Manager, Procurement COE

Manager, Procurement - COE Franchise World Headquarters, LLC Shelton, CT Why Join Subway? At Subway, we are not standing still. We are building. This is a business focused on what matters most: growing franchisee profitability, strengthening our brand and creating long-term value. The people who thrive here are the ones who want to make a real impact. You will not just do the work. You will shape it. We move fast. We think like owners. We make decisions that matter. We hold ourselves to a high standard because what we do directly impacts thousands of franchisees around the world. If you bring energy, accountability and a bias for action, you will fit right in. We take the work seriously, but we also know the best results come from teams that support each other, celebrate wins and show up ready to build something better every day. This is your chance to be part of what’s next. About the Role: The Manager, Procurement Center of Excellence is a key leadership role in Subway's Procurement transformation. While the sourcing teams own category strategies and negotiate the deals, the COE Manager is the operating backbone that makes everything work. This includes owning the systems, data, analytics, reporting, and governance infrastructure that allows Procurement to deliver and prove its value to the enterprise. This is a hands on, roll up your sleeves role. Subway's Procurement function is being established from the ground up, and the COE Manager will work with the VP, Procurement to identify, source, build the business cases and implement the digital and operational foundation required to scale it. That means leveraging current and evaluating new technologies (spend analytics, contract lifecycle management, project and savings tracking etc.), building executive dashboards and Finance-grade reporting, establishing governance standards and procurement policy, and creating the analytics capability that turns raw spend data into sourcing insight and delivered EBITDA. Reporting directly to the VP of Procurement, this role works across all procurement pillars: Corporate Spend, IT, COE, FAF, and Beverages & Snacks, and is a key partner to Finance/FP&A, IT, and Legal. The COE Manager is the connective tissue of the Procurement function: the person who ensures that savings are validated and tracked, systems are running, reports are accurate, governance is enforced, and the VP has everything needed to lead with credibility at the CEO and CFO level. What You Will Do: Technology Ownership & Implementation Work with VP Procurement, peers and other key stakeholders to lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of Procurement's digital stack. This may be an end-to-end procure to pay platform or specific key technologies such as spend analytics, contract lifecycle management, and project and savings tracking tools. Most critical is how these technologies will be leveraged to the benefit of the organization and Procurement's focus on driving EBITDA improvement Serve as the Procurement function's technology owner on an ongoing basis, managing platform performance, vendor relationships, system integrations, user access, and continuous improvement Coordinate with IT on systems connectivity, data feeds, and integration architecture to ensure procurement data flows cleanly across platforms Champion tool adoption across the Procurement team and business stakeholders through training, communication, and ongoing support Spend Analytics & Insights Build and maintain the enterprise spend cube, cleansing, categorizing, and enriching spend data from all sources into a reliable, analytics-ready foundation Develop spend analytics and category insights that identify savings opportunities, track maverick spend, and support sourcing strategy across all procurement pillars Produce dashboards and reporting that give VP Procurement and senior leadership real-time visibility into spend by category, supplier, business unit, and geography Support sourcing teams with data-driven opportunity analysis, benchmark research, and savings modeling for category strategies and sourcing events Savings Pipeline & Financial Tracking Design and own the Procurement savings tracking methodology by establishing the framework for how initiatives are identified, categorized, valued, tracked, and validated from identification through Finance sign-off Maintain the savings pipeline across all sourcing pillars, ensuring every initiative has an owner, a delivery date, a confidence level, and a Finance-validated outcome Partner directly with FP&A on savings validation, reporting, period-end reconciliation, and alignment between Procurement’s pipeline and Finance’s view of delivered EBITDA Produce Finance-grade savings and pipeline reports for VP Procurement, CFO, and leadership reviews on a defined cadence Project Tracking & Governance Build and run the Procurement center of excellence office, tracking all active sourcing initiatives, technology projects, and function build-out workstreams with clear milestones, owners, and status Establish and maintain Procurement governance standards: policy documentation, process maps, approval workflows, sourcing playbooks, and compliance tracking Prepare VP Procurement for leadership reviews, CFO updates, and senior level reporting, ensuring materials are accurate, clear, and ready Identify and elevate risks, blockers, and delivery gaps before they become problems; keep the function running on track against its commitments Capabilities & Continuous Improvement Develop and deliver procurement training programs and capability resources for the broader Procurement team covering tools, processes, sourcing methodology, and best practices Benchmark Subway’s procurement practices against best-in-class peers and identify capability gaps and #J-18808-Ljbffr