Overview

Vice President, Procurement and Distribution (Supply Chain)

Oversee Purchasing, Distribution and Supply Chain for Charley’s

Gosh Enterprises, LLC in Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area (On-site)

Gosh Enterprises is a family of restaurants. Charley’s started in 1986 in Columbus, OH, and now has over 700 locations in 46 U.S. states and in 17 countries, Charley’s can be found in retail shopping centers, airports, strip centers, and Army & Air Force bases worldwide.

The Vice President of Procurement and Distribution for Charley’s will provide leadership and strategy for the procurement of food and packaging supplies for assigned Charley’s product categories and distribution for assigned Charley’s regions.

Reporting to the CFO, the VP of Procurement and Distribution will be accountable for the people and priorities in procurement, buying power and distribution for the vast growth plans for Charley’s.

Key Leadership Responsibilities Include:

• Being the guardian of Gosh Enterprises’ Vision, Mission and Values.
• Charting the strategic roadmap to achieve sustainable and quality profit and growth.
• Building a culture of trust and accountability in which team members could thrive.
• Stewarding the financial wellbeing of the brand of Charley’s

Key Accountabilities:

Food and Packaging

• Manage supplier relationships and negotiate contract pricing for assigned food and packaging product categories
• Conduct commodity analysis, develop and execute Risk Management strategies for assigned food and packaging product categories
• Develop and execute supply contingency plans for assigned product and distribution services as needed
• Develop and execute purchasing strategies for assigned food and packaging product categories
• Deliver cost reduction options for assigned food and paper products categories
• Resolve and communicate all quality issues reported for food and packaging product categories

Distribution

• Negotiate distribution contracts for assigned food and packaging products categories
• Manage relationships with assigned distribution members
• Manage the communication/information flow to the assigned distributors
• Enforce contractual compliance with assigned distribution members

Promotions

• Manage the sourcing of new products required for LTO promotions within assigned category responsibility
• Analyze inventory requirements and coordinate production of LTO products
• Manage distributor inventory levels of LTO products to optimize availability and obsolescence
• Provide communication and feedback to all internal and external members of the promotion team

Risk Management

• Develop and manage the implementation of risk management strategies
• Provide market information and insight on key impact commodities: cheese, poultry, beef, resin, and paper

Reporting and Analysis

• Complete analysis and provide timely reporting to management regarding Price Forecast, Cost Reduction Initiatives, Risk Management, Commodity Insights, and Special Project progress

Communication

• Provide timely information to the Franchise Business Consultant, Franchise Advisory Committee, Management team, Quarterly Business Webinars, monthly CatchUp Newsletter, etc.

Operator Support

• Ensure timely delivers and uninterrupted supply of food and packaging products for Charley’s assigned distributors
• Provide problem resolution for operator issues with distributors and suppliers
• Support the FBC’s and RM’s in their request for assistance
• Coordinate distribution of food and packaging products to all new stores

The duties and responsibilities described in this job description may not be a comprehensive list. Additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time and/or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands

Critical Functions:

• Formulate strategy and plans with leaders
• Provide consistent and regular KPI’s for brand and people
• Provide consistent and regular financial analysis with budgeting and forecasting for scope of responsibility
• Provide leadership for distribution, procurement and supply chain for Charley’s and solve challenging problems

Behaviors that are important to us:

• Highly accountable. Focus on results and impact instead of activities.
• A compassionate servant leader that is for others' growth and success.
• Humble to learn, unlearn and relearn.
• Embrace reality and constraints; resilient in the face of setback and challenges.
• Entrepreneurial thinker; ingenuous and creative when resources are limited. Excited by the prospect of doing more with less.
• Strive for excellence in every endeavor.
• Have the capability, integrity and warrior spirit

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Solid track records leading in a high growth environment
• Current or previous experience in a VP of Procurement and Distribution role
• Strategic mindset – proven results with strategy for growth, and profit drivers; and strategy for talent acquisition and retention of team
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive purchasing experience
• Preferable experience in restaurant or retail industry
• Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience
• MBA or Masters in a related field desired
• Minimum of 25% travel required
• CPM preferred