Supply Chain Manager at Premium Swiss Hospitality

Job Summary

• The procurement activities are an important integral and strategic function of the business, and to support the continuous business growth, it is now looking for an experienced individual to engage in the hotel procurement activities in leveraging of all purchases between hotels.
• The individual tasks are identifying and tapping into direct supply channels from domestic and regional markets to manage the supply chain life cycle from sourcing, negotiation, contract management, supplier performance management, risk management, category management, and fulfillment as delegated by the hotel GM, and director of finance.

Essential Duties and Work Responsibilities

• Execute all related commercial sourcing and negotiation activities; and drive continuous performance improvements on quality and total cost performance.
• Adheres to PSH standardized procurement methodology with strong governance.
• Provides procurement support to the business in the budgeting process for the hotel.
• Evaluates category-specific spend behaviors, gathering requirements as leveraging from respective disciplines.
• Provide advice and guidance to hotels on market sources, intelligence, and trends.
• Plan and set respective procurement yearly Management Business Objectives (MBO).
• Designs effective financial models for tender documentation, post-tender analysis, logistics costs, and other cost/volume modeling as required
• Collates periodical supplier performance management feedback.
• Individual stakeholder and vendor relationship management. Visit suppliers, stakeholders, and sites as required.
• Ensures suppliers logistics and inventory processes are aligned with the business operating model.
• Undertakes supplier negotiations within delegation across multiple categories.
• Prepare a detailed assessment of returned quotations to ensure compliance, and likeness with alternatives and make recommendations.
• Assist in the development of and apply best practice systems for the supply chain including freight forwarding, shipping, warehousing, courier management, inventory management, reporting, shipment tracking visibility and KPls.
• Comply with the PSH standards of ethically and responsible procurement practices.
• Build high-quality relationships with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure all health, safety, quality, and environmental standards and legislation are strictly met, ensuring a safe environment for associates, customers, and all stakeholders.
• Negotiate contracts on a local level and inform hotel about new contracts.
• Organize meetings within the department, conduct procurement audits, track hotel compliance, and follow-up.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree / Diploma in Purchasing or Business Studies with a commerce background.
• At least 5 years of procurement work experience across multiple categories of spend in the hospitality industry.
• Strong knowledge of hotel industry trends in the country.
• Proven communication skills and self-driven.
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).