Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions, LLC, a Yum! Brands Co-op, is currently seeking a Planner to join the Planning Team.
The 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: 3 days in the office, 2 days remote
Excellent Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Vacation, Retirement, Free lunch on Wednesday, STD/LTD, and much more.
Essential Functions
• 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 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.
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 Education, Experience and Skills:
• 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.
• Bachelor’s degree required. Prefer a major in Supply Chain or Supply Management.
• 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)
Required Skills
Required Experience