Hotel Senior Procurement Manager - Central London
The International Hotel Kensington Over (400 bedrooms)?iWith easy access from Heathrow (Paddington Station) and towards central?London?this hotel is the ideal choice for every company looking for accommodation or conference rooms.
My client has an exciting opportunity for you to join their project team and support our hotel refurbishment and repositioning project.
The Senior Procurement Manager is a pivotal role within our project team, responsible for overseeing the ordering, administration, and supply procurement of FF&E designs across a diverse range of projects. This role requires meticulous attention to detail, strong organisational skill, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Reporting to the General Manager you will work closely with the Project Team-, (Project Manager, Head of Design, Architect, Appointed Interior Designers) to ensure seamless project execution while adhering to budgetary constraints and timelines.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
- Leading and developing of procurement team, ensuring effective communication and coordination between different procurement functions.
- Developing and implementing procurement strategies to optimize the supply chain, drive cost savings, and improve supplier performance.
- Ensuring compliance with procurement policies, strategies, and processes, and managing the quality of the end-to-end procurement process.
- Partnering with service providers to facilitate supplier relationship management and governance, conducting supplier quality audits, and managing supplier performance.
- Implementing global and regional projects across various categories and functions.
- Managing procurement budgets, tracking financial performance, and ensuring the accuracy of financial records at the cluster level.
- Driving productivity projects, such as quality value engineering and supplier re-balancing, and implementing corrective action plans as necessary.
- Evaluating potential procurement risks and developing strategies to mitigate them.
- Fully utilizes the MBT system function to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and overall performance during the procurement process.
- Maintain the procurement and supplier data or record in MBT system in good manner.
- Obtain the comparative and competitive quotation for price comparison, upload to MBT for record.
- Conduct the sealed bidding for market list items regularly.
- Conduct the tendering process, cost evaluation, recommendation, ordering and contract for huge amount or high consumption goods and services.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
Strong organization and administrative skills with meticulous attention to detail
5+ years' experience in purchasing/relevant administrative role, ideally in high-end hospitality group as well as have a natural passion for great design and high attention to detail. A solid knowledge of furniture and architectural materials and where to source them from is essential.
Proficient in MS Office and Excel
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Effective team player and strong interpersonal skills
Ability to build and maintain professional working relationships with suppliers, and contractors.
Flexible attitude and willingness to assist when needed.
What can we offer you?
- Competitive salary
- Discount schemes across the Hotels group.
- 50% Discount on Food and Beverage in all outlets
- Free meals whilst on duty
- Training and development opportunities
- Company pension scheme
- 31 days paid holiday per year including Bank Holidays.
- Uniform