A leading restaurant group is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to manage and oversee their company's sourcing capabilities specifically related to seafood. The successful candidate will be responsible for handling the company's end-to-end sourcing operations, ensuring transparency of spending and optimizing sourcing procedures.
Responsibilities:
- Negotiate sourcing and procurement agreements with approved suppliers
- Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies.
- Analyze and calculate costs of procurement, suggesting methods to decrease expenditure.
- Innovate sourcing strategies and optimize procedures to attain maximum efficiency.
- Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes.
- Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of food procurement experience (ideally with seafood)
- Proven supply management/leadership experience
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to communicate effectively
This is a hybrid role and will require you to be local to Orlando, FL.
