Restaurant Procurement Analyst in Charlotte, NC

Qualifications:

• Category management experience in Procurement department. Strong negotiation and cost saving skills, and a demonstrated process improvement background. Extensive experience in food categories such as proteins (poultry), sauces, bakery, produce, etc. preferred.
• Demonstrated success in identifying and synthesizing needs into a concise, clear and influential presentation, with a focus on consistent and concise message delivery. Able to work effectively across many internal functional groups to optimize product offerings and resolve issues
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong relationship-development skills resulting in long term mutually beneficial client relationships.
• Self-motivated; able to work both independently to complete tasks and respond to department requests and to collaborate with others to utilize their resources and knowledge in identifying quality solutions.
• Strong organization, planning and project management skills; ability to prioritize tasks for both self and team to meet business requirements and deadlines.
• Strong leadership skills; ability to drive and motivate team to achieve results.
• Ability to work in a time-sensitive and high volume environment
• Ability to drive work both independently toward the successful attainment of department goals and project completion dates and as part of a team to leverage input and knowledge base of others within the company in providing well-rounded and thoughtful information and solutions
• Ability to identify key contacts for follow up; excellent ability to communicate project and status updates to team and cross-functionally to ensure understanding.
• Good strategic and problem solving skills to effectively influence decision making in key negotiations.

• Wiliness to embrace on-going change to support the Brand, Growth and System Initiative / Priorities

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor degree in business, supply chain, management, food technology/science. MBA desirable
• Minimum of five years professional experience in Supply Chain and/or Strategic Sourcing with a track record of meeting and exceeding assigned goals and objectives
• Experienced in management of supplier relationships and negotiating statements of work (SOWs) and service level agreements (SLAs)
• Three years of management experience preferred
• Previous Restaurant industry knowledge preferred
• iTrade Solutions experience a plus
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 (including excel)