Senior Manager of Procurement Excellence

This is a senior leadership role responsible for driving strategic sourcing initiatives within the organization.

• The ideal candidate will have a strong background in procurement, with expertise in strategic sourcing, contract management and negotiation.

Responsibilities:

Define, manage and implement effective market-focused sourcing strategies for different types of goods and services across the region. Analyze market-specific controllable spend data to demonstrate meaningful findings and identify areas for cost savings and process improvements.

Act as a strategic partner to local business leaders, engaging cross-functionally to improve commercial arrangements with vendors and service providers while enhancing customer experience, product quality and productivity.

Manage vendor relationships, selecting and contracting with vendors to maximize sourcing value contribution and enhance contract utilization. Define and measure vendor KPI parameters to address areas of potential improvement and explore possible innovations.

Responsible for coaching, development, deployment and performance management of the Market Procurement Champions as well as Local Property Procurement Resources within the region.

Maintain regular virtual or face-to-face meetings with hotels to ensure functional alignment and integration of team objectives, while monitoring performance.

Prepare E-Procurement Sourcing events (RFIs, RFPs, Contracting and Organization of project approval documents) to develop effective sources of sustainable supply of goods and services.

Adept at negotiating pricing, contracts and SLAs with vendors to ensure optimum costs and reliable supply according to corporate procurement policies and procedures.

Work closely with the Corporate Strategic Sourcing Team to facilitate implementation of corporate agreements in the region.

Support high-priority brand or high-impact divisional projects and implementation of global contracts, ensuring promotion and support of Responsible Business strategy and execution.

Implement the rollout of the global procurement platform to participating hotels within the portfolio, providing support, training and assistance.

Maintain confidential information related to procurement activities and prepare regular reports on performance metrics.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Finance or other relevant fields.
• Professional Supply Chain Management certification desired but not required, expectation to obtain with company support.
• Excellent command of written and verbal business communication in English.
• Lean Six Sigma experience and certification a plus.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a procurement, sourcing or supply chain management operating at a strategic level.
• Similar experience in Hospitality is required.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, contract management, relationship management and project management skills.
• Excellent knowledge and application of advanced MS Excel functions.
• Ability to engage and lead teams, multitask, set priorities and work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent coaching, mentoring & training skills, ability to lead strategic process discussions.
• Natural sense of organization, effective planning, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Proactive approach to meeting deadlines and objectives.
• Ability to work cohesively as part of a team but also alone.
• Familiarity with assigned market.
• Highly responsible & reliable.