Responsible for leading supply chain performance management, procurement systems, master data, governance, pricing integrity, cost control, analytics and reporting across dnata Catering US. The role provides end-to-end visibility of price movements, purchasing compliance, inventory and yield controls, purchase orders, invoices, supplier contracts, audit actions and process performance. Working closely with Corporate and local Procurement, Finance, Operations, Culinary, Commercial, Pricing, Costing, IT and Sourcing teams, the role converts reliable data into actionable decisions, strengthens policy and process compliance, closes control gaps, and advances the business from manual activities toward efficient, technology-enabled ways of working.
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Own the governance framework for procurement and supply chain processes, ensuring Corporate and local teams consistently follow approved policies, procedures, delegated authorities, controls and operating standards.
Act as the central custodian of procurement policies, SOPs, processes, controls and governance documents, ensuring they remain current, approved, communicated, accessible and consistently applied.
Manage procurement systems and master data, including supplier, item and SKU records, specifications, pricing conditions, units of measure and category structures, with clear validation and change controls.
Lead specification control with Culinary, Quality Assurance and Procurement colleagues, ensuring teams use complete, accurate and approved product specifications and conducting periodic compliance audits.
Manage monthly reporting packs, dashboards and ad hoc analysis that give leadership clear visibility of spend, budgets, savings, pricing movements, purchase-price variance, supplier and unit performance, inventory, waste, yields, open commitments, invoice status and compliance exceptions.
Monitor pricing and market trends using MINTEC and other dnata tools to highlight cost pressures, opportunities and risks, and provide timely insights to Procurement, Finance, Commercial, Pricing and leadership teams.
Use spend, price, consumption, inventory, yield, waste and supplier-performance analytics to identify and quantify savings, cost-avoidance and efficiency opportunities; assign qualified leads to the relevant Sourcing, Procurement, Culinary, Operations or Commercial teams.
Manage budgets and savings trackers, maintaining a clear pipeline of opportunities with value, owner, target date and status, and partner with Finance to validate delivered benefits.
Manage supplier performance reviews using agreed KPIs, scorecards and corrective-action plans covering cost, quality, service, delivery, compliance and innovation.
Review procurement performance across units, benchmark results and drive improvements in purchasing compliance, transaction efficiency, purchase-order volumes, cost control and service delivery.
Monitor supplier prices against contracts and agreed terms; investigate discrepancies, prevent overpayments and escalate unauthorized increases to Sourcing for corrective action.
Coordinate with Commercial, Pricing and Costing teams on cost movements and product costs to support customer pricing reviews and margin protection.
Partner with Culinary, Operations and Costing teams to evaluate menu and recipe costs, high-cost ingredients, product substitutions, portioning, yields, waste and consumption variance.
Maintain effective cost controls covering purchasing prices, usage, waste, yields, stock losses and other sources of financial leakage.
Work with Finance and unit teams to ensure inventory records are reconciled and period-end books are closed accurately and on time.
Oversee procure-to-pay and back-office performance, ensuring purchase orders are created promptly, invoices are matched and booked in the correct period, and aged purchase orders and unresolved invoices are closed.
Optimize use of the back-office team by standardizing and transferring suitable…