Regional Director of Procurement

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Based out of in our hotel Fairmont Cairo and reporting to the Procurement Director Customer Care & Center of excellence Luxury & Lifestyle, the Regional Director of Procurement will play a key role in delivering on Accor’s value proposition to hotels owners and shareholders. Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the Egypt cluster procurement (including 5 Luxury hotels) across a wide range of direct and indirect categories for approximately ~$35 M in annual spend
• Develop multi-year enterprise sourcing strategies and value roadmap in collaboration with senior business stakeholders to deliver minimum $3M in incremental procurement value over 3 years
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with owners, business units and internal stakeholder groups by continually demonstrating value and breaking down barriers to effective sourcing through polished executive influencing and relationship-building skills
• Execute sourcing projects as defined within the portfolio strategy:
  • Define project goals, timelines, roles and responsibilities, and an overall project management cadence
  • Apply contemporary methods and innovative approaches, such as total cost of ownership, e-Auctions, should-cost models
  • Develop comprehensive implementation and communication plans with stakeholders and end users
  • Ensure involvement of all organizations and individuals impacted
  • Quantify and document results
• Develop and skillfully execute negotiation strategies to achieve desired, pre-agreed outcomes
• Develop and deploy standard reporting for key stakeholders that gages satisfaction, engagement and performance against sourcing activities, upcoming contract expirations, supplier performance issues, and other key information
• Provide stewardship of strategic sourcing policy as well as solution compliance and adoption  throughout the organization
• Assess existing Purchasing Operations processes and make rapid recommendations for improvement to assure resources and time spend on areas of highest ROI
• Implement CSR solutions

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, CIPS, Operations Management, Business Process Management, Analytics, Information Technology, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, management consulting, advisory or professional services role with a demonstrated track record of results and increasing level of responsibility
• A strong drive for people management and change management with high degree of resilience and self-motivation
• Adaptive to fast paced, constantly changing environments and ability to work as part of a global team to collaborate across geographic and organizational boundaries to deliver better business results and share best practices
• Expertise in strategic sourcing and leading multi-category sourcing teams for direct and/or indirect spend
• Expertise in negotiations and contracting: including e-sourcing, should-cost models, leveraged agreements, multi-year contracts, complex terms and conditions, performance incentives, and management of corporate risk
• Excellent communication skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills; comfortable and credible with both internal stakeholders and external audiences
• Strong orientation to team leadership, coaching, collaboration, and positive communication
• Demonstrating strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.) software

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