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Grants Pass, Or, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

• Oversee the sourcing strategy and a $300 Million annual spend for both food and non-food.• Manage 5 Category Managers; set and measure annual team sourcing and supply chain goals that align with organizational strategy and roadmaps. • Provide reporting and communication on spend analysis, savings realized, and future opportunities for additional favorability, strategy, goals, projects, and updates to Executive Leadership. • Develop both annual and long-term sourcing strategies that deliver overall business value across the Supply Chain, Marketing, and Commercial sectors. • Analyze low-cost country sourcing opportunities across China, Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, Norway, and India. • Develop and implement a supplier relationship management strategy to deploy across supply base including segmentation, scorecarding, and risk management. • Work with the CFO to discuss budgets, present business cases, and report on metrics and goals. • Serve as a member of an Assistance Fund Panel responsible for awarding financial support for team members in need during times of crisis. Key Accomplishments • Delivered a $5.3 Million supply chain cost of goods and operating expense savings against a $5 Million goal. • Recognized by Executive Leadership for consistently delivering a cost of sales number at 23% or below. • Conducted a non-alcoholic beverage RFP that identified more than $2 Million in annual savings. • Led sourcing for a front-of-house remodel project for 100+ units that included furniture, lighting, audio, and signage. • Led global sourcing strategies to mitigate Asian supply risk associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. • Moved manufacturing of key restaurant plateware items to both Mexico and China to alleviate lead times and reduce product spend by up to 15%. • Saved more than $500,000 by negotiating shrimp costs directly with Norwegian manufacturers.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

• Provided oversight and guidance for a $100 Million non-food contract and spend budget. • Managed 3 employees including 2 Category Managers and a Procurement Specialist; set strategy, updated on projects, provided guidance, and approved contracts. • Conducted and negotiated regular sourcing events and contracts related to IT software, furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E).• Met with leadership across Sourcing, Culinary, Marketing, IT, and Operations to review projects, align on goals, help set strategy, and produce executive updates.• Directed and monitored progress toward department and organization goals for cost savings, procurement category strategies, operations, and capital expense tracking and management.• Collaborated with the Chief Supply Chain Officer and reported on projects, presented business case opportunities, and aligned goals and responsibilities. Key Accomplishments • Delivered $1.5 Million of operating and capital expense savings to the organization against a $1.1 Million goal. • Directed sourcing and negotiation for a new restaurant back office food cost management system to aid in identifying waste and strategizing on reducing COGS with a total contract spend of $1.8 Million.• Led sourcing and negotiations of new office furniture and disposition of old equipment for a new corporate office relocation of more than 200 individuals. • Managed the procurement portion of an ERP upgrade; advised on PO entry architecture, developing testing scripts, and user acceptance testing.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

• Managed category budgeting, strategic sourcing, category strategy, cost optimization, and alternate supplier qualification for more than 400 domestic restaurant locations.• Oversaw front- and back-of-house spend for kitchen equipment, stainless fabrication, refrigeration, furniture, fixtures, décor, external signage, and more. • Served as the Sourcing Lead for corporate travel and expense management SaaS solutions.• Aided in a procurement-wide supplier scorecarding process for segmented supply base. • Led a print management sourcing solution effort for various internal stakeholders. • Built and maintained relationships with suppliers; discussed project updates, troubleshot supply issues, and negotiated contracts and pricing agreements. • Collaborated with the VP of Supply chain and reported on project updates, presented business cases for opportunities, and aligned goals and responsibilities. Key Accomplishments• Competitively bid and sourced a travel and expense software solution that resulted in a savings of 45% per expense report. • Sourced restaurant dining chairs from a Chinese manufacturer resulting in a 30% price decrease per unit. • Led sourcing for corporate travel and purchase card RFP (twice) to increase rebates and incentives by $650K over the life of a 3-year contract.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Oversaw procurement for both supplier development and demand-driven supply chain efforts.• Managed a team of 5 including 3 Senior Procurement Specialists and 2 Procurement Specialists and conducted supplier and internal workshops related to cost-saving identification and tracking. • Provided executive reporting on organization procurement cost savings targets.• Developed playbooks for procurement professionals and category managers to leverage in their day-to-day vendor interactions to work on extracting value.• Held meetings with employees to discuss progress status reports, provided overall guidance, and reviewed savings progress toward goal. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to discuss project status, next steps, and ensure that objectives were aligned. • Partnered with Enterprise Procurement Finance Managers; aided in validation of cost savings projects and validated should-cost models. Key Accomplishments • Successfully implemented $190 Million in savings across multiple food and packaging categories using a demand-driven supply chain playbook. Created a playbook to optimize design/ingredient platforms, SKU assortment, promotional demand shaping, and pricing architecture. • Identified savings as a part of supply chain synergy cost savings goals in acquiring a $5 Billion private label business.• Created procurement category diagnostic savings targets to guide fiscal year goals for the procurement organization. • Developed and trained the procurement organization on cost modeling processes to identify pricing opportunity gaps in raw material and packaging pricing.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Developed an automated material price forecasting system using CTRM (Commodity Trade Risk Management) software Right Angle to improve the speed and accuracy of procurement forecasts.• Performed strategic design and aided Procurement Managers with automating forecasting.• Enhanced reporting to understand physical and financial ownership, risk exposure, spend coverage, and other metrics to facilitate strategic discussions with P/L owners.• Served as a Change Management Lead using ADKAR Change Management Methodology.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Facilitated and led cross-functional productivity ideations with strategic suppliers.• Managed cross-functional teams to execute projects across various ingredient and packaging categories.• Leveraged various tools including clean sheeting, specification optimization, and demand transparency.• Created an online training playbook for internal employees.• Identified $37 Million in cost savings across ingredient and packaging categories.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us