Location: Overland Park, KS
Reports to: Vice President of Supply Chain
Department: Sourcing & Procurement
Search type: Retained, confidential

About Our Client

Our client is a full-service, outsourced supply chain management provider for restaurant companies. They run their clients' supply chains so restaurant operators can focus on running their business, delivering results that go straight to the bottom line.

The Opportunity

The Food Category Manager owns sourcing, procurement, distribution, and supplier performance for the food category. You will execute strategies that optimize supply chain performance, protect continuity of supply, reduce cost, and maintain product quality across a portfolio of restaurant clients.

What You Will Do

Sourcing

• Lead RFPs, supplier evaluation, and selection
• Manage product samples, pricing, and cost analysis (landed cost, annual projections)
• Visit suppliers to assess capabilities
• Onboard new suppliers and maintain supplier and product data
• Support contract negotiation and execution

Procurement

• Build order guides covering products, services, and pricing
• Help design ordering, inventory, and invoice approval processes and systems
• Identify and resolve procurement issues
• Track and communicate market intelligence on cost and lead times

Distribution

• Resolve distribution issues between manufacturers, distributors, and stores
• Manage product setup and distribution inventory
• Support distributor sourcing and distribution scheduling

Supplier Performance

• Identify and resolve supplier performance issues
• Lead supplier performance reviews, inspections, and certification reviews

Additional Support Areas

As the organization scales, you will also contribute to logistics and transportation programs, supplier quality and recall programs, demand and supply planning for key products, and ad hoc supply chain analysis.

What You Bring

Required

• 2+ years of sourcing, purchasing, distribution, or related supply chain experience
• Strong planning, organization, and communication skills
• Solid analytical skills, including working proficiency in Excel
• Bachelor's or associate's degree

Preferred

• 5+ years of procurement or supply chain experience
• Foodservice or restaurant supply chain background
• Experience building and managing supplier and distributor RFPs
• Experience negotiating with suppliers

Why This Role

• Healthcare plan with 100% of premiums paid
• 401(k) with company match
• Untracked PTO
• A results-over-hours culture that takes family and work-life balance seriously

How to Apply

This is a confidential retained search managed exclusively by Talent Solutions Partners. Client identity is shared with qualified candidates during the interview process. Please direct all inquiries and applications to Talent Solutions Partners.