Job Description:

Primary Responsibilities:

Strategic Analytics & Financial Modeling

• Maintains advanced labor and transportation forecasting models to drive multi-year financial and operational planning.
• Standardizes data governance across structured and unstructured sources, ensuring high-integrity data that enables efficient decision-making.
• Directly influences the P&L by managing Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) through rigorous analytical oversight and variance analysis.

Strategic Sourcing & Category Leadership

• Develops and executes a comprehensive category management strategy for commodities including proteins, produce, dairy, and packaging.

• Engineers a resilient supplier ecosystem, leading complex negotiations and managing co-manufacturing partnerships to secure supply and mitigate risk.
• Acts as a strategic partner to Product Innovation & Development, leading the commercialization of LTOs and core ingredients from initial sourcing to full-scale operational rollout.

Operational Leadership & Systems Optimization

• Cross-functional Central Kitchen forums focused on waste reduction, demand forecasting, and pricing strategies to align operations with financial targets.

• Serves as the functional owner for the Fresh 360 MERP system, driving optimization and feature enhancements to improve enterprise-wide visibility.
• Strategically manages the lifecycle of non-capital equipment and smallwares, from procurement to national rollout and upgrades.

Teamwork

• Guides direct reports in providing fast, accurate analysis for other departments, modeling how to hit ambitious deadlines while keeping cross-functional projects running smoothly and efficiently.

• Optimizes project delivery speed, ensuring rapid milestones are achieved through sustainable stakeholder collaboration and trust.
• Models the transition from tactical execution to strategic leadership, coaching team members on how to translate complex data into actionable business insights.

Minimum Requirements:

• At least 5–7 years in a leadership role within Fresh Food, Produce, Dairy, Protein, or highly perishable CPG environments
• Demonstrated ability to manipulate and analyze data using tools such as Microsoft Excel (advanced), ERP systems (e.g., SAP or similar), and WMS platforms.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across a company with multiple locations and business entities.
• Experience with building and managing department budgets and forecasts and preparing recommendations for solutions with business case justifications.
• Experience breaking down operational and other processes and mapping those to technical solutions.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in forecasting, inventory management, and data-driven decision-making.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, own workstreams, and drive results in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.