- Full-Time
- Permanent
- M GALLERY
- Procurement
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Gem Forest Hotel Nairobi - MGallery Collection, Nairobi, Kenya
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Strategic Procurement Manager (Kenya)
Region
Luxury & Lifestyle
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The MGallery Hotel Collection features boutique hotels, each with its own original design and unique stories to tell. Choosing to join MGallery is choosing to live and experience Memorable Moments.
Gem Forest MGallery Nairobi Gigiri features 105 rooms and suites; four restaurants, including an all-day dining venue, a signature dining experience, a pool bar, and a rooftop restaurant and bar; meeting rooms and a business centre; and wellness facilities spanning a gym, pool and spa.
With a prime location on Gigiri’s Limuru Road, fairly close to Nairobi’s city centre and Village Market, it will attract UN and NGO delegates, consultants and contractors, as well as diplomats, leisure visitors and the local community.
Based out of in our hotel MGallery in Nairobi and reporting to the Regional Procurement Director Customer Care & Center of excellence Luxury & Lifestyle. The Strategic Procurement Manager 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 Kenya cluster procurement (including 9 hotels) across a wide range of direct and indirect categories for approximately ~$30 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.
- 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.
Additional Preferences:
- CIPS MBA.
- Retail, Hospitality, FMCG, Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) or Consulting industry experience.
Should be eligible to live and work in Kenya.
Diversity & Inclusion for Accor means welcoming each and everyone and respecting their differences by giving priority only to qualities and skills in extending employment and development opportunities. Our ambition is to provide meaningful employment, a warm and welcoming culture, excellent working conditions and to promote the development of all people, including those with disabilities.
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