Manager, Global Packaging Category

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the ideation and development of Spend Smarter/Margin Improvement projects to deliver additional value to KFC business units and franchisees.
• Initiate and drive procurement projects with the goal of advancing key Sustainability goals (recyclability, recoverability, and reusability of consumer-facing packaging, incorporating higher levels of recycled content, reduction in the use of virgin plastics, and elimination of environmentally unfavorable materials).
• Ensure alignment and development of a multi-year action plan to improve the overall environmental footprint across each brand and track and report progress across regional, global, and functional leadership forums.
• Advise KFC business units and franchisees on developing and implementing a 5-year sourcing strategy to ensure clear visibility of future volume requirements.
• Manage ongoing procurement process and coordination of alternate material selection across all brands and business units to integrate Sustainable Packaging into purpose and innovative packaging creation strategies.
• Expand recycling infrastructure systems and composting programs globally through strategic partnerships and advocacy.
• Ensure cross-brand specification standardization across common packaging SKU’s; achieve the lowest sustainable cost to drive competitive advantage for Yum!
• Develop Strategic Supplier Relationships in Packaging Supply Base to garner best practices and competitive pricing.
• Partner to develop and continually review KFC Global Packaging Category strategy covering sourcing, value delivery, sustainability and welfare, innovation, and product specification requirements.

Experience

• Proven knowledge of sustainability standards and best practices, with experience in developing and implementing sustainability strategies and goals
• Required:
• Experience
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders across the business
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain management or a related field in the food/beverage industry
• Education/Certifications
• Preferred:
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in business operations or a related field
• Working knowledge of end-to-end Supply Chain Management, including procurement, planning, and logistics, with packaging experience
• Proficient in project management, with the ability to prioritize, manage multiple projects, and meet deadlines

Who is KFC?
KFC, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM.), is a global chicken restaurant brand with a rich, decades-long history of success and innovation. It all started with one cook, Colonel Harland Sanders, who believed in doing things “the hard way,” because nothing ever got done right by cutting corners. Hard work, hospitality and integrity are still core to our brand today.
While we’re grounded in our heritage, we’re always looking forward to the future and evolving to make it easier for our customers to enjoy our chicken. Through digital innovation, our goal is to make KFC available everywhere, implementing a frictionless & friendly experience leveraging scalable technology stack and standards and accelerating rollouts via multiple channels. And we’re growing… a new KFC restaurant opens somewhere in the world every six hours.
As we grow, KFC is committed to doing so responsibly through commitments like our 2025 global plastic packaging goal and the KFC Harvest program, which to date has donated over 82 million pounds of food to our local communities around the world. Our purposes is feeding people’s potential, whether that means helping team members get through school, turn their passion for fried chicken into a career, or being a positive force in our communities. We fight inequality and believe in all people. Everyone has a seat at our table: from millionaires to truck drivers, to our more than 800,000 Team Members, to our customers around the world, KFC treats everyone like family.
Our people are what make us distinctively KFC, and we value every opportunity to celebrate the unique perspectives and backgrounds they bring to our company.