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Yum! Brands · 20 hours ago

Senior Supply Chain Manager

Irvine, ND

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$157K/yr - $185K/yr

8+ years exp

Yum! Brands is a global powerhouse behind KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Habit Burger & Grill, seeking talented individuals to drive innovation and collaboration. The Senior Supply Chain Manager plays a critical role in enhancing Habit Burger & Grill’s growth by leading supply chain initiatives, ensuring operational readiness, and coordinating with various stakeholders to maintain supply continuity and performance.

Food and BeverageHospitalityRestaurants

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead Habit’s RMI agenda across food, packaging, and indirect categories, identifying cost, yield, and value opportunities that drive restaurant performance

Serve as the primary supply chain lead for the Habit Brand Team, providing visibility into supply chain performance, risks, supplier readiness, and execution status

Partner with Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions (RSCS) to ensure brand priorities, inputs, and support enable effective commercial, S&OP, and execution outcomes

Monitor supplier, distributor, and logistics performance across service, quality, and continuity, diagnosing issues and coordinating timely recovery actions

Coordinate supplier readiness for menu innovation, product changes, limited-time offers, equipment, and packaging updates to ensure supply availability and operational compatibility

Lead supply risk and issue management across categories, including escalation, crisis coordination, and structured communication with Operations, Quality Assurance, and Field teams

Analyze supply chain data and trends—including distribution costs, logistics optimization, SKU segmentation, and supplier/DC performance—to inform brand decision-making

Partner cross-functionally with Quality Assurance, Operations, Culinary, Marketing, and Finance to align supply chain actions with brand strategy and operational needs

Qualification

Supply Chain ManagementData AnalysisSupplier ManagementExcel ProficiencyStrategic ThinkingPartnership BuildingCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Required

8+ years of experience in supply chain roles, ideally within the food industry or a related field

Experience working with suppliers across food, packaging, distribution, and/or indirect categories

Strong strategic thinking, commercial acumen, and comfort operating in ambiguity

Proven ability to build strong partnerships, challenge the status quo, and drive change across internal and external stakeholders

Excellent communication skills (presentation, verbal, and written) with the ability to influence and gain buy-in

High level of intellectual curiosity and a data-driven, analytical approach to problem solving, including strong proficiency in Excel

Benefits

Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan).

Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.

Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan.

Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.

Company

Yum! Brands

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Yum! Brands is a quick-service restaurant brand that primarily operates the likes of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell.

Founded in 1997

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.yum.com

H1B Sponsorship

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