Senior Food & Beverage Program Lead, Procurement
Cushman & Wakefield
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Colorado, Illinois, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $136,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Creates a working environment that encourages high performance and innovation.
- Becomes a trusted advisor and subject matter expert within the Food & Beverage category.
- Flexibility, adaptability & conflict resolution to enable the delivery of procurement and client account goals.
- Promotes compliance with C&W’s code of conduct and DRIVE Values.
- Navigating a matrixed organization where stakeholders are in different business lines, functions or projects.
- Establish category plans and strategy to ensure the right solution for C&W business lines.
- Responsible for working with procurement business partners and service line leadership to align category management vision with service line and procurement priorities.
- Drives EBITDA growth through C&W’s preferred suppliers.
- Analyze current Food & Beverage program to identify areas for improvement, efficiency gains, client experience and cost reduction opportunities.
- Incorporates industry best practices into category delivery.
- Utilizes demand planning to target value from supplier agreements.
- Monitors preferred supplier utilization, builds roster to ensure capability to deliver across the service line portfolios, and monitors performance to ensure capability to meet account needs.
- Serve as a point of contact for questions and concerns related to Food & Beverage services.
- Develops and delivers comprehensive training programs for C&W and our clients, covering best practices, safety protocols, and new equipment/technologies.
- Communicates preferred supplier metrics and helps the business drive greater adoption of the preferred supplier network.
- Develops and maintains strong relationships with business units and the category management team.
- Drives for results by consistently achieving goals in a timely manner.
- Develops and delivers communications with clarity and impact, ensuring consistent messaging.
- Encourages creation and brings new best in class ideas and approaches to the table for developing and executing category strategies and working within the supply market to ensure Cushman & Wakefield meets or exceeds their objectives.
- Working cross-functionally with other departments including Legal, Finance, Operations, TDS, HR, Project Management, etc. for delivery of category strategies.
- Strong problem-solving skills utilizing continuous improvement techniques.
- Utilizes change management techniques to drive the development and utilization of a preferred supplier program.
Requirements
- 10+ years of Food & Beverage industry and operational experience
- Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field preferred
- Professional certifications preferred e.g., Certified Custodial Technician (CCT), Green Masters Certification or evidence of continued professional growth
- Deep Knowledge of Food & Beverage practices
- Ability to effectively train and mentor others
- Ability to identify and resolve issues related to service delivery
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively
- Understanding of safety regulations and procedures related to Food & Beverage operations
- Capacity to develop innovative strategies and solutions
- Creative problem solver
- Contract negotiation and ongoing management skills.
Benefits
- health, vision, and dental insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings accounts
- retirement savings plans
- life and disability insurance programs
- paid and unpaid time away from work
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Food & Beverage industry experiencecontract negotiationdemand planningcategory managementsupply chain managementcontinuous improvement techniquessafety regulationsoperational efficiencycost reduction strategiestraining program development
Soft skills
flexibilityadaptabilityconflict resolutioncommunicationproblem-solvingmentoringrelationship buildinginnovationtime managementcross-functional collaboration
Certifications
Certified Custodial Technician (CCT)Green Masters Certification