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SalaryWelcome to Whataburger Careers!
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manages acquisition of material supply, production capacity, logistics, and availability of food products to meet actual demand.
- Negotiates price for assigned food categories and conducts cost analysis to make recommendations through the approved process.
- Responsible for sourcing and analyzing external market reports and understanding commodity trends as well as their impact on product costs.
- Manages and resolves product supply issues within the supply chain. Maintains positive relationships with all suppliers, and distributors.
- Manages Request For Proposals, contract administration, including hard and electronic storage of contracts by department.
- Prepares weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on market conditions for assigned food categories.
- Assumes additional responsibilities as assigned.
EDUCATION:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or equivalent combination of related college education and experience
EXPERIENCE:
- 4+ years’ experience in a purchasing or category management preferably in supply chain for restaurant industry
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITITLES:
- Proficiency in MS Office Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point and Visio (as applicable)
- Proficiency in JD Edwards (as applicable)
- Strong negotiating, project management and organizational skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to communicate, influence and negotiate decisions while motivating assigned staff
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Advanced professional or theoretical knowledge and functional concepts, practices and procedures of a particular field of specialization in the execution of assigned duties and responsibilities
- Advanced understanding of departmental structure and policies with a basic understanding of the structure and policies of Whataburger Restaurants LLC
- Intermediate understanding of budgetary concepts and procedures
- Advanced ability to delegate projects and get work done through others
- Basic understanding of performance review process
- Ability to prepare and present ideas and recommendations to colleagues, manager and direct reports with ample notice and preparation
WORKING CONDITIONS/TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
- Expected to work the necessary time to satisfactorily fulfill job responsibilities
- Must be able to report to work timely and as required by operational/business needs
- Must be able to work a full-time schedule and work outside of normal business hours when necessary
- Must be able to travel occasionally both locally and long distances (including air travel), to worksites, meeting sites, and other locations. Must possess a valid driver’s license, submit to releasing a Motor Vehicle Record that adheres to the Whataburger standards and maintain current automobile liability at minimum levels in their state of residence.
- Must possess a valid driver’s license, submit to releasing a Motor Vehicle Record that adheres to the Whataburger standards and maintain current automobile liability at minimum levels in their state of residence
