Job Description
The Senior Manager, Supply Chain Manager - LA&C will be responsible for shaping Pizza Hut's supply chain strategy across Latin America & the Caribbean. The role serves as a strategic partner to franchisees, regional leadership, and global category teams, driving procurement excellence, supply continuity, risk management, operational resilience, and long-term value creation across a highly complex franchise ecosystem.
As Pizza Hut accelerates growth and modernization across the region, this leader will play a critical role in strengthening supplier partnerships, improving franchisee economics, increasing regional alignment, and driving sustainable competitive advantage.
Responsibilities
• Serve as a trusted advisor to global and regional leadership teams on supply chain strategy, supplier partnerships, and operational risk management.
• Partner with global & regional functional leads to ensure that category strategies are meeting the broader needs of the business
• Partner closely with franchisees to drive participation, alignment, and adoption of regional and global sourcing strategies through strong commercial partnership, stakeholder influence, and value-based engagement.
• Own strategic supplier relationship and implement strategic supplier partnerships to ensure Pizza Hut is a customer of choice and drives competitive advantage which unlocks value and growth for Pizza Hut, including leading negotiations
• Develop strategic partnerships with relevant regional external partners, i.e., develop business case for long-term investments and innovation
• Build compelling business cases that improve franchisee economics, operational efficiency, and long-term system value.
• Ensure regional supply continuity and operational resilience across a dynamic multi-country supply network, including proactively mitigating geopolitical, inflationary, commodity, logistics, and operational risks impacting the region.
• Drive governance, compliance, and adherence to Pizza Hut standards.
• Drive specification harmonization & optimization in collaboration with regional brand teams
• Champion sustainability initiatives within supply chain which reduce environmental impact & support the brands commitment to Good Growth - Ensure long term ESG goals are embedded into category & sourcing strategies
Qualifications
• 8+ years' experience in supply chain roles, ideally within food industry or related field
• 5+ years' experience of global / regional strategic category management / procurement
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) required
• Strong leadership skills; prepared to influence stakeholders, challenge status quo, and drive change
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Excellent communication and partnership skills with the ability to work effectively with internal and external partners across the global business
• Strong communications (presentation, verbal, writing) and ability to gain buy-in & influence key stakeholders at all levels in a global organization
• High level of intellectual curiosity
• Strong analytical skills with experience leveraging spend analytics, procurement technologies, and data-driven decision-making tools.
