RSCS negotiates volume purchasing for KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell operators—moving over $5.8 billion in annual purchasing volume. The tech stack centers on Blue Yonder (supply planning), ServiceNow (operations), and Power BI (reporting), with AWS and Azure supporting infrastructure. Active projects focus on expanding Blue Yonder utilization and evolving supply planning capability, while pain points cluster around supply continuity, visibility, and long lead times—indicating the org is automating procurement workflows and building end-to-end visibility into a fragmented supplier network.
Notable leadership hires: Supply Chain Director
Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions is the purchasing cooperative for Yum! Brands' three national restaurant systems: KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. Operating as the exclusive supply chain management organization for Yum!, RSCS coordinates volume purchases of food, packaging, equipment, and supplies from manufacturers and suppliers to restaurant operators and distributors. With over 35,000 restaurants across 100 countries and territories in the Yum! system, RSCS manages procurement at scale. The company is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky and employs 201–500 people, with operations-heavy staffing (ops, procurement, data engineering roles) supporting ongoing supply chain optimization and restaurant margin improvement initiatives.
RSCS uses Blue Yonder for supply planning and procurement, ServiceNow for operations and service management, Power BI for reporting, and a hybrid cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure. The org is actively expanding Blue Yonder utilization across the cooperative.
Key projects include expanding Blue Yonder utilization, evolving supply planning capability, improving restaurant margins (RMI), designing international sales programs with U.S. suppliers, and building end-to-end visibility into supply optimization. Challenges focus on supply continuity, long lead times, and international shipping delays.
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