Welcome page Returning Candidate? Log back in! Manager, Supplier Management Job Locations US-IL-Naperville Posted Date 4 hours ago(9/18/2025 9:51 AM) Category Marketing/Business Development Company KeHE Distributors FLSA Status Exempt Requisition ID 2025-27588 Work Type Onsite Why Work for KeHE? Full-time
Pay Range: $97,350.00/Yr. - $129,690.00/Yr.
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Benefits on Day 1
Health/Rx
Dental
Vision
Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
Supplemental life insurance
401(k)
Paid time off
Paid sick time
Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
Holiday pay for company designated holidays Overview

Good people, working with good people, for our common good.

Sound good?

KeHE-a natural, organic, specialty and fresh food distributor-is all about "good" and is growing, so there's never been a more exciting time to join our team. If you're enthusiastic about working in an environment with a people-first culture and an organization committed to good living, good food and good service, we'd love to talk to you!

Primary Responsibilities

The Supplier Manager is responsible for monitoring, measuring, and maximizing supplier profitability and operational performance, identifying areas opportunity, and managing the business relationship with a subset of our supplier partners. The teams’ overall goal is to establish strategic connections with our supplier partners and ensure supplier partner success and a positive experience around ease, cost, and speed of doing business with KeHE. 

 

The Supplier Manager is responsible for collaborating with Category Management, Supply Chain, Finance, Pricing, and Freight to optimize business processes and positively impact their supplier relationships from an administrative perspective.

Essential Functions Identify, monitor, and track supplier profitability and operational performance opportunities for a subset of our supplier partners:KeHE brand scorecard improvementInbound and outbound service standard complianceSupplier Policies & Procedures execution and negotiationSupplier Inbound Routing Guide expectationsAdministrative aspects of supplier partnershipManage and improve supplier profitability and operational performance negotiations, Policies & Procedures execution, deduction management, dispute resolution, on time delivery and delivery quality compliance.Ensure timely, accurate, and efficient processing of supplier questions and disputes, while providing performance metrics and facilitating processes and supplier business improvement initiatives.Hold suppliers accountable for key profitability and operational performance indicators: terms, spoils, value-added programs, inbound fill-rate, on-time performance, delivery quality.Proactively educate new and small suppliers on Supplier Policies & Procedures, Supplier Inbound Routing Guide, deduction management and dispute resolution.Host regular business reviews with subset of supplier partners that clearly outline profitability and performance expectations in comparison to actual experience, areas of improvement, and areas of opportunity.Create and foster a supplier friendly, relational environment of continuous improvement, accountability, and innovation.Lead a small team that supports suppliers with root cause research and resolution on administrative aspects of supplier partnerships.Collaborate internally, in a cross-functional manner, to improve business processes that impact suppliers in their administrative and support activities with KeHE. Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, Aptitude 4-year bachelor’s degree in business or related field of study. Experience within the food and/or distribution industry with 3+ years.Successful negotiator and ability to drive influence and change.Articulate and persuasive communication skills. Excellent written, oral and presentation skills.Ability to synthesize information and make clear, concise recommendations on course of action.Strong relationship management skills and ability to guide at senior management level both internally and externally.Demonstrated ability to analyze, budget and proactively manage profit drivers such as gross margin %, promotional spend, spoilage, fees, and other program expenses.Demonstrated skills transferring information gained through analysis to fact based, action-oriented presentations for delivery to both internal and external stake holders. Need to provide examples of PowerPoint, Excel and other tools used to transfer this product and program knowledge.Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.Possess a sense of urgency and attention to accuracy and detail.Ability to effectively manage a wide variety of tasks simultaneously and often with minimal direction or time conflicting pressures.Willingness to travel domestically, occasionally over weekends (about 20%). Requisition ID 2025-27588 Equal Employer Opportunity Statement KeHE Distributors provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or faith, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training as well as the administration of all Human Resources and Talent Acquisition processes. Options Apply for this job onlineApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later. Share on your newsfeed Application FAQs

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