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Under limited supervision, assumes full buying responsibility for selected categories. The Procurement Manager responsibilities include price negotiation, planning, production, and inventory control in food & beverage categories. This position will interface with many facets of the company, including but not limited to Legal, Brand Support, & Culinary.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Enables brands to efficiently and effectively maximize the value they receive from suppliers

• 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

Leads high performing team

• Supervises, coaches, and develops the members of the purchasing/sourcing team

• Ensures quality execution of the performance management process and personal developmental plans

Other responsibilities as assignment by management

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

• 4-Year Degree in Business, Supply chain, finance, or other equivalent and relevant to perform this function.

• Graduate degree preferred

• 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 required

Inspire Brands is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes nearly 32,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC Drive-In 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.