketing, Product Development, Quality Assurance,
Finance, and Training)
• Supply Planners
• Distributors and Redistributors
• Suppliers
• Procurement
• Project management skills
• Teamwork (cooperation and collaboration)
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• Ability to influence decisions and outcomes.
• Process orientation
• Problem identification and resolution
• Data analysis
• Technical aptitude
• Attention to detail.
•Presentations Skills geared at the Director/VP levels.