Teams at Kettle Cuisine, LLC

Owns the supplier and raw-material assurance system, including supplier and material approvals, risk classification, audits, documentation, compliance monitoring, escalations, and corrective actions. Develops supplier standards and manuals, leads high-risk supplier reviews and site visits, manages conditional approvals and substitutions, and supervises Vendor and Ingredient Specialists. Partners with quality, food-safety, purchasing, and audit teams to improve supplier performance, documentation controls, and regulatory compliance.

Leads FP&A and financial performance management for Supply Chain, Procurement, and Operations. Responsibilities include budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, variance analysis, productivity and cost-reduction initiatives, capital investment modeling, standard costing, dashboards, and executive decision support. The role partners with senior operating leaders, improves financial visibility, and develops finance talent, including Plant Controllers.

Manages customer complaint records, coordinates investigation inputs and follow-up actions, analyzes complaint and KPI trends, and prepares site incident decks and quality reports. The role ensures data accuracy, traceability, and confidentiality; identifies reporting and workflow improvements; and communicates actionable insights to customer quality managers and site teams.