Support bottom up regional to global development & implementation of strategic category plans for the respective category, aligning with key business stakeholders on category objectives, ensuring ESG deliverables are met and ultimately delivering competitive advantage to Yum through leverage of system scale.
Implementing processes and governance aligned with indirect reporting team of regional category managers to increase transparency of category portfolio & subcategories using analysis to transform data into actionable projects increasing the potential for value delivery for Yum! and Franchise managed markets.
Develop a reporting / category KPI plan & support D&T initiatives for enablement which lead to increased cooperation between regional and global category management by avoiding duplication of work and simplification of workstreams.
Category KPI’s shall be measuring the effectiveness of implemented category plans & strategies i.e. total spend & volume tracking, number of SKU’s, inflation / deflation tracking, value delivery impact, % spend under management, supplier performance and compliance.
- Develop & implement 3–5-year strategic category strategy for the respective category which enables growth inline with Yum ambition, delivers value for franchisees and meets all business across innovation, ESG, risk
- Partner with global & regional functional leads to ensure that category strategies are meeting the broader needs of the business
- Own strategic supplier relationship and implement strategic supplier partnerships to ensure Yum is a customer of choice and drives competitive advantage (increasing capacity to match growth & driving competitive tension, best pricing options, innovation)
- Lead the global sourcing activities for the respective category in line with defined sourcing strategy which supports the delivery of category plan
- Manage all potential category risks and ensure sufficient mitigation and business continuity plans are in pace to avoid disruption
- Lead the roadmap to harmonised brand standards across the category to drive consistency of customer experience and fully leverage the scale of Yum regionally / globally
- Partner with a matrixed global team of category managers to fully implement the category & sourcing strategies at regional level, where required across the globe
- Develop a long-term value creation plan which maximises efficiency with the ingredients sourcing in the category and supports franchise margin improvements
- Support franchise relationship to ensure franchisees understand and are aligned to regional / global sourcing events for respective category and provide maximum participation
- Develop long term strategic supplier agreements and pricing mechanisms which allow supplier to investment & protect Yum commercial agreements
- Support Yum animal welfare leads and responsible sourcing functions on policy & strategy development.
- Ensure compliance of suppliers through Supplier Sourcing Code of Conduct, contracts and audits leading to improvements on welfare outcomes in all markets for all proteins globally
Working Relationships
- Yum & Brand functional leaders (Finance / Strategy / FSQA / FIT / Sustainability)
- Brand Regional Leadership teams
- Yum Global Supply Chain teams
- Yum Regional Supply Chain Leadership & teams
- Supplier partners
- 3rd party vendors / suppliers
- 8-10+ years’ experience in Senior supply chain roles, ideally within food industry or related field
- 3-5 years’ experience of global / regional strategic category management / procurement
- Experience in protein sourcing and understanding of value chains preferred but not a must
Strategic thinker combined with strong commercial acumen to drive and lead enterprise – wide change
- Confident & autonomous individual capable of handling ambiguity in fast paced environments
Excellent communication, stakeholder management & influencing skills with the ability to gain buy in cross functionally at all levels of the organization
Ability to utilize partnership & growth mindset paired with an open, vulnerable & transparent communication to influence / inspire multi county team.
