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This is a high-impact, strategic procurement role where your decisions directly influence product quality, cost efficiency, and the overall guest experience across a large restaurant footprint. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy owning supplier strategy end-to-end, this is a seat at the table you’ll want.
Category Manager – Direct Procurement Benefits and Compensation:
- Competitive base salary with performance-based bonus opportunity
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off and holidays
- Career growth with a nationally recognized, multi-unit organization
- High visibility role with cross-functional leadership exposure
- Opportunity to directly impact product innovation and cost strategy
Category Manager – Direct Procurement Requirements & Qualifications
Must Haves:
- 8+ years of experience in procurement, category management, or strategic sourcing
- Direct experience managing food categories within QSR, foodservice, retail, or similar industries
- Proven success leading supplier negotiations, RFPs, and contract management
- Strong analytical capability with tools such as Excel, Power BI, or procurement platforms
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Own end-to-end category management for direct spend, including food and related categories
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies aligned with operational and brand goals
- Lead supplier negotiations, contract execution, and cost-saving initiatives
- Analyze spend data, pricing trends, and supplier performance to drive strategic decisions
- Partner cross-functionally with operations, marketing, culinary, finance, and distribution teams
- Support product launches, packaging transitions, and equipment rollouts
- Build reporting and insights that influence executive-level decisions
- Manage supplier relationships, performance scorecards, and issue resolution
- Ensure accuracy across item setup, pricing, and procurement systems
Category Manager – Direct Procurement Preferred Background & Skills
- Experience with packaging, distribution, or equipment sourcing
- Familiarity with procurement tools such as Arrowstream or similar platforms
- Background in high-growth or multi-unit environments
- Strong ability to influence stakeholders across multiple departments
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives tied to cost, quality, and efficiency
- Ability to thrive in ambiguity and pivot quickly in a fast-moving environment
This role is built for someone who takes ownership, thinks strategically, and isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves to drive real results across a complex supply chain.
JOB ID: 173967
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Rogers Hornsby