Hotel Procurement Manager

As Hotel Procurement Manager UK & Benelux, you are responsible for hotel procurement of a section of the company’s contracted hotel portfolio, accounting for a yearly spend of more than EUR 60m. You head a team of "Procurement Manager Hotel" located in UK, Ireland and Benelux in destinations.

You develop, establish and implement the company’s hotel procurement strategy (Tier 1 & 2) and translate it into medium- and long-term plans in cooperation with the Head of Hotel Procurement.

You partner cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to establish a market leading procurement strategy within the Region managed, applying best-in-class approaches (supplier segmentation, benchmarked target setting, performance monitoring) in line with the Head of Procurement Hotel.

You ensure the building of strong relationships with suppliers in order to consistently deliver products that are competitive and suitable to customers throughout different demand cycles. You hold a sustainable balance between strategic thinking and operational capability, As Hotel Procurement Manager UK & Benelux, you will:

Report to the Head of Procurement

Lead several Procurement Manager and Procurement Coordinator reports

Build and maintain key internal relationships with a broad range of stakeholders including Procurement, Reservation, Accounting, Sales and Operations

Management of Procurement Managers & Coordinators within the Region:

Allocate responsibility and authority to "Procurement Managers Hotel" & "Procurement Coordinator Hotel" to ensure consistent talent recruitment and development; identify training and development needs in order to upskill the entire procurement organization; ensure talent within the organization remain motivated and engaged

HR Regional matters (holiday requests, holiday cover, training, interviewing, reviews)

Back-up when staff are on holiday or travelling

Regional Portfolio Management & Accountability:

Ensure Sales expectation are met (demand side) with competitive product portfolio and inventories within the region

Responsible for the internal flow of communication across team members and functions (reservation-operation-sales).

Facilitate and drive special / exclusive agreements with key suppliers, chains in order to ensure performance against strategic objectives and operating targets

Key Partner involvement in agreements for the region covered

Dealing with escalated reservation matters for the region

KPIs & Reporting of these – Monitor for the Region Managed, in conjunction with the Head of Procurement Hotel

Ensure consistent KPIs are set for key activities, incentivize and monitor performance against KPIs for the Region Managed, and in conjunction with the Head of Procurement Hotel

Deliver on targets ie trackers, contracts storage, contract loading, MC, Bavel etc – for the region covered – report back to Heads of Procurement

Proactively identify business risks and act promptly mitigate them/minimize their impact together with Head of Procurement Hotel

Participate in Destination Review related to the region

Sales contact for the Region

Actively co-ordinate and maintain Regional calls with key sales offices

Quotation responsibility for the Region managed

Some area of contracting responsibility

We Are Looking for a Person With

Minimum 5 years of experience in a senior management position in an international contracting, business development, account or revenue management role, ideally in the hospitality or travel industry

University degree or comparable higher education in a related field

Strong communication skills (written / spoken) in English at business level

Proven ability to

work effectively in a fast-moving organization, achieving objectives through personal leadership

successfully drive a strategic plan in a fast paced, dynamic/turnaround environment

effectively build relationships at senior levels and manage external as well as internal resources

Experience in integration activities and change management

Strong delivery focus and a proven track record of implementing workable solutions

Experience of managing large international teams effectively with the ability to inspire, energize and motivate

IT proficiency including good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (focus on data analysis in Excel and management reporting in PowerPoint)