Senior Manager - International Supply Chain & Sourcing- EMEAI
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About the Role
Inspire Brands seeks a Senior Manager to lead strategic sourcing and supply chain solutions for the EMEAI region across all brands. The role involves developing supplier relationships, managing a team, and driving cost-saving opportunities for franchisees.
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Responsibilities
- Create and implement regional supply chain strategies that drive value for franchisees and revenue for Inspire Brands across EMEAI.
- Build necessary supplier relationships and own implementation, outcomes and ongoing management of the supplier network.
- Provide regional strategic sourcing direction for new market entry and new menu items for all brands in the EMEAI region.
- Develop, execute and manage regional strategic supplier relationships and supply agreements for core products.
- Lead a high performing, regional supply chain team that assures supply of competitively priced core products across EMEAI.
- Minimize risk of supply disruption and sustainability compliance across EMEAI.
- Maintain accurate pricing and usage information from regional suppliers and distributors.
Requirements
- 4+ years degree
- 8+ years experience in supply chain and procurement
- Restaurant/Food Service/Protein industry experience required
- Experience managing and developing high performing teams
- Fluent in English
- Financial analysis skills
- Experience in procurement and negotiation strategies
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence franchisees
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Purpose of the Position
- This position will act as the strategic leader for franchisees, internal Inspire teams and suppliers for EMEAI sourcing network design and execution for food menu items, ingredients and packaging.
- Additionally, the position will develop and implement strategic sourcing and supply chain strategies to promote profitable restaurant growth and create efficiencies for the complete portfolio of Inspire Brands in the assigned region.
Responsibilities
- Create and implement regional supply chain strategies that drive value for the franchisees and revenue for Inspire Brands across EMEAI.
- Build the necessary supplier relationships and own the implementation, outcomes and ongoing management of the supplier network.
- Through an understanding of Inspire Brands’ core proprietary products, create opportunities to leverage local, regional and global supplier relationships.
- Present strategic supply opportunities and gain buy in from internal stakeholders, suppliers and franchisees.
- Provide regional strategic sourcing direction for new market entry and new menu items for all brands in the EMEAI region.
- Develop, execute and manage regional strategic supplier relationships and supply agreements for core products.
- Oversee collections and reporting of regional supplier revenues across EMEAI.
- Lead a high performing, regional supply chain team that assures supply of competitively priced core products across EMEAI.
- Guide, support and grow the regional supply chain team to set and achieve motivational annual goals.
- Prioritize team members’ work to ensure compatibility with capacity of supporting cross functional teams.
- Support team members to actively interface with regional franchisees and supplier/distribution partners.
- Support team members with executing regional purchasing strategies and communicating progress and results to stakeholders.
New Market Entry Supply Chain Strategy
- Provide regional strategic sourcing direction for new market entry by identifying and implementing the right sourcing solutions (suppliers and products) to meet menu needs with safe, compliant products at competitive costs.
- Collaborate with cross functional team members for product approval alignment (Marketing, Culinary, Operations, & Food Safety).
- Enable and support new franchisees to open markets with the needed products in the planned timeframe and at the targeted cost.
- Utilize presence in Dubai to ensure quick response times and alignment with regional stakeholders supporting new market openings across EMEAI.
Risk Management & Data Management
- Minimize risk of supply disruption & sustainability compliance across EMEAI.
- Identify supply and supplier issues. Analyze information to assess root cause, improvement opportunities, and associated risk.
- Identify sustainability compliance risks and options to address. Develop solutions and gain consensus to resolve supply issues.
- Identify secondary supplier opportunities to support contingency supply.
- Maintain accurate pricing and usage information from regional suppliers and distributors of core products across EMEAI.
- Monitor and report supplier and distributor performance as it relates to their Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
- Obtain regular product consumption data for core products by market.
Education & Experience
- Minimum: 4+ yrs Degree.
- Minimum: 8+ yrs experience.
- Preferred: 10+ years in supply chain and procurement in food industry.
- Ideal candidate will also have experience in managing multi country supply chains with strong grasp of sourcing and importing/exporting procedures in region.
- Including experience managing and developing high performing teams.
Required Knowledge, Skills or Abilities
- Fluent in English.
- Restaurant / Food Service/ Protein industry experience required.
- Financial analysis skills.
- Experience in procurement and negotiation strategies.
- Understand and function effectively in a matrix team environment.
- Experience managing and developing people and leading teams.
- Strong interpersonal skills. Proven track record of success in leading and influencing franchisee and other non reporting relationships.
- Product development or manufacturing experience a plus.
- Analytical & problem solving skills.
Direct Reports & Travel
- Direct Reports: Supply Chain Manager Europe, Supply Chain Manager Middle East/Africa/India.
- Travel Required: Approximately 25% Travel required in assigned markets and region, and to USA as needed for corporate interface.
About Inspire Brands
- 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 a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table.
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