Supply Planner

Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions, LLC, a Yum! Brands Co-op, is currently seeking a Supply Planner to join the Supply Planner Team.

The supply planning team is accountable for ensuring supply continuity for the $7B in critical Yum! Brand food and packaging components which support 16,000 restaurants and $20B in revenue across Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell in the United States.

This position will engage with a broad set of teams to plan and execute inventory strategies that assure supply across both promotional and base business, as well as resolve supply disruptions. Responsibility will encompass approximately:

• One hundred Food and Packaging Items ($750M-1B Annual Spend)
• 25 Supplier, plant, and/or item specification transitions annually

Essential Functions

For all items assigned:

• Assure supply across core and promotional sales, leveraging technology systems (Blue Yonder) to create and execute supply plans
  • Collaborate with suppliers, distributors redistributors, internal procurement team, and concept hub teams to ensure consensus understanding, preparedness, and execution.
  • Maximize supply flexibility while minimizing cost implications and risk of obsolescence
  • Monitor and account for capacity utilization; mitigate risk of product expiration; maintain network inventory targets; resolve fulfillment plan inaccuracies
• Accountable to communicate and provide ongoing updates to internal procurement team, hub program management teams, and leadership in a timely fashion.
• Identify near- and long-term core supply capacity risks; evaluate demand and supply scenarios, develop contingencies, and execute mitigation efforts
• Coordinate supply for core product tests, onboarding/closure of production facilities, new lines at existing facilities, new product specifications and value creation initiatives.
• Participate in continuous improvement and process optimization efforts for supply optimization and technology systems (Blue Yonder)
• Other duties as assigned by management

Key Contacts/Interfaces

• Suppliers
• Procurement Teams
• Program Management Teams in Yum! Brand Hubs
• Commodity Risk Management Team
• Distributors and Redistributors
• Cross-functional brand groups (Operations, Marketing, Product Development, Quality Assurance, and Finance)

Hybrid Work Schedule - 3 days in the office, 2 days at home

To maintain a healthy and safe work environment, our policy requires RSCS team members to be fully vaccinated with an approved COVID-19 vaccine and to provide proof of vaccination before coming into the office on their first work date.

• Minimum of 5 years of Business experience, including two or more years of experience in Supply/Fulfillment Planning, Sales & Operations, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Distribution, or Inventory Management.
• Prefer experience coordinating a supplier base or product distribution, especially as related to food and/or packaging.
• Bachelor’s degree required. Prefer a major in Supply Chain or Supply Management.
• Prefer APICS CPIM certification, Six Sigma Green Belt, or ISM CPSM certification.

• Strong organizational skills, including ability to prioritize and attention-to-detail.
• Problem Identification and resolution.
• Process Orientation.
• Technical aptitude.
• Data Analysist.
• Teamwork (cooperation and collaboration)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong understanding of the supply chain processes including manufacturing, logistics and distribution.
• Presentation skills geared at the Director/VP levels
• Strong computer skills: Microsoft Excel (extremely comfortable modeling, analyzing, and manipulating data), PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Prefer experience with Blue Yonder Fulfillment Module or experience with another enterprise supply chain planning solution (ie: Oracle, SAP, Logility)