Sr Manager of Procurement Indirect Luxury Lifestyle Procurement

Based out of Toronto and reporting to the Executive Director Fairmont and Raffles Brand Procurement Programs the Sr. Manager of Procurement (Indirect) Luxury & Lifestyle will play a key role in delivering on Accors value proposition to owners and shareholders.  Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with owner business units and internal stakeholder groups by continually demonstrating value and breaking down barriers to effective sourcing through polished executive influencing and relationshipbuilding 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 eAuctions shouldcost models and raw material index agreements
  • 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 preagreed 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
• Develop and maintain deep category expertise across indirect spend categories and maintain market knowledge on changing innovations in indirect categories (Financial Services & Payments Technology & Software Human Resources Telecommunications Marketing Loyalty Operations Travel Consulting and others)
• Provide stewardship of strategic sourcing policy as well as solution compliance and adoption  throughout the organization
• Produce and analyze regional performance reports and dashboards as well as function financial tracking

Qualifications :

Bachelors degree in Business Administration Operations Management Business Process Management Analytics Information Technology or equivalent experience

• 8 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 selfmotivation
• 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 multicategory sourcing teams with broad hands on experience across food and beverage categories and decentralized environment
• Expertise in negotiations and contracting: including esourcing shouldcost models leveraged agreements multiyear 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
• Exceptional data analysis and financial acumen skills
• Demonstrating strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel Word Outlook etc.) software

ADDITIONAL PREFERENCES:

• MBA
• Retail Hospitality Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) or Consulting industry experience

• PMP (Project Management Professional) or SCMP (Supply Chain Management Professional) designations
• Fluency in French

BEAVIOURS AND SKILLSETS:

• Innovator: Comes up with new unique solutions and embraces new ideas that have a clear quantifiable and material positive impact on our business. Learns from past experience and carefully evaluates as well as incorporates learnings in future engagements
• Influencer: Develops authentic and meaningful relationships with stakeholders to become a trusted advisor and partner
• Acts with Owners Mindset: delivers exceptional results creates meaningful tangible and quantifiable value for company and customers
• Develops self and Inspires others: dedicated to develop self and supports others to reach their fullest potential Demonstrates passion for the business and gives people a reason to believe anything is possible
• Fast Agile and Empowered: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace. Brings solutions instead of problems. Challenges the status quo. Has the courage to take an unpopular stance
• Strategic & Organizationally Aware: Clearly understands all upstream and downstream implications of his/her work. Tracks and shares external trends best practices or ideas
• Performance Driven and Accountable: Has high performance standards holds himself/herself and others accountable

Additional Information :

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract recruit and promote diverse talent.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime