Manager, Supplier Management Job at KeHE Distributors (Naperville)

Job Description

The Supplier Manager is responsible for monitoring, measuring, and maximizing supplier profitability and operational performance, identifying areas opportunity, and managing the business relationship with a subset of our supplier partners. The teams’ overall goal is to establish strategic connections with our supplier partners and ensure supplier partner success and a positive experience around ease, cost, and speed of doing business with KeHE. The Supplier Manager is responsible for collaborating with Category Management, Supply Chain, Finance, Pricing, and Freight to optimize business processes and positively impact their supplier relationships from an administrative perspective.

Job Responsibility

Identify, monitor, and track supplier profitability and operational performance opportunities for a subset of our supplier partners: 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 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 processes and 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, 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 subset of supplier partners that clearly outline profitability and performance expectations in comparison to actual experience, areas of improvement, and areas of opportunity
Create and foster a supplier friendly, relational environment of continuous improvement, accountability, and innovation
Lead a small team that supports suppliers with root cause research and resolution on administrative aspects of supplier partnerships
Collaborate internally, in a cross-functional manner, to improve business processes that impact suppliers in their administrative and support activities with KeHE

Requirements

4-year bachelor’s degree in business or related field of study
Experience within the food and/or distribution industry with 3+ years
Successful negotiator and 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 stake holders. Need to provide examples of PowerPoint, Excel and other tools used to transfer this product and program knowledge
Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Possess a sense of urgency and attention to accuracy and detail
Ability to effectively manage a wide variety of tasks simultaneously and often with minimal direction or time conflicting pressures
Willingness to travel domestically, occasionally over weekends (about 10%)

What we offer

Health/Rx
Dental
Vision
Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
Supplemental life insurance
401(k)
Paid time off
Paid sick time
Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
Holiday pay for company designated holidays

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