Procurement Analytics Manager - Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions : Job Details

Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions, LLC, a Yum! Brands Co-op, is currently seeking a Procurement Analytics Manager to join the Food and Packaging Procurement Team in Louisville, KY.

Overview of the Position:

This position utilizes analytics to support Food and Packaging (F&P) procurement and supply chain initiatives for YUM! Brands (Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, and Habit Burger & Grill) and A&W All American. The role involves collaboration with various teams including RSCS Commodity Risk Management, Program Management, Supply Planning, Distribution, Business Technology, and Finance, using data analytics to inform business decisions and create value. This is a hybrid position with excellent benefits.

As part of the Food and Packaging Procurement team, the primary responsibilities include: 1) daily management of key procurement systems and processes, and 2) providing analytical support for category sourcing strategies and supply chain initiatives across YUM! Brands and A&W.

The role involves conducting spend analytics, commodity price analysis, market research, managing sourcing events, and supporting special projects and emerging technology research in procurement.

Essential Functions:

Procurement Team Support

• Develop and update category profiles, segmentation, support strategy development, and contracts.
• Provide insights such as industry and supplier capacity analysis for business continuity planning.
• Analyze external market data, trends, benchmarks, and technologies for category insights.
• Create total cost of ownership models to evaluate sourcing scenarios.
• Support the development of should cost models for key categories.

Strategic Sourcing Analytics

• Develop COGs models to forecast key items.
• Create spend reports to derive insights.
• Coordinate with CRM Team to align on pricing and commodity updates.
• Analyze supplier pricing for consistency and support pricing requests.
• Conduct spend analytics to inform sourcing and optimization activities.
• Assist in sourcing events (RFx), including supplier solicitation, bid analysis, and award recommendations.
• Maintain historical and forward-looking spend databases.
• Gain expertise in sourcing systems such as GPS, Arrowstream, LightSource, etc.

Category Management Support

• Support category strategy development with market insights.
• Assist in sourcing new products and innovation.
• Collaborate on supply planning and contingency planning.
• Conduct vendor research and cost analysis.

Administration and Reporting

• Support cross-functional initiatives and track RMI projects.
• Maintain procurement data accuracy across platforms.
• Process updates in procurement systems timely and accurately.
• Act as liaison between procurement and distribution for logistics optimization.

Minimum Requirements:

• At least 3+ years of data analytics management experience with notable accomplishments.
• Knowledge of supply chain and procurement processes.
• Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Engineering, Business, Finance, Economics, or Supply Chain.
• Strong initiative, solutions orientation, and ability to lead and influence using data.
• Comfort working in fast-paced environments and managing tight timelines.
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Understanding of manufacturing, logistics, and distribution processes.
• Experience with large data sets and databases, data manipulation, and reporting.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Power BI, and advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with supply chain systems like GPS, Arrowstream, LightSource, Blue Yonder, etc.