This role will be onsite 5 days a week (Monday - Friday) at the US Foods Aurora, IL locationESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES Daily replenishment duties and KPI monitoring: Work with Area Buyers and Replenishment Assistants to ensure key Replenishment functions are being fulfilledMonitors inbound product for quality levels and investigates any product concerns and product returned from customer due to quality concerns. Manages and executes at the direction of Category Management, the removal of slow, dead, excess and obsolete inventory. Assists and follows up on inventory management concerns including spoilage, alert date product and suspense inventory with Category Management. Through Replenishment Assistant, manages the Credit Debit Memo Request process, drop ship billings. Tracks key service performance indicators for a Market including the following: Customer Service Level Inventory Loss Minimization Days Inventory on Hand (DIOH) Customer Order Fill Rates Excess and Obsolete Inventory Reserve (shared) Managed Cases/Freight Income Inbound Cases/Pallet Slow and Dead Inventory (Shared) Special Order Response Time, movement to Direct Market staff coordination: Drive process consistency and build strong relationships with cross functional partners overseeing the marketWorks directly with the VP Sales and VP Operations to ensure the market delivers on customer commitments. At times, negotiate with and/or strongly influence the VP Sales and VP Operations on alternative, creative means to meet a customer commitment. Ensures line of open communication between the cross-functional partners and Replenishment Assistant regarding business updates and Market initiatives along with all demand change information Participates in regular market status calls to identify & remedy service issues, spoilage risks, etc.Area Buyer support & coordination: Support the Area buying team with routine buying support tasksReport Reviews: Own the reviews of certain reports (e.g., Unusual Demand, BIT, Inventory Rebalance Process, ICC/LCR pricing, etc.) and raise issues to buyers/leadership as necessaryLogistics and Costing tasks: Accept PO blueprints, Manage Monthly Freight Rates (LFRM Portal), check Arrowstream non-compliant orders, and investigate/resolve costing issues (CASIS)Provide buying coverage: Fill in buying gaps as needed and cover for temporarily unavailable buyer bandwidthTeam leadership & continuous improvement: Manage a team of Replenishment Assistants and drive continuous improvement within the team. Specifically providing: Subject matter expertise: Assume SME role in supply chain processes and market intelligence to help incorporate local market intelligence to improve efficiency and serviceContinuous improvement: Share current challenges, operational learnings, and opportunities with the Area Replenishment staff to improve standard processesClear communication channels: Ensure smooth coordination and information flow between Replenishment Assistants and Area BuyersCulture building: Build a strong culture of customer service orientation, collaboration, performance, and continuous improvement within the team Coaching: Provide adequate coaching and process guidance to the team; when needed, work closely with Area Replenishment leadership to develop the required capabilities within the team Feedback: Provide regular 1x1 feedback to the team based on cross-functional inputs and individual performanceSUPERVISION:Directly reports to an Area Director, ReplenishmentLead a team of Replenishment AssistantsRELATIONSHIPSThis role sits within the Replenishment function, and is part of a dedicated Area Replenishment Operations team which must coordinate with Area Buyers and cross-functional personnelArea Buyers: The role directly supports Area Buyers to ensure key Replenishment commitments are properly metArea Replenishment Leaders and Peers: Interact with the Area Director, Replenishment on a frequent basis. Extensively interact with peers within other Area markets and provide support when neededAdditional functions to work closely with:Category Management: inventory coordination, including E&O escalationFinance & Operations: inventory targets and service level goalsLogistics: OTD issues, product inspectionsWORK ENVIRONMENTOnsite - 100% Onsite (Segment)MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS5 years of purchasing work experience required; proven experience of influencing people / managementExtensive food service knowledge and supply chain experience.Proficient with various Desktop software (e.g., Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint). Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally and draw linkages to businessHigh attention to detail, strong customer orientation, and fact-based decision makingEDUCATIONBachelor’s degree in business, operations, or supply chain management, or equivalent food service industry work experience required.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSFood service purchasing and management experiencePossess a high degree of diplomacy, tact, tenacity and persistence to deal effectively with other stakeholdersProficiency in data analysis & visualization tools (i.e., Excel, Sigma, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)This role will also receive annual incentive plan bonus.Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.
