Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions, LLC, a Yum! Brands Co-op, is currently seeking a Senior Director, Supply Chain Operations, to join the Taco Bell Concept team in Irvine, CA.

Position Overview

This role leads a high performing team that drives and enables seamless supply chain execution for all Taco Bell Restaurant Equipment, Assets and Technology. Additionally, this position is accountable for leadership and management of restaurant margin improvement (average annual delivery $50MM), optimization, simplification, and/or other specification change initiatives for the Taco Bell Brand which includes Food and Packaging, Equipment, Assets, and Technology.

Taco Bell has an annual revenue of +$16 billion across more than 8,000 restaurants with an estimated spend of $3.5 billion across +100 food and packaging suppliers and +20 Distribution Centers.

Hybrid position: 3 days in the office, 2 days remote

Excellent Benefits: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement, vacation, holidays, floating holidays, sick time, and much more. 

Position Responsibilities

Serve as the Taco Bell Concept Team leader for Asset Development, Equipment, and Technology Supply Chain Operations

• Develop comprehensive supply plans for over eight hundred asset actions (240 new restaurant builds and 560

remodels) by collaborating with cross-functional teams including procurement, suppliers, franchisees, and

distributors- including planning contingencies, capacity assurance and managing manufacturing lead-times to

support timelines.

• Serve as the point of contact for internal and external business partners including project teams, field

construction managers, suppliers, distributors, procurement, franchisees, and leadership team.

• Partner with Taco Bell engineering, operations, and key franchisees to align new designs, specifications,

processes, and/or strategies.

• Support AOP in reducing costs, lead times and leveraging franchisee support to extend system wide

opportunities.

• Represent Taco Bell Operations as part of the RSCS Development and Equipment Solutions (DES) Business Unit

Leadership Team.

Lead ideation, development, and management of a portfolio of improvement

and optimization initiatives across the Taco Bell Supply Chain to ensure

restaurants maintain industry leading profit margins

• Focus areas include Restaurant Margin Improvement (RMI), operations simplification, process improvement,

specification changes, and other value driving initiatives.

• Supply chains include food, packaging, restaurant development, equipment, and technology.

• Be a trusted advisor and influencer across internal and external stakeholders including Brand, Franchisee,

Distributors, Supplier, and others.

• Build out business cases to prioritize, select and gain alignment on project plans in support of the review and

approval of initiatives.

• Apply analytics and process improvement techniques in post event analysis and optimization efforts.

• Benchmark to gain understanding and apply industry best practices and technology.

• Serve as Taco Bell Concept Team lead with the RMI Steering Committee

  Prepare materials and run routines associated with managing the RMI Steering Committee including presentations, analysis, and business cases.

• Oversight of supply plan development in support of these initiatives. This includes planning contingencies,

capacity assurance, and ingredient procurement timelines to support Brand projects and initiatives.

• Ensure successful and flawless execution of all initiatives.

Additional Responsibilities

• Set team strategic priorities and assign resources to achieve.

• Build infrastructure, processes, and tools to meet and exceed all execution targets for all concept program

initiatives.

• Lead and/or Co-manage supplier and distributor efforts, including Task Force, is put in place to improve the

performance of distributors and/or suppliers.

• Manage the execution of appropriate Authority for Inventory Purchase (AIP) documents for all programs according

to established policy.

• Align with Brand Marketing, R&D, Operations and Finance to develop strategic supply chain priorities to meet

ongoing and future development objectives.

• Develop and maintain key relationships with the brand, Franchise partners and concept board.

• Facilitate and support distributor and supplier engagements and summits.

• Calibrate with and provide weekly/monthly insights to Concept Board and RSCS leadership around Brand sales

performance and concept development activities.

• Hiring, managing, and developing staff to perform at the highest level

• Mentoring and coaching of team members

• Special projects within RSCS or Brand including process enhancements and strategy development, or related.

• Provide updates to concept board representatives as required.

• Other duties as assigned by management.

• Drive a culture of collaboration around program management best practices in a matrixed organization following

and role modeling WC2 cultural values.

• Some travel, required.

• Other duties as assigned by management.

Relationships Interactions

• Cross-functional project team (Operations, Marketing, Product Development, Quality Assurance, Business

Planning, and Training)

• Suppliers

• Procurement

• Franchisees

• Distributors

• Concept Board

• Brand Leadership

• RSCS Leadership

• Brand and Franchise Committees

• Corporate Leadership across VP and Director levels: (Operations, Development, Marketing, R&D, QA, Training,

Finance)

• Bachelor’s degree required, Business or Related Field. Master’s or MBA preferred.

• Minimum of 7 years’ business experience with 5 or more years of experience in ONE of the following areas:

Operations, Procurement, Program Management, Logistics, and/or Supply Chain. Quick service restaurant

experience, desired.

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.

• Excellent conflict management skills.

• Excellent process improvement skills

• Experience in relationships with Senior Level executives and suppliers

• Demonstrated success influencing diverse customers or stakeholders and leading teams that include non-direct

reports in cross-functional settings.

• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Experience managing a team and developing the team to the highest standards.

• Must be an effective facilitator.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Role model RSCS’s World Class with Class (WC2) Cultural Values

• Strong proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Products – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook