Sr. Director, Supply Chain

Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC) is a franchisee-owned cooperative that plays a critical role in ensuring the success of Subway franchisees across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. As the supply chain backbone for Subway, IPC collaborates with trading partners, manages product costs, and ensures efficient distribution of goods to over 24,000 Subway restaurants. Essential Duties and Responsibilities The essential duties and responsibilities listed below are required to be successful in this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities. Supply Chain Optimization: Supply Planning: Oversee supply planning processes to ensure alignment with demand forecasts, optimizing inventory levels and production schedules Identify opportunities to enhance supply chain efficiency, reduce costs, and improve delivery timelines. Implement best practices in inventory management, logistics, and distribution across suppliers, ReDs and DCs. Leverage in-depth knowledge of Planning software to optimize the usage for demand forecasting, planning and inventory management Lead efforts in developing accurate demand forecasts, incorporating market trends, historical data and business intelligence Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) related to supply chain operations. Establish clear ownership across core planning and assurance, documenting SOPs, strengthening handoffs, and ensuring the team applies lessons learned while maintaining supply continuity. Program Strategy and Execution: Work in collaboration with Subway to deliver on the Brand's dynamic strategy by implementing supply plans that support the Brand's marketing plan but limit liability Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive program implementation and monitor progress Coordinating Planning Process: Managing the planning process, setting timetables and ensuring appropriate supplier and distributor deadlines are met Ensure flawless supply chain execution across planning and assurance teams Risk Management and Mitigation: Identify project risks that increase the chances of liability and implement supply strategies to limit obsolescence Mitigate product obsolescence risks and limit transfer or expedited freight costs Proactively identify and address potential risks in supply chain, working on mitigation strategies to ensure business continuity Quality Assurance and Compliance: Collaborate with the quality program manager to ensure adherence to industry standards and regulations. Ensure HS1 standards throughout the Subway system to enhance traceability and product saftey. Oversee compliance with food safety guidelines and quality control processes. Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with the Subway team, franchisees, vendors, and internal teams. Communicate program updates, changes, and performance metrics to stakeholders. Address any concerns or issues promptly and effectively. Financial Management: Mitigate obsolescence and track against annual budget Collaborate with the finance team to optimize resource allocation. Develop dashboards and tools for transparent project status. Guide prioritization of projects and resource utilization. All duties as reasonably assigned. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Strong leadership and communication skills. Analytical mindset with the ability to make data-driven decisions. Negotiation expertise and vendor relationship management. Knowledge of supply chain best practices and industry trends Competencies Action Oriented: Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm while maintaining humble professionalism Customer Focus: Building strong franchisee experience through customer and vendor relationships that delivers franchisee-centric solutions Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments, acts with a clear sense of ownership, takes personal res…

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