Supply Chain Manager
Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Paris • France
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About the role
- Manage the daily relationship with our logistics partner to ensure good service levels and product availability across the restaurant network
- Monitor and drive logistics performance through key KPIs (OTIF, service levels, stock levels…)
- Coordinate product flows between suppliers, distribution center and restaurants
- Manage day-to-day operational issues such as supply disruptions, delivery delays or logistics constraints
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives with the logistics partner
- Ensure smooth written and oral communication with our franchisees as well as our operational teams when incidents / questions arise
- Lead initiatives to optimize supply chain costs, including inbound flows, warehousing and distribution
- Analyze logistics costs and suggest optimization opportunities
- Contribute to operational efficiencies across the supply chain
- Support marketing & finance with product cost analysis
- Support the improvement of forecasting and supply planning processes
- Work with marketing to align forecasts with business activity (promotions, innovations, restaurant network evolution – closures and openings)
- Contribute to progressively strengthening planning tools and processes
- Work closely with the local supply chain manager, IOM team, and Yum! centre of excellence to ensure smooth supplier coordination
- Support supplier performance monitoring and operational follow-up
- Provide supply chain insights for sourcing or product-related projects
Requirements
- 3–6 years of experience in Supply Chain, Logistics or Operations
- Experience in food industry, FMCG, retail or restaurant networks is a strong plus
- Experience managing a logistics provider
- Good understanding of supply chain flows (suppliers, logistics, inventory, distribution)
- Ability to manage logistics performance and relationships with partners
- Strong analytical skills and ability to work with cost data
- Strong Excel / data analysis skills
- Agile, pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset
- A partnership approach to problem solving
- Comfortable working in a small and agile team environment
- Strong ownership and ability to drive topics autonomously
- A growth mindset, with a desire to continuously improve the status quo
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
supply chain managementlogistics managementdata analysiscost analysisinventory managementperformance monitoringforecastingsupply planningcontinuous improvementKPI analysis
Soft Skills
analytical skillsproblem solvingcommunicationownershipteamworksolution-oriented mindsetagilitypragmatismrelationship managementgrowth mindset