Supply Chain Manager

GoTo Foods; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

GoTo Foods is seeking a Supply Chain Brand Manager to lead end-to-end supply chain for assigned brand(s). The role collaborates with marketing, procurement, quality assurance, finance and culinary partners to align strategy and execution.

The position emphasizes strategic leadership, data‑driven insights, and accountability for timely, high‑quality deliverables while balancing day‑to‑day operations and longer‑term capability improvements across the brand and centralized supply-chain services.

Qualifications

• 5 years of professional work experience.
• Experience in supply‑chain planning, forecasting, and execution management.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and communicate with stakeholders.
• Ability to manage projects with broad stakeholder groups under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Build strong working relationships with brand stakeholders and franchisees to understand priorities and influence outcomes.
• Lead a supply‑chain management lifecycle for promotions, new offerings, and supply changes.
• Provide regular supply‑chain updates to franchisees in collaboration with marketing and operations teams.
• Promote supply security and react quickly to unexpected challenges as needed.

Skills

Meeting facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Supply chain concentration

Graduate degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Summary

The Supply Chain Brand Manager serves as the end‑to‑end supply chain leader for their assigned brand (or two), with accountability across distribution, procurement, quality assurance, finance, and culinary partners. This highly collaborative role acts as the primary conduit between brand leadership and the centralized supply chain organization, ensuring alignment of strategy, priorities, and execution. As a key member of the brand’s leadership team, this role is responsible for clearly communicating supply chain strategy, risks, and opportunities to brand leadership, franchisees, and cross‑functional stakeholders. The Supply Chain Brand Manager plays a critical role in brand decision making, providing subject‑matter expertise and data‑driven insights while driving key initiatives forward and holding stakeholders accountable for timely, high‑quality deliverables. This position requires a balance of tactical execution and strategic leadership, navigating urgent day‑to‑day supply chain challenges while also identifying and advancing longer‑term capability improvements that strengthen the brand and system as a whole. GoTo Foods consists of seven restaurant and specialty brands with independent leadership, marketing, R&D and operations teams, serviced by a centralized procurement, analytics, distribution/logistics and quality assurance capabilities. The Supply Chain Brand Manager is the link between these two organizations, acting as the expert on both the brand and the centralized supply‑chain services.

Essential Functions

• Build strong working relationships, trust, and credibility with key stakeholders within the brand (including franchisees) and GoTo Foods to understand priorities and influence outcomes.
• Lead a supply‑chain management lifecycle for all promotions, new offerings, supply changes, and similar projects.
• Promote product supply security directly and via planning resources to ensure successful day‑to‑day restaurant operations.
• Partner with the brand’s marketing & operations teams, corporate communications, and distributors to provide regular supply‑chain updates to franchisees.
• Provide a high level of accessibility to quickly react to unexpected challenges.
• Understand end‑to‑end supply‑chain strategies (distribution, procurement, quality and supplier safety, inventory, systems, costs and communication) and represent these strategies to others.
• Understand and support both brand and GoTo Foods‑wide business models, strategies, and priorities.
• Help inform and execute strategic priorities and initiatives for GoTo Foods supply chain.
• Indir­ectly lead a third‑party core planner that will focus on managing critical items for the brand.
• Participate, as needed, in the Franchisee Advisory Council meetings for your brand.

Education

• Required Education
  • Bachelor’s degree
• Preferred Education
  • Bachelor’s degree concentration in supply chain or business administration
  • Graduate degree

Work Experience

• Required Experience
  • 5 years professional work experience
  • Demonstrated history/experience in:
    • Building relationships
    • Communicating effectively to stakeholders in different parts of the organization
    • Managing projects with broad stakeholder groups
    • Working effectively in high‑pressure situations
  • Experience in supply‑chain planning, forecasting, and execution management
• Preferred Experience
  • Foodservice experience at a brand, distributor or supplier
  • Manufacturing, freight management or supply‑demand planning experience

Skills

• Proficient in meeting facilitation, written and presentation skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint (pivot tables, lookup, effective presentation creation)

Certifications

• Project Management Certification (preferred)

Travel Requirement

• May be required to travel up to 25% of the time