Senior Category Manager SW & IT

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IT & Software - Category Expertise

• Own & propose category strategy for Software & IT categories
• Develop and support sourcing strategy for Software & IT.
• Ease, formulate and deliver the category strategy, the understanding of drivers, market forces, SWOT
• Support category knowledge to grow procurement offers and drive category expertise

IT & Software  - Suppliers management & market Knowledge

• Manage International Software & IT contracts
• Secure sustainable partnership with strategic suppliers
• Accountable for category suppliers’ management (Governance & Business Review)
• Secure supplier selection processes with RFI / RFQ 
• Ensure the best conditions in the market
• Ease business & market intelligence

Spend & Budget

• Control spend of Software & IT and deliver savings as per plan
• Responsible for the budget achievement and for cost optimization (cost out & savings)
• Manage remuneration processes
• Crunch data

Software & IT - Support Category Visibility

• Support and actively promote the Group procurement functions for indirect procurement
• Develop category communities for Software & IT
• Align category strategy with BDT
• Communicate, co-operate and involve relevant stakeholders to drive the overall  strategy
• Engage and secure an open and direct dialogue with stakeholders
• Able to sell solutions internally, but also to external customers
• Ease & support the IT savings targets with managing from A to Z projects

Coordination of transversal projects

• Participation in projects for Sustainability & ESG
• Inflation/Deflation reporting and tracking
• Identify and implement solution to increase capture rate for direct procurement
• Track KPIs implementation to monitor category performance & adoption
• Report & follow remuneration processes (declaration, budget, forecasts, payments, etc.)

As Senior Category Manager you should : 

• Demonstrate agility & resilience to changes
• Be able to deal with Direct & Indirect procurement for Software & IT
• Lead at an international level the Guest Technologies portfolio (suppliers, hotels, customers)
• Maintain and improve global performance (Contract, data, savings)
• Be able to develop the relationship will all brands and customers to increase compliance
• Develop leadership with internal/external customers to satisfy their expectations by increasing business opportunities worldwide
• Position is international, and requires to deal with many international stakeholders
• Manage market uncertainty

In addition, as the right candidate, you should have the below requested formation & experience : 

• At least 5 years experience indirect & direct procurement with an international background
• Relevant work experience in negotiation
• Proven track record as a category manager & Buyer
• Awareness in distribution, BtB, or BtC, E-commerce
• Contract management
• Experience in required categories
• Hospitality experience is a plus

Last but not the least, the candidate should have : 

• Ability to listen & understand to customer’s needs (stakeholders & hotels) in order to drive GT portofolio
• Able to work in international environment
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Influencing skills & ease flexibility in approach between different stakeholders
• Personal integrity and strong work ethics
• Required language skills: Fluent English (Daily working language), French will be a plus and any others.

Pourquoi travailler chez Accor ?

Nous sommes bien plus qu’un leader mondial. Nous vous accueillons comme vous êtes et vous pouvez trouver le métier et la marque qui correspond à votre personnalité.

Faites ce que vous aimez, prenez soin du monde qui vous entoure, osez challenger le status quo !

#BELIMITLESS

Découvrez la vie qui vous attend chez Accor, https://careers.accor.com/.

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Situés au 17ème étage de la tour Sequana, les bureaux de la direction générale des achats internationaux offrent une vue imprenable sur Paris. 

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Metro : Balard (Ligne 8) / Porte de Versailles (Ligne 12) 

Tramway : Henri Farman (T2)