Head Of Sourcing And Supply Chain

Job Description: Head Sourcing & Supply Chain

Location: Bengaluru (HO)

Reports To: COO / CEO

Department: Supply Chain & Procurement

About United Foodbrands Ltd.

United Foodbrands is a modern, multi-brand F&B company creating differentiated, highquality

dining concepts for todays consumer. Our portfolio includes well-loved brands such as Barbeque Nation, Toscano, Salt, and UBQ, together operating 200+ restaurants globally.

With a strong emphasis on innovation, efficiency, and customer delight, we continue to scale

our footprint while strengthening systems, governance, and operational performance.

Role Purpose

To lead Barbeque Nations end-to-end sourcing, procurement, supply chain operations, and

logistics with the objective of ensuring uninterrupted supply, optimising cost, improving

quality, and driving efficiencies across 200+ restaurants in India and international markets.

The role ensures strategic vendor development, robust systems, and strong governance while

supporting rapid expansion and menu innovation.

Key Responsibilities

1. Sourcing & Procurement Strategy

• Develop and execute long-term sourcing strategies for food, non-food, packaging,

equipment, and capex items.

• Identify cost-saving opportunities through negotiation, volume leverage, alternate

suppliers, and imports.

• Build and manage a diversified supplier base across India and global markets
• Drive annual procurement budget planning and cost optimisation targets.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, statutory norms, and internal procurement SOPs.

2. Supply Chain Planning & Operations

• Oversee demand forecasting, inventory planning, and replenishment across central

warehouses and restaurants.

• Strengthen cold chain logistics and temperature-controlled operations.
• Ensure timely movement of materials through regional DCs and last-mile distribution.
• Reduce wastage, pilferage, stockouts, and logistics cost per unit.

3. Vendor Management & Governance

• Build strategic partnerships with vendors—raw materials, proteins, packaging,

crockery, equipment suppliers.

• Lead vendor onboarding, audits, quality checks, payment terms, and performance

scorecards.

• Ensure timely vendor payments and dispute resolution via strong cross-functional

coordination.

4. Cost, Quality & Compliance

• Continuously benchmark prices and quality against market trends.
• Drive initiatives in packaging innovation, sustainability, and SKU rationalisation.
• Ensure adherence to FSSAI, HACCP, hygiene norms, internal QA processes, and audit

requirements.

• Collaborate with Culinary teams to ensure availability of right-quality raw materials

for menu launches.

5. Digital Transformation & Process Excellence

• Own ERP procurement modules, inventory systems, and automation initiatives.
• Drive accuracy in data management, forecasting tools, and real-time visibility of

inventory.

• Implement dashboards for supply chain KPIs: OTIF, fill rate, lead time, COGS variance,

logistics cost, stock ageing.

• Strengthen procurement governance: POs, contracts, approvals, documentation.

6. Team Leadership

• Lead a pan-India supply chain team covering sourcing, warehouse operations,

logistics, and planning.

• Build capabilities within the team through training, process improvements, and

performance management.

• Work with Culinary, Operations, Finance and Projects to support business goals.

Candidate Profile

Education

• MBA in Supply Chain / Operations / Procurement OR
• Graduate with strong domain expertise.

Experience

• 10–15 years of experience in F&B, QSR, Hospitality, FMCG, or Retail supply chains.
• Proven experience in sourcing and cold chain management
• Experience managing large, multi-state distribution networks