Procurement Category Manager

$115,000 - $140,000 / Year

Eligible for a hybrid work schedule split between home & office.

The Procurement Category Manager is accountable for category leadership and driving breakthrough results in innovation, quality, service, risk and cost, across agricultural and non-consumable categories. This will require developing close relationships with Culinary, field operations, and FSQA to ensure that everyday needs and innovation pipelines are supported, while maintaining long term views on capacity and industry trends.

You’ll thrive in this position if you are:

• Adaptable: you’re at ease in a fast-paced environment and, you're able to stay nimble and change direction when priorities shift.
• Metrics and analysis driven: You understand that cost analysis & management and quality are paramount to any procurement organization. You have an eye for the data and can spot efficiencies in real time.
• A relationship builder: you are a master at building genuine relationships with people at all levels inside and outside of an organization. Whether they’re a type A, B or Z personality, you easily establish a warm relationship, building an effective network around you.

Category Management:

• Deliver breakthrough results through the sourcing process and development of assigned category strategies.
• Accountable to drive key insights for capacity analyses for short and long-term business continuity planning.
• Protect the supply chain and brand’s margins with ensuring best-in-class contract execution.
• Develop a sustainable savings pipeline that drives P&L improvement for the brand.
• Collaborate with the culinary team to source new products and supplier capability evaluation.

Brand Building Initiative Support:

• Develop strategic relationships with key Brand contacts establishing accountability for the category, and overall subject matter expertise (SME).
• Manage new menu development through timely sourcing of products to support all brand menu changes.
• Drive optionality and design optimization (through supplier collaboration).
• Lead and develop subject matter expertise (SME) on the Brands Sustainability initiatives and the industry’s options.

Finance and Reporting:

• Accountable for the reporting of and performance to the Cost of Goods (COGs) for key category items.
• Accountable for all new initiatives to ensure projects are on track and appropriately reported to the leadership team.
• Work with Supply chain Systems and Analytical team to ensure alignment with pricing deadlines and key raw commodity updates.

Supplier Relationship Management and Continuous Improvement:

• Develop strategic supplier relationship and transform the supplier support models to drive meaningful innovation and improvements.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain Planning team to ensure product fulfillment into distribution is met on a weekly basis by suppliers.

• 3+ years of experience in Procurement.
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus on data analytics, business or economics.

What we prefer:

• 3+ years of progressive experience in sourcing strategy development and packaging procurement.
• MBA or master’s degree in supply chain.

• Eligible for annual bonus
• Vacation and sick time    
• Medical, Dental & Vision
• 401K with company match 
• Tuition reimbursement
• 25%-35% discount when dining as a guest 
• Annual stipend for dining in our restaurants

Named to FORTUNE Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For®” list every year since 2014, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is a leader in experiential dining. We are culinary-forward and relentlessly focused on hospitality. Delicious, memorable experiences created by passionate people—this defines who we are and where we are going.

We currently own and operate 353 restaurants throughout the United States and Canada under brands including The Cheesecake Factory®, North Italia®, Flower Child® and a collection of other FRC brands. Internationally, 34 The Cheesecake Factory® restaurants operate under licensing agreements. Our bakery division operates two facilities that produce quality cheesecakes and other baked products for our restaurants, international licensees and third-party bakery customers.

We are an E-Verify and equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace for all. We welcome applicants from a wide variety of identities, ideas, perspectives, backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Cheesecake Factory offers reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities.

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