Restaurant Purchasing Director

Company Summary

Legit. Texas. Barbecue.

The world’s largest barbecue concept was founded in 1941 by World War I Veteran, Travis Dickey. It is now run by his grandson Roland Dickey, Jr and Roland’s wife, Laura Dickey. For the past 85 years, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit has served millions of guests Legit. Texas. Barbecue™ alongside their iconic Big Yellow Cup. The Dallas-based, family-founded barbecue franchise serves slow-smoked meats and home-style sides with 'No B.S. (Bad Stuff)' included for dine-in, drive-thru (select locations) and pick-up. We offer a workplace where employees are given meaningful growth opportunities and rewarded for their loyalty and contributions.

Dickey’s is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by law. Our policy of equal employment opportunity applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training. We are committed to fostering a fair and merit-based workplace

Position Summary

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Source, quote, negotiate, purchase and execute contracts for supply chain.
• Manage compliance program, including but not limited to: audits, communication, and follow-ups with internal teams to ensure issues are resolved.
• Complete supplier program negotiations that support category plans, including rebate programs, volume programs, pricing strategies and promotional items.
• Manage, support, and work with the other members of the purchasing team to ensure all matters are handled and communicated in a timely manner.
• Promotion Planning: develop effective item and category promotional plans through historical and market trend analysis and review, along with forecasting.
• Build, manage, and maintain healthy relationships with suppliers.
• Research and negotiate best deals possible.
• Review existing contracts to determine if price and rebate opportunities exist; re-negotiate where applicable.
• Develop supplier improvements in quality, delivery, and cost initiatives.
• Manage supplier programs for process and cost efficiencies, including vendor contract compliance.
• Maintain all contracts to ensure they are fully negotiated, executed, and current.
• Focus on delivering improved cost of goods to the entire system by staying ahead of commodity trends.
• Issue and complete regular requests for proposals (RFP’s) and execute regular reviews.
• Work directly with suppliers to resolve any issues or concerns that may arise.
• Analyze market trends and apply this knowledge to make insightful buying decisions.
• Communicate program changes or updates to parties directly related to the deal in a prompt and professional manner.
• Create commodity and product reports to communicate to franchise owners via all approved communication channels.
• Maintain open communication and compliance with owner operators in regard to product trends and analysis to effectively keep owners informed and on-program.
• Run item or category reports and complete KPI’s, vendor paperwork, applications, and other information as needed.

This is an in-office role located in Dallas, TX. No relocation package is being offered

The ideal candidate will have restaurant purchasing experience.