Regional Director of Procurement | Jobs in Cairo, Egypt by AccorHotels | Apply Now

JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE

Employment: Full Time

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

Requirements:

- 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

ABOUT THE COMPANY

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