Director of Supply Chain

Fogo de Chão • Addison, TX

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Supply Chain leads supply chain activities supporting Fogo de Chão’s restaurants and support center. The role ensures continuous product and service supply while maintaining optimal costs and consistent quality, service, and performance. It manages tactical materials management and purchasing operations, works with purchasing and operations teams on forecasting and alignment, and collaborates across a global, matrixed organization to balance global, national, and local needs.

The Director develops a high-performance culture, mentors talent, leads direct reports, and builds productive relationships with internal and external customers and suppliers. The role monitors commodity markets and industry trends, analyzes and forecasts changing costs, manages supplier opportunities and challenges, and identifies process improvements. It also supports projects as directed by the SVP of Supply Chain. This is a fully onsite position at the company’s Addison, Texas office, with travel of up to 15% as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in relevant restaurant supply chain management, food service or retail food manufacturing, food retailing, or other food service disciplines.
• Strong working knowledge of inventory planning, forecasting techniques, operational systems, and warehouse management.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Ability to lead others, work independently and as part of a team, and drive results.
• Understanding of business and financial concepts, including commodity markets, P&Ls, and budgets.
• Proficiency working with AI platforms such as ChatGPT and Copilot.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and the ability to use it effectively.
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time as needed.
• Ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to travel by automobile and airplane and stand for prolonged work hours.
• High level of endurance and mental acuity and the ability to manage conflict and high-stress situations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a high-performance culture that meets functional KPIs and improves customer service.
• Negotiate with suppliers, identify new suppliers, understand tariffs and surcharges, and challenge existing suppliers when needed.
• Identify and mentor key talent in the department.
• Ensure restaurants have a continuous supply of products and services while maintaining optimal costs and consistent quality, service, and performance.
• Monitor commodity markets and industry trends affecting supply and innovation.
• Track changing costs, forecast efficiently, and minimize risk to planned spending.
• Manage tactical operations of materials management and purchasing.
• Collaborate with the purchasing team on accurate forecasting and with the operations team to align activities and objectives.
• Share and learn best practices across a global, matrixed organization while balancing global, national, and local needs.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with internal and external customers.
• Lead assigned direct reports in supply chain activities for operations and the support center.
• Support the SVP of Supply Chain and complete other assigned projects.
• Apply business and financial concepts, including commodity markets, P&Ls, and budgets.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy.
• Identify vendor opportunities and challenges and partner with the purchasing team to resolve them.

Benefits

• Medical insurance for full-time team members, available on the first of the month following their start date.
• Dental insurance for full-time team members, available on the first of the month following their start date.
• Vision insurance for full-time team members, available on the first of the month following their start date.
• Company-paid life insurance, where allowed.
• Company-paid short-term disability, where allowed.
• Voluntary critical illness coverage.
• Voluntary hospital indemnity coverage.
• Voluntary accident coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director