Program Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in supply chain, business, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of progressive business experience in one or more of the following areas or related fields: Supply Chain, Operations, Project Management, Program Management, Commercialization, Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Procurement, and/or Purchasing.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, communicate with senior leadership, and make data-driven recommendations that balance service, cost, risk, and execution.
• Advanced Excel proficiency.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with partners and stakeholders.
• Ability to influence decisions and outcomes.
• Project management and facilitation skills.
• Data analysis, problem identification, and resolution.
• Demand calculation and inventory management.
• Ability to anticipate outcomes and avoid/mitigate risk.
• Technical aptitude.
• Process orientation.
• Executive presence and ability to communicate effectively with Director, VP, executive, and franchisee-facing stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking, commercial acumen, and ability to lead through ambiguity.
• Advanced risk assessment, scenario planning, and decision-making capability.
• Teamwork (cooperation and collaboration).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellence in Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Presentation skills geared at Director/VP/executive levels.
• World Class Values.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading national product launches, limited time offers, commercialization programs, or complex supply chain initiatives in restaurant/foodservice, CPG, distribution, supplier, or manufacturing environments.
• ISM CPSM certification, APICS CPIM certification, and/or Six Sigma Green Belt.
• Experience in Blue Yonder (Demand and/or Fulfillment modules), Oracle SCM, SAP SCM, or other enterprise supply planning software systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, high-profile national commercialization initiatives for Taco Bell as the supply chain owner from test kitchen concept through restaurant execution, including new product introductions, limited time offers, product transitions, packaging changes, supplier capacity projects, and other marketing calendar initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (marketing, operations, finance) to identify, quantify, and document supply chain demands.
• Drive executive alignment on supply chain tradeoffs, commercialization risk, contingency plans, inventory exposure, supplier readiness, and launch readiness decisions.
• Collaborate with internal (supply planning, procurement, distribution) and external (suppliers, distributors) supply chain partners to develop flexible supply strategies with minimal financial risk, including planning contingencies, capacity assurance, and ingredient procurement timelines.
• Manage multiple overlapping launch timelines with significant dependencies across suppliers, distributors, procurement, quality, inventory, and restaurant execution.
• Manage supply chain timelines and deliverables of both internal and external stakeholders to ensure flawless execution of marketing initiatives.
• Orchestrate deployment and depletion of new ingredients from suppliers to distributors to restaurants.
• Provide timely, executive-ready communication to internal supply planners, procurement partners, brand partners, Finance, suppliers, distributors, and leadership, including clear recommendations, risk implications, and required decisions.
• Present supply updates, risk assessments, launch readiness recommendations, and decision points to Concept and RSCS Executive Teams.
• Ensure key learnings and best practices are captured to support future strategic planning and continuous improvement.
• Create and manage inventory procurement authorizations, balancing supply assurance, sales upside, supplier lead times, depletion risk, and excess or obsolete inventory exposure.
• Leverage technology systems (primarily Blue Yonder and Power BI) to drive uninterrupted supply.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to understand marketing activities; gather and input demand plans into the system.
• Develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts for assigned core menu items and products.
• Develop forecast scenarios and sensitivity analyses that translate marketing, sales, product, supplier, and operational assumptions into actionable supply chain recommendations.
• Monitor menu sales, rapidly identify forecast misses, coordinate research activities to reconcile significant variances, adjust plans, and inform stakeholders and leadership with concise insights, business implications, and recommended actions.
• Use and maintain demand planning software.
• Participate in continuous improvement and process optimization efforts.
• Perform special projects and other duties as assigned by management.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Vacation
• Life Insurance
• Retirement
• Wellness
• and much more.