Hybrid Director, Commodity Risk & Hedging Strategy

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated; Calabasas, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Annual equity grants

Medical benefits

Benefits start day

401K with company match

Vacation days

Sick time

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption assistance

Dining discount

Gift card program

Job summary

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is seeking a Director of Commodity Risk Management to shape enterprise strategy for managing price risk across our brands. This hybrid role combines office and home-based work with a minimum of three days in the office each week.

You will lead development of hedging strategies, partner with finance, operations, and accounting, and build governance and reporting frameworks to protect margins and drive informed decision-making across a broad portfolio of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Supply Chain, Agricultural Economics, Business, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in commodity risk management, commodity trading, agricultural markets, procurement, treasury, or a related field.
• Direct experience developing and executing commodity risk management strategies in beef, cattle, agriculture, food, retail, packaging, CPG, or another physical commodity environment.
• Proven experience developing, implementing, and scaling commodity risk management programs, including governance frameworks, policies, controls, and performance measurement processes.
• Strong knowledge of commodity markets, derivatives, basis risk, forward curves, hedge ratios, liquidity, and physical-to-financial exposure management.
• Experience with market analysis, scenario modeling, position management, governance, and risk reporting.
• Experience leveraging commodity risk management, treasury, ERP, forecasting, or analytics platforms to support risk assessment, decision-making, and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex market dynamics and risk exposures into clear business recommendations and effectively influence senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute commodity risk management and hedging strategies aligned with business objectives, forecast needs, and enterprise risk appetite
• Advise the business on market trends, pricing decisions, exposure risks, structure, and financial statement impacts
• Partners across suppliers, finance, operations and accounting to connect physical commodity exposures with financial risk management strategies
• Evaluate futures, options, swaps, and other instruments; monitor fundamentals including supply and demand, basis, forward curves, and macroeconomic trends
• Develop reporting on exposures, hedge strategy, scenarios, performance, and business implications
• Establish governance, controls, documentation, escalation protocols, and performance measurements for risk management activity
• Manage larger supplier partnerships and improve forward buying opportunities which can reduce volatility and strengthen business planning.
• Quarterly reporting to the Finance team on all the actual quarterly cost and adjusted full year forecasting.

Skills

Expert commodity risk management

Critical thinker

Strong communicator

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Supply Chain, Agricultural Economics, Business

Tools

ERP systems

Forecasting tools

Analytics platforms

Job description

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is seeking a Director of Commodity Risk Management to shape enterprise strategy for managing price risk across our brands. This hybrid role combines office and home-based work with a minimum of three days in the office each week.

You will lead development of hedging strategies, partner with finance, operations, and accounting, and build governance and reporting frameworks to protect margins and drive informed decision-making across a broad portfolio of