Manager – Procurement

You can’t make an iconic Wendy’s® Baconator® without bacon. Want to be the person behind the scenes making it possible?

QSCC is hiring a Manager – Procurement to lead our pork, fish, and ingredients categories — playing a key role in bringing some of Wendy’s most loved menu items to life.

In this role, you’ll drive impact by:

• Leading strategic sourcing for critical, high‑volume menu categories
• Negotiating competitive pricing while maintaining the highest quality standards
• Monitoring market trends and commodity dynamics to inform smart decisions
• Partnering with suppliers and distributors to ensure compliant, efficient production and distribution
• Supporting Wendy’s menu innovation and product development goals

This is an opportunity to combine strategy, market insight, and relationship leadership to directly influence growth and profitability for both The Wendy’s Company and QSCC members.

We’re looking for someone with an entrepreneurial mindset and strengths in:
Strategic category management Supplier partnerships Cost optimization & savings Commodity expertise Budgeting & forecasting Project management Customer service excellence

If you’re ready to make an impact behind the scenes of an iconic brand, we’d love to connect.

• Partner with the VP – Procurement to develop strategic sourcing plans and implement a structured process for assigned categories, to ensure an uninterrupted supply of products and services that meet Wendy’s® quality specifications.
• Category improvement and innovation. Identify improvement opportunities in quality, cost, and service and/or opportunities to reduce risk through effective category management, strategic sourcing, and supplier relationship management.
• Understand relevant commodities (pork, fish, wheat, etc.) and be able to apply knowledge to monthly and quarterly pricing and forecasting.
• Assure supply by collaborating within internal program management department, cross-functional stakeholders, Wendy’s Quality Assurance, Operations and Corporate Social Responsibility/Environment, Sustainability, & Governance teams, and external supplier community to maintain adequate capacity, contingency plans, and other risk mitigating activities.
• Drive strategic supplier negotiations that deliver measurable cost savings, enhance contract value, and strengthen supplier performance while ensuring alignment with category strategies, business objectives, and compliance to standard legal and business terms and conditions.
• Manage supplier relationships focused on partnership, transparency, integrity, and innovation. Conduct business reviews with strategic suppliers, including recommending suppliers for Quarterly Business Reviews, assembling the reviews, and follow‑up on action items from the reviews.
• Support assigned categories through administrative activities, including maintaining accurate and timely updates to pricing systems and delivering monthly and quarterly management reports as required, with additional assistance from a Procurement Coordinator as applicable.
• Stay abreast of current micro and macro market and industry issues, trends, and innovation by following pertinent industry‑related sources of information and attending relative conferences and/or continuing education events.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Minimum of five years of experience in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, or related field strongly preferred; experience in proteins strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or Logistics (or equivalent combination of education and experience) preferred.
• Understanding of and experience in the food service industry
• Experience building strategic relationships with supplier/vendor partners. Experience negotiating terms, managing contracts, and driving accountability with integrity.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Able to facilitate flow of information and decisions among diverse stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Customer service & relationship management experience. Willing to engage in constructive conflict; able to navigate sensitive and/or tense…