NPD Supply Chain Manager

WELCOME TO KFC AND YUM!

WHO ARE KFC?

Colonel Harland Sanders opened the first KFC in Corbin, Kentucky in 1938. He started with one restaurant, 11 herbs and spices, and an idea. From there our incredible brand and product grew to what it is today.

KFC first came to the UK in 1965 with our first restaurant in Preston, Lancashire. Today we are a billion-pound business with over 1000 restaurants run by our 28,000 restaurant team members. Our headquarters are based at the Restaurant Support Centre (RSC) in Woking, Surrey – a 24-minute train from Waterloo. Of the c.1000 restaurants in the UK, 95% are owned and operated by 34 franchise partners; the remaining 5% are company owned and run.

WHO ARE ‘YUM!’?

KFC is one of the 5 brands operated by our parent company Yum! along with Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, The Habit Burger Grill and recently added Heartstyles. We are the world’s largest restaurant group with over 52,000 restaurants across the globe.

Yum! isn’t your average Fortune 500 company. We like to do things a little differently. From our world-famous culture of fun and recognition to our focus on your career potential.

OUR CULTURE

BREAKTHROUGH RESULTS, TEAMWORK AND RECOGNITION

We believe that our success is driven by the power of our employees working in unison with a shared set of common goals and values. We are very proud that KFC UKI is recognised as a key market not only in terms of profit and innovation but also for the talent we grow and develop for Yum!.

We invest heavily in our people and helping them drive their personal development. As part of this we give each of our managers in the business the opportunity to go through Heartstyles. Heartstyles is a tool and strategy to measure and manage culture, building people’s self-awareness and helping them to transform their behaviours. This tool can then be used in coaching conversations you have with your team and line manager and to help build effective individual development plans.

We celebrate success every day and to us recognition is much more than just saying thank you- it is about really celebrating achievements, milestones and behaviours. One of the ways we do this is through our own personal recognition awards.

As a company we take our corporate social responsibility very seriously and encourage our employees to ‘give something back’ through companywide charity efforts.

As an equal opportunity employer, we embrace individuality and diversity. We employ irrespective of background, age, ethnicity, colour, gender, disability, sexual or religious orientation and marital status.

MORE ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an action driving, enthusiastic, independent, supply chain superstar to join the KFC Supply chain team to deliver seamless introduction of New Product developments (NPD) & Limited Time Offers (LTO) into the system and lead the IBP process.

The Supply Chain team at KFC is a regional based team made up of Procurement, Product Integrity (QA) and Supply Chain Ops (Distribution). Collectively, we’re responsible for sourcing and delivery of products to our restaurants across Pan EU.

Our wider supply chain team are located across Pan EU and our dedicated Supply Chain Ops teams are based in local markets.

The role is primarily responsible for working in partnership with the marketing team and suppliers to manage the introduction of NPD & LTOs into the system, alongside operationalising delivery of product spec changes and spend smarter initiatives.

KEY JOB FUNCTIONS INCLUDE:

• Work with marketing teams, suppliers, and distributor to ensure the effective implementation of new products and limited time offers into the supply chain. Managing the process for discontinuation of products from the supply chain to minimise write off risks.
• Achieve internal project targets and launch dates on time by actively managing projects to critical paths
• Take the lead in commercial discussions with suppliers
• Drive a proactive and effective IBP process in market, ensuring appropriate attendance from all required stakeholders, share meeting agendas and pre-read material in advance, meeting minutes and actions after key meetings
• Work with the demand planner, commercial finance, and marketing to develop promotional, LTO and NPD demand forecast.
• Responsible for local market implementation of specification changes and cost saving initiatives, working alongside restaurant excellence and product integrity teams to ensure trial capacity and give timely feedback to the procurement teams
• Represent supply chain interest when working cross functionally to deliver against business objectives.

WHAT WE WOULD LOVE FROM YOU:

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  A practical self-starter, the successful candidate will be used to delivering to tight deadlines and partnering effectively with internal customers and external stakeholders
• Proven experience in operational supply chain management, procurement, or product integrity with a food industry background.
• Experience of working in analytical roles (e.g., planning and modelling)
• Highly analytical and advanced knowledge of Excel
• Excellent oral and presentation skills
• The ability to communicate and engage with senior stakeholders
• The ability to bring people together and foster a one team mentality
• Proven experience in working on projects and driving value

ABOUT YOU:

• Commercially minded with an ability to spot opportunities and mitigate risk
• Strong attention to detail with an analytical and diligent approach
• Excellent interpersonal skills and able to effectively influence key stakeholders both internally and externally
• Good team focus – creating collaborative cross functional working relationships across the business
• Strong team player with a positive can-do attitude
• A self-starter who over-indexes on ownership and accountability
• Ability to develop productive working relationships
• Ability to use analysis to prioritize business value

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

REWARD, PROGRESSION AND LOTS OF RECOGNITION

A career with KFC offers much more than just fantastic earning potential. We reward achievement with amazing incentives and benefits, including;

• Company and performance related bonus
• Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
• Private healthcare with the option to increase to include family cover and extra dental cover
• Annual holiday allowance starts at 25 days with the option to buy or sell up to 3 extra days per year
• After 5 years’ service, annual holiday allowance increases to 30 days
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• International career opportunities across Yum!
• Pick n Mix Benefits, options include gym membership, health screening and travel insurance

KFC is also a very sociable company and we strive to incorporate our company value of fun whenever we can. Our teams regularly enjoy nights out with their colleagues- including pay day drinks, weekly netball and football matches and each year we organise a big Christmas party to celebrate the successes of the year.