Senior Manager, Global Indirect Category Management

Yum! Brands
Plano, Texas
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Commercial acumen","Communication","Stakeholder influencing","Analytical skills"]

Lead global indirect category management and partner with regional and global leadership to align procurement strategies with business priorities. Build and manage strategic supplier ecosystems across Digital & Technology, Marketing, Aggregators, and Professional Services, driving enterprise value creation through negotiations, business cases, and innovation. Ensure category risk mitigation and business continuity, harmonize and optimize specifications with brand teams, and embed sustainability and ESG goals into sourcing strategies.

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Senior Manager, Global Indirect Category Management

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Job Summary

Lead global indirect category management and partner with regional and global leadership to align procurement strategies with business priorities. Build and manage strategic supplier ecosystems across Digital & Technology, Marketing, Aggregators, and Professional Services, driving enterprise value creation through negotiations, business cases, and innovation. Ensure category risk mitigation and business continuity, harmonize and optimize specifications with brand teams, and embed sustainability and ESG goals into sourcing strategies.
Location: Plano, Texas
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the global indirect category, aligning procurement strategies with business priorities and requirements
  • •Manage strategic supplier ecosystems across enterprise technology, digital commerce, customer engagement, marketing technology, consulting, and growth platforms
  • •Deliver value creation through key negotiations, supplier partnerships, and development of business cases for long-term investments and innovation
  • •Manage category risks and ensure mitigation and business continuity plans are in place to prevent disruption
  • •Drive sustainability/ESG initiatives in supply chain and embed long-term ESG goals into category and sourcing strategies

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years’ experience in supply chain roles, ideally in the food industry or related field
  • •8+ years of global/regional strategic category management or procurement experience
  • •Strong experience in indirect categories including enterprise SaaS/cloud agreements, digital platforms, and MarTech ecosystems with data/privacy/compliance considerations
  • •Experience leading procurement transformation initiatives
  • •Ability to influence executive stakeholders globally and manage strategic supplier relationships at executive level
Experience:10+ yearsFood industrySaaSCloudMarTechProcurement transformation
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Strategic thinkingCommercial acumenCommunicationStakeholder influencingAnalytical skills
Tech Stack:SaaSCloudMarTechSpend analyticsProcurement technologiesData-driven decision-making

Company Brief

Yum! Brands
Yum! Brands is a global quick-service restaurant company that develops, franchises and operates KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Habit Burger & Grill, serving tens of thousands of restaurants across more than 150 countries with digital and franchise-led growth strategies.
Industry: Restaurants & Food Service
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Louisville, United States
Founded: 1997
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