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As part of Accor Regional Procurement MEA, the Category Manager is responsible to develop the overall strategy of the Food & Beverage procurement category, manage offer range, supply chain and supplier performance. The main focus will be on identifying sourcing initiatives, awarding, communicating and implementing contracts, ensuring that strategic suppliers/partners are utilized and well managed. The Category Manager also takes part to change management, digital and ESG initiatives.

Procurement & Offer range Management

• Develop, own and implement the category strategy for complex and multi country requirements
• Responsibility on revenue and profit from categories at regional level
• Grow existing, develop and deploy new partnership in line with group road map
• Responsible for operating properties procurement and support to openings
• Establish collaborative relationship with all stakeholders (Hotels operations, owners, functional department) and improve level of service to support their functions through spend visibility, supplier selection, sustainable and cost reduction initiatives. Collaborate on organizational change.
• Deploy group sustainable program and ESG initiatives

Procurement, source to contract and offer range management

• Develop F&B sourcing plan and business case decision model
• Lead RFI, RFP, RFQ, regional tender and execution of sourcing projects
• Ensure that corporate and hotels KPIs target are met
• Initiate and execute annual saving plan

Supplier and Clients management

• Manage supplier performance management
• Drive support to hotels and end users, mobilized and engaged cross functional team
• Animate internal and external F&B network and community

Business Process Management

• Ownership of categories reporting, performance and tracking of initiatives
• Participate to the development of process and policies

Digital and Procurement system

• Responsible for the management and optimization of its category, supplier and product within the procurement digital platform

Qualifications

• Procurement expert
• At least 5 years of experience in change management and previous experience in strategic sourcing, category management, preferably Food & Beverage
• Previous experience in hospitality procurement preferably at national or regional level
• Fluent in English and excellent communication skills
• Analytical and organizational skills
• Agile, Innovative, strategic thinking
• Ability to manage complexity and multiple priorities
• Empathy with ability to convince
• Accountable and team player

Additional Information

If you meet the qualifications and are excited about the opportunity, we invite you to submit your application for consideration.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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