Director of Purchasing

Job description / Role

Director of Purchasing - Four Seasons Hotel Madinah, Saudi Arabia

About Four Seasons:

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location:
Steps from the Prophet's Mosque, our Hotel will offer luxury accommodation for the city's 1.5 million annual visitors. The new-build hotel will be located at the heart of Madinah and steps from one of the most historic and significant sites in the region: Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, also known as the Prophet's Mosque. Madinah is also home to the Quba Mosque, which is regarded as the oldest mosque in the world.

We currently have an opportunity for a Director of Purchasing to join our Four Seasons Hotel Madinah opening team!

Reporting to the Director of Finance, you will be responsible for directing and managing the overall operations of the Purchasing, Receiving and Storeroom Department to ensure that all departments of the hotel have adequate supplies. Additionally, you will be responsible for keeping abreast of new and alternative products in the market to enhance cost effectiveness and quality standards, and to ensure that we maintain the highest level of integrity and transparency in dealing with business partners.

Responsibilities will include talent leadership and development, ensuring all local and corporate policies, internal controls and safeguards are complied with, ensure proper authorization has been obtained for all hotel-specific purchasing contracts and conduct, managing and completing competitive bids, ensuring management agreements and all other purchasing agreement terms and conditions are fulfilled, quarterly reviews, annual forecasts and budgets, conducting quality control audits, monitoring costs, coordinating all month-end, quarterly and annual inventories and supporting the hotel's Safety Committee and Green initiatives.

Our Ideal Director of Purchasing candidate will have:

Experience in hotel purchasing, sound cost analysis and cost management skills, a clear understanding of internal controls, a strong commitment to services and basic technical knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles along with job knowledge of positions in Purchasing and Food & Beverage control.

You should have the highest level of integrity and transparency, strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills to work with cross-functional teams, the ability to prepare and deliver reports, effective presentations and to facilitate meetings, strong negotiation, problem-solving, decision-making, conflict-resolution and strategic-thinking skills, and a desire to promote a continuous learning environment that creates an atmosphere for professional development opportunities.

Supporting the Saudi nationalization scheme, we are looking forward to connecting with Saudi nationals whom have a passion for leading the operational team in delivering consistently high service levels; ensuring our many return guests are warmly welcomed and looked after. Suitable candidates must be eligible to work in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Fluency in Arabic and English is essential.

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts can offer what many hospitality professionals dream of; the opportunity to build a life-long career with global potential and a real sense of pride in work well done. We look for talent who share the Golden Rule - people who, by nature, believe in treating others as we would have them treat us. As Four Seasons works towards phenomenal growth in the next decade, our most valuable partners continue to be our talent, with whom we have a strong relationship based on the Golden Rule. This relationship is made tangible by the awards received year after year by Four Seasons on a corporate level, as well as by our hotels, resorts, and residences around the world, making us an undisputed "employer of choice."

About the Company

Soaring over the city in the iconic Kingdom Tower, Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh is a buzzing hub at the forefront of style and sophistication. Redesigned interiors bring authentic Saudi heritage and craftsmanship to life, while our distinguished team provides a bespoke experience through thoughtful, personalized service and hospitality.