Supply Chain Manager

America's Food Court is seeking a highly skilled and results-driven Supply Chain Manager to lead procurement, inventory planning, vendor management, logistics, and overall supply chain operations across its expanding portfolio of restaurant brands nationwide. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing supply chains within multi-unit restaurant organizations and possess expert knowledge of restaurant ERP, inventory management, procurement, and back-office systems such as xtraCHEF, Restaurant365, or similar platforms. This role is critical in developing scalable procurement strategies, optimizing food costs, ensuring inventory accuracy, strengthening vendor relationships, and enhancing operational efficiency to support profitability across all locations.

Key Responsibilities

Supply Chain Management: Develop and implement comprehensive supply chain strategies for multiple restaurant brands. Ensure continuous availability of food products, packaging, beverages, cleaning supplies, and operational inventory. Forecast purchasing needs based on sales trends, seasonal demand, promotions, and expansion plans. Monitor inventory levels and apply control measures to reduce waste and shrinkage while maintaining product quality and efficiency.

Procurement & Purchasing: Source and negotiate with food manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers nationwide. Manage RFQs, vendor selection, pricing negotiations, and contract renewals. Create strategic purchasing plans to lower procurement costs and identify alternative suppliers to prevent supply disruptions. Track commodity pricing and recommend cost-saving initiatives.

Restaurant Inventory Management: Oversee inventory movements across multiple locations. Analyze food usage, waste, spoilage, and stock variances. Ensure accurate and consistent inventory counts, establish replenishment procedures, and optimize stock levels by monitoring inventory turnover.

ERP / Restaurant Systems Management: Utilize hands-on experience with restaurant operations systems including Toast POS, xtraCHEF, Restaurant365, Square for Restaurants, Oracle MICROS, Revel POS, NCR Aloha, and related inventory and accounting software. Responsibilities include purchase order management, vendor database upkeep, recipe costing, food cost analysis, invoice processing, inventory reconciliation, cost variance analysis, sales vs. inventory reporting, and vendor performance reporting.

Vendor Management: Build and maintain long-term relationships with national and regional suppliers. Conduct supplier performance evaluations, ensure compliance with pricing and service agreements, resolve supply shortages promptly, and negotiate rebates and purchasing incentives.

Cost Control: Monitor food cost percentages and analyze COGS. Review purchasing trends to identify inefficiencies, reduce operational waste, and improve gross margins.

Logistics & Distribution: Coordinate deliveries across restaurant locations, optimize delivery schedules, monitor warehouse inventory where applicable, and ensure product availability during peak periods.

Reporting & Analytics: Prepare executive-level reports including weekly purchasing, food cost, vendor performance, inventory variance, purchase order, waste analysis, stock aging, procurement savings, and supply chain KPI dashboards.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with operations, finance, restaurant management, kitchen teams, brand leadership, marketing, and accounting departments to align supply chain activities with overall business goals.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, Logistics, or related field.
- 5–8+ years of progressive experience in restaurant supply chain, procurement, or operations management.
- Proven track record supporting multi-unit restaurant chains in the U.S.
- Expertise with restaurant ERP, inventory, and procurement systems such as Restaurant365, xtraCHEF, Toast, Oracle MICROS, or Aloha.
- Strong understanding of U.S. restaurant purchasing, food distribution, and vendor management.
- Experience negotiating supplier agreements and managing procurement budgets.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and reporting tools.

Preferred Experience and Benefits

Candidates with experience at well-known restaurant brands such as McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Domino’s, KFC, Chick-fil-A, Chipotle, and others will be highly preferred. Joining America’s Food Court offers the opportunity to play a pivotal role in building scalable supply chain operations across multiple brands, directly influencing procurement strategy, operational efficiency, and the company’s long-term growth and success nationwide.