Supply Chain Planning Manager

Company Description

At Guzman y Gomez Mexican Kitchen, our mission has always been to reinvent fast-food. We’re Australia’s only fast-food restaurant to be 100% clean, meaning there are no added preservatives, artificial flavours, added colours or unacceptable additives in our food. We’re incredibly proud of our amazing people, and the unique way we celebrate Mexican culture in everything we do.

Job Description

As Supply Chain Planning Manager, you will hold a central role coordinating Inventory and Supply Plans with our Vendors that maximise service levels to Restaurants at least cost. This is a critical enabler of ensuring GYG Restaurants have everything they need to execute best-in-class performance and make every guest love us!

This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with cross functional teams especially our Marketing, Commercial and Restaurant Ops Teams and drive improvements across our entire Supply Chain.

What you can expect in the role:

• Implement, manage and improve the GYG Supply Chain Planning processes
• Manage monthly forecasts at category, family, and SKU levels, reviewing prior period assumptions and refining outlook assumptions
• Conduct scenario analyses and provide recommendations on tactical and strategic marketing and promotional opportunities.
• Build relationships with Planners and Operations staff at Vendors to proactively identify gaps, issues, and opportunities for improvement.
• Participate in regular Vendor Management Reviews to drive Supply Chain performance.
• Provide insights and recommendations to senior management on supply chain-related decisions, including relocations, contingencies, and broader supply trade-offs.
• Support Vendor Management business processes with input into procurement strategy and supplier agreements
• Extract data from various sources to support forecasts and other analytical requirements to convert data into insights and actionable knowledge.
• Support other projects within the business as required 

You’ll enjoy this role if you have:

• Relevant experience in a customer centric field in Quick Service Restaurant, FMCG or Retail sectors.
• Experience in leadership of S&OP processes
• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant quantitative discipline such as Business, Supply Chain, Science, Engineering or related
• High level of attention to detail and sound organisational skills
• High analytical skills and competency, with the ability to provide insights in data analysis
• Ability to positively engage and influence cross-functionally, especially where other departments may not have had deep exposure to S&OP, IBP best practices.
• Experience in ERP systems for Planning
• Pragmatic, flexible and grounded persona, comfortable in managing ambiguity and situations with sometimes conflicting priorities
• Superior numeracy skills including MS Excel
• Strong computer/IT acumen including the ability to use balance of Microsoft Office suite

Benefits

We’re incredibly proud of our amazing people and always have each other’s backs. Whether you’re working in restaurant, at our Hola Central head office or as one of our partners, we are so passionate about living our values every single day.

These are just some of the benefits that come with working at GYG:

• Career growth – Australia and internationally
• Opportunity to become a franchisee
• Annual bonus scheme
• Paid parental leave
• GYG gift voucher

Ready to join the family? Apply now to start the conversation