Why Work for KeHE?
- Full-time
- Pay Range: $88,500.00/Yr. - $126,506.00/Yr.
- Shift Days: , Shift Time:
- Benefits on Day 1
- Health/Rx
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
- Supplemental life insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Paid sick time
- Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
- Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
- Holiday pay for company designated holidays
Overview
Good people, working with good people, for our common good.
Sound good?
KeHE-a natural, organic, specialty and fresh food distributor-is all about "good" and is growing, so there's never been a more exciting time to join our team. If you're enthusiastic about working in an environment with a people-first culture and an organization committed to good living, good food and good service, we'd love to talk to you!
Primary Responsibilities
The Supplier Manager is responsible for monitoring, measuring, and maximizing supplier profitability and operational performance along with managing a team that establishes strategic connections with supplier partners to provide a successful partnership and a positive experience around ease, cost, and speed of doing business with KeHE. This role will collaborate internally with Category Management, Supply Chain, Finance, Pricing, and Freight to optimize business processes that positively impact supplier relationships from an administrative perspective. As with all positions at KeHE Distributors, we expect that all actions will be consistent with KeHE's Mission, Vision, and Values.
Essential Functions
DUTIES, TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Identify, monitor, and track supplier profitability and operational performance opportunities for a subset of our supplier partners:
- KeHE brand scorecard improvement
- Inbound and outbound service standard compliance
- Supplier Policies & Procedures execution and negotiation
- Supplier Inbound Routing Guide expectations
- Administrative aspects of supplier partnership
- Manage and improve supplier profitability and operational performance negotiations, Policies & Procedures execution, deduction management, dispute resolution, on time delivery and delivery quality compliance.
- Ensure timely, accurate, and efficient processing of supplier questions and disputes, while providing performance metrics and facilitating processes and supplier business improvement initiatives.
- Hold suppliers accountable for key profitability and operational performance indicators: terms, spoils, value-added programs, inbound fill-rate, on-time performance, delivery quality.
- Proactively educate new and small suppliers on Supplier Policies & Procedures, Supplier Inbound Routing Guide, deduction management and dispute resolution.
- Host regular business reviews with subset of supplier partners that clearly outline profitability and performance expectations in comparison to actual experience, areas of improvement, and areas of opportunity.
- Create and foster a supplier friendly, relational environment of continuous improvement, accountability, and innovation.
- Lead a small team that supports suppliers with root cause research and resolution on administrative aspects of supplier partnerships.
- Collaborate internally, in a cross-functional manner, to improve business processes that impact suppliers in their administrative and support activities with KeHE.
- Other duties and projects as assigned.
Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, Aptitude
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree in Business or related field of study required.
- Minimum of 3+ years of experience within the food and/or distribution industry required.
- Management or leadership experience, a plus.
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:
- Successful negotiator and ability to drive influence and change.
- Articulate and persuasive communication skills. Excellent written, oral and presentation skills.
- Ability to synthesize information and make clear, concise recommendations on course of action.
- Strong relationship management skills and ability to guide at senior management level both internally and externally.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze, budget and proactively manage profit drivers such as gross margin %, promotional spend, spoilage, fees, and other program expenses.
- Demonstrated skills transferring information gained through analysis to fact based, action-oriented presentations for delivery to both internal and external stake holders. Need to provide examples of PowerPoint, Excel and other tools used to transfer this product and program knowledge.
- Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Possess a sense of urgency and attention to accuracy and detail.
- Ability to effectively manage a wide variety of tasks simultaneously and often with minimal direction or time conflicting pressures.
- Willingness to travel domestically, occasionally over weekends (about 20%).
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
Requisition ID
2025-26570
Equal Employer Opportunity Statement
KeHE Distributors provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or faith, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training as well as the administration of all Human Resources and Talent Acquisition processes.