Director Of Purchasing

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Job ID: 124500BR

Type: Procurement

Primary Location: Lebanon, Tennessee

Date Posted: 07/07/2025

Job Details:

Company Description

PFG Customized Distribution meets the unique needs of some of America's most recognized national chain restaurants, including Cracker Barrel, TGI Friday's, Outback Steakhouse, Red Lobster, and Ruby Tuesday. Providing customized attention and a centralized contact for product lines, menu changes, and account coordination, PFG Customized serves customers across the U.S. and in more than 40 countries.

Job Description

We Deliver the Goods:

• Competitive pay and benefits, including Day 1 Health & Wellness Benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 401K Employer Matching, Education Assistance, Paid Time Off, and much more
• Growth opportunities performing essential work to support America's food distribution system
• Safe and inclusive working environment, including culture of rewards, recognition, and respect

The Procurement Director position will perform the following duties:

• Develops and executes a standardized category management platform via strategic component implementation in order to improve the company's financial performance.
• Implements components include process and policy development, performance management, compliance management, talent management, supplier management, IT integration, and internal relationship building.
• Supports functional activities include establishing accountabilities at different levels within procurement and category management
• Communicates policies and business drivers clearly and compellingly
• Drives improved procurement performance
• integrates procurement and category management objectives with business' objectives
• Assesses staff competencies,
• Develops and retains high performing staff
• Links procurement and category management business plans to supplier partner strategies,
• Develops relationships with key business decision makers internally and externally,
• Integrates e-commerce into the long-range procurement/category management strategic plan.

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Required Qualifications

High School Diploma or Equivalent

6 - 10 Years of Purchasing or Procurement experience.

Supervisory experience

Preferred Qualifications

10 Years + Purchasing / procurement experience including in depth knowledge and understanding of integrated systems within foodservice industry.

Supervisory / management experience.

EEO Statement

Performance Food Group and/or its subsidiaries (individually or collectively, the "Company") provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. Please click on the following links to review: (1) our EEO Policy; (2) the "EEO is the Law" poster and supplement; and (3) the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.

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