Manager, Supplier Management

Full-time

Pay

$87,230.00/Yr. - $127,897.00/Yr.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance (effective day 1)
• Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
• Supplemental life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Paid sick time
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
• Holiday pay for company-designated holidays

Overview

At KeHE, we’re obsessed with creating solutions, unboxing potential, and serving others—and it all starts with you. As an employee-owned distributor of natural and organic, specialty, and fresh products, we’re committed to making a positive impact and scaling our success together. With a culture that fosters development and opportunity, you’ll be embarking on a career that’s moving forward. When you join KeHE, you’re becoming part of a team that is a force for good.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, measure, and maximize supplier profitability and operational performance; identify areas of opportunity and manage business relationships with a subset of supplier partners.
• Collaborate with Category Management, Supply Chain, Finance, Pricing, and Freight to optimize business processes and positively impact supplier relationships from an administrative perspective.
• Identify, monitor, and track supplier profitability and operational performance opportunities, including:
  • KeHE brand scorecard improvement
  • Inbound and outbound service standard compliance
  • Supplier Policies & Procedures execution and negotiation
  • Supplier Inbound Routing Guide expectations
  • Administrative aspects of supplier partnership
• Manage and improve supplier profitability and operational performance through negotiations, Policies & Procedures execution, deduction management, dispute resolution, on-time delivery, and delivery quality compliance.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and efficient processing of supplier questions and disputes while providing performance metrics and facilitating supplier business improvement initiatives.
• Hold suppliers accountable for key profitability and operational performance indicators: terms, spoils, value-added programs, inbound fill-rate, on-time performance, and delivery quality.
• Proactively educate new and small suppliers on Supplier Policies & Procedures, Supplier Inbound Routing Guide, deduction management, and dispute resolution.
• Host regular business reviews with supplier partners outlining profitability and performance expectations, areas of improvement, and opportunities.
• Create and foster a supplier-friendly, relational environment of continuous improvement, accountability, and innovation.
• Lead a small team supporting suppliers with root cause research and resolution on administrative aspects of supplier partnerships.
• Collaborate internally in a cross-functional manner to improve business processes impacting suppliers in their administrative and support activities with KeHE.

Requirements

• 4-year bachelor’s degree in business or related field of study.
• 3+ years of experience within the food and/or distribution industry.
• Successful negotiator with the ability to drive influence and change.
• Articulate and persuasive communication skills.
• Excellent written, oral, and presentation skills.
• Ability to synthesize information and make clear, concise recommendations on course of action.
• Strong relationship management skills and ability to guide at senior management level both internally and externally.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, budget, and proactively manage profit drivers such as gross margin %, promotional spend, spoilage, fees, and other program expenses.
• Demonstrated skills transferring information gained through analysis to fact-based, action-oriented presentations for delivery to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Sense of urgency and attention to accuracy and detail.
• Ability to effectively manage a wide variety of tasks simultaneously, often with minimal direction or conflicting time pressures.
• Willingness to travel domestically, occasionally over weekends (about 20%).