Hybrid Regional Indirect Category Manager

at Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence

• Job title: Regional Indirect Category Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $125,200 - $147,200 per year
• Degree requirement: High School Diploma
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Texas, United States

About the role

• Regional Indirect Category Manager at Yum! Brands focusing on supply chain initiatives across LAC and U.S. Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance supplier partnerships and indirect procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• The Regional Indirect Category Manager is a procurement-focused role supporting indirect supply chain initiatives primarily across the LAC region with additional partnership across the U.S. and Canada.
• This position works closely with stakeholders to build, strengthen, and execute strategies across key indirect categories, helping to drive value, consistency, and operational alignment.
• Success in this role requires strong relationship-building skills, comfort operating in ambiguity, and the ability to collaborate effectively across cultures and functions.
• With significant opportunity to help shape and build the program, this individual will play an important role in establishing processes, enhancing supplier partnerships, and supporting the continued evolution of indirect procurement across the region.

Requirements

• 8+ years’ experience in supply chain roles, ideally within food industry or related field
• 5+ years’ experience of global / regional strategic category management / procurement
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) required
• Strong leadership skills; prepared to challenge status quo and drive change
• Excellent communication and partnership skills with the ability to work effectively with internal and external partners across the global business
• Strong communications (presentation, verbal, writing) and ability to gain buy-in & influence key stakeholders at all levels in a global organization
• High level of intellectual curiosity
• Data and analysis-driven with strong Excel skills

Benefits

• Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan).
• Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan.
• Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.