Under limited supervision, assumes full buying responsibility for selected categories.Other areas of responsibility include price negotiation, planning, production, and inventory control.
This position sits within our Atlanta based Global Support Center with an expectation to be onsite 80% of the time.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Enables brands to efficiently and effectively maximize the value they receive from suppliers
- Ensures all legal documents are in place for each supplier, including NDA, Master Supplier Agreement, and Product Agreements
- Conducts the RFP process, bid analysis and review, contract negotiations, and blanket purchase agreement creation
- Develop/execute purchasing strategies for products including monitoring macro trends in supplier base, implementing plans to react, and developing/executing purchasing strategies for products
Identify and realize cost-savings and cost-reduction opportunities
- Develop ideas for cost savings initiatives within owned categories
- Evaluate potential margin initiatives, document with business case and champion change in support of department/company initiatives
Minimizes risk of supply disruption
- Identifies supply and supplier issues. Analyzes information to assess root cause, improvement opportunities and associated risk
- Develops solutions and gains consensus to resolve supply issues
Build strategic relationships
- Build relationships with supplier working team / contacts
- Builds collaborative relationships with Brand Core Team / Directors
- Understand Brands' needs and build supplier relationships to meet those needs
Monitors purchasing performance
- Participates in S&OP process and coordinates supplier's production to meet demand
- Monitors supplier performance and completes supplier scorecard.
Contributes to high performing team
- Mentors, coaches, and develops less experienced members of the procurement team.
- Ensures quality execution of the performance management process and personal developmental plans.
Other responsibilities as assignment by management
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
- 4-Year degree in a related field
- Master’s degree a PLUS
- 5+ years in supply chain and procurement
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS OR ABILITIES
- Experience in procurement and negotiation strategies
- Understand and function effectively in a team environment
- Proven track record of success in leadership positions
- Restaurant / Food Service experience
DIRECT REPORTS
Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide.
We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.
