French Speaking Product Controller (Procurement Role) - Quick Service Restaurant

Apt Resources, a reputable recruitment company, is currently looking for a Product Controller AME (Africa and the Middle East) to join our client's team in the food services business. As a Product Controller, you will play a critical role in effectively managing all elements of the product mix within the Brands to ensure the Brands continue to deliver against consumer expectations and trends whilst remaining a best-in-class class competitor in the Quick Service and Casual Dining restaurant categories.

Responsibilities:

Procurement

• Primary responsibility for all procurement of goods and of some services that take place within the business
• Develop and maintain good professional relations with all stakeholders/suppliers to guarantee consistent supplies in the right quantities, competitive prices, and desired quality.
• Ensure that the Company acquires quality products timely and cost-effectively.
• Work closely with the planning team to project product demand ensure consistency in demand planning modeling and ultimately ensure product availability.
• Work closely with the exports/imports team to ensure timely ordering, importation, and distribution of imported products, and ensure minimal stock outages at the distributor facility.
• Ensure that all locally sourced/manufactured Specified products meet stringent Famous Brands specifications.
• Work closely with local distribution partners to ensure competitive pricing of locally sourced products, identify alternate supplier partners, and ensure on-time, in-full delivery of distributed products.
• Working with the Operations Team, ensure that franchise partners procure Licensed products only from Famous Brands and Specified Products from identified local suppliers/manufacturers
• Reduce and manage procurement and product risk within the business
• Handle all product-related queries from manufacturing partners, company stores, and Franchisees ensuring clear communication to the network on any products or recipe changes
• Work closely with the operations manager in running tenders, evaluating bids, and making recommendations, based on commercial and technical factors
• Ensure proper capturing of Purchase orders/invoices/receipts for specified goods and services are entered/approved into the internal Workflow system.
• Ensure Company procurement, storage, and distribution expenses are within or below budget by continually looking for ways to bring down all departmental costs of procurement, and operating costs in the entire supply chain. Ensure collection of any receivables from distribution partners and prompt payment of any payables.
• Ensure effective and smooth relationships between stakeholders and the finance team.

Logistics & Warehousing

• Ensure Supply Chain/Warehousing/Logistics Food Safety procedures are in place, monitored, and maintained at the highest standard.
• Ensure timely delivery of supplies from suppliers to all restaurant outlets
• In liaison with the Finance team, ensure accurate inventory procedures are in place, inclusive of stock receiving, stock takes, stock rotation, stock dispatch, and reconciliations with suppliers and distribution/warehousing partners.
• Work closely with warehousing/logistics partners to ensure company assets, products, and trade secrets are always safeguarded.
• Work closely with warehousing, distribution & logistics partners to ensure a robust model for the competitive sourcing of local products from a variety of high-standard local suppliers.
• Closely work with operations teams within the business to reduce out of stocks and/or write-offs
• Work closely with the exports team to coordinate the plan, order, inspect, and importation of Licensed products.
• Work with the finance team to calculate, confirm, and cascade landing costs.

Other duties

• Prepare presentations and present at Brand Conferences and Brand Strategy Sessions
• Any other duties that may be assigned.