Procurement Supervisor (Purchasing/Buyer/Manufacturing)

Newrest ATL has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Procurement Supervisor. This individual is responsible for orchestrating all activities needed to ensure the production facility has the right amount of material inputs and labor at all times for continuous and seamless production. Responsibilities will range from managing the high-level procurement and workforce strategy to day-to-day operational management.

Leads the procurement team:

• In coordination with the Operations Managers, makes high-level decisions on the food procurement strategy.
• Manages the day-to-day operations of the Procurement team
• Reviews procurement metrics to hit targets, maintain appropriate inventory levels, and avoid waste
• Ensures adherence to procurement best-practices

Oversee workforce and production planning:

• Oversees the creation and management of weekly and daily production plans to ensure production targets are met and coincide with incoming food orders.
• Leads the creation of shift-level production plans, including working with the Operations

Manager to assign supervisors and leads to tasks and to determine the  number of associates needed for each functional activity

• Minimizes downtime by maintaining a full view of production activities in progress and by proactively spotting problem-solving issues in advance of production shut-downs
• Identifies potential obstacles to completing menus efficiently and meeting production targets

Manages labor procurement:

• Develops labor procurement strategy to effectively match hiring to variable production needs
• Partners with the HR team to ensure hiring targets are hit and to course-correct if they are not
• Calculates the cost impact of using pre-portioned ingredients versus portioning from bulk.
• Partners with Operations Managers to plan utilization of all automation to assess the labor cost of portioning from bulk
• Works with operations managers and HR team to maintain the accuracy of individual schedules
• Builds redundant processes and cross-trains individuals to ensure the continuous integrity of the scheduling and attendance processes

Qualifications:

• 1-3  leadership experience in a fast-paced environment and a track record of leading by example
• 1-3 years of experience procuring materials in a manufacturing environment and working with third-party suppliers as a client
• Interpersonal skills to work with team members across functions and in both production and corporate environments
• Analytical proficiency to lead complex workforce and production planning to meet variable needs of the business
• Ability to think outside-the-box when identifying and recommending procurement, workforce and labor planning, and attendance and scheduling improvements
• Ability to react on the fly to unforeseen procurement and workforce planning scenarios as they arise
• Computer proficiency (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, Gmail, PowerPoint)
• Strong ability to track details and to keep track of projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Results-oriented attitude; able to multi-task and get things done
• Willingness to embrace change and adjust quickly in a fast-paced environment

BENEFITS

We offer competitive compensation and the defined benefits package below:

• PTO
• Paid company holidays
• 401(k) match
• Paid parental leave
• Free company lunch daily

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk, talk and/or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to handle or feel. The employee must also occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  The temperature of the environment may fluctuate drastically from very cold to very warm temperatures.  The noise level may range from moderate to very loud.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

With origins in Group Catair in 1996 and founded by its Co-CEO’s Olivier Sadran and Jonathan Stent-Torriani, Newrest is the only major catering company active in all catering and related hospitality segments including airline catering, buy-on-board, duty-free on board, contract catering, remote site and support services, rail catering, airport and motorway retail.

With revenues under management of almost 1.9 Billion Euros in 2017-18 and 32,000 employees world-wide in 49 countries, Newrest is also the first largest ‘independent’ airline caterer world-wide.

Newrest is committed to constant improvement and innovation for its clients, the well-being and progress of its employees and managers, a sustainable and durable development of the company, and total respect of social and environmental values in all of its activities.