Procurement Manager, India

Job Description

Manager Procurement, India is a very important position in Marriott Hotels India cluster procurement department and reports & works under the direction of Senior Manager Procurement- South Asia. Responsibilities include supporting Marriott India hotels with rolls and responsibilities of Managing new national contracts, renewals of existing contracts, administering annual tender process for different markets, promoting diversity and sustainable sourcing, improving contract compliance, work towards over all procurement cost improvement, process improvement across organization in close coordination with Senior Manager Procurement along with other different procurement committees. Also leads an establishing ethical working practice, across all procuring functionaries and vendors, through regular review and updating of the agreed policies as relates to the procuring function WORK RESPONSIBILITIES Work towards agreed procurement strategies and ensure year on year improvement in purchase cost. Works towards complete Procurement activities including and not limited to market survey, vendor sourcing, tendering process management, contracting, vendor evaluation, vendor audits. Keeping close tab on market survey & vendor audits conducted by team. Regularly maintaining and reviewing Contract register for India market and administer national and multi-location contracts to improve savings and contact compliance Analyzing procurement data of India market and recommending various cost saving opportunities Ensure compliance to ethical and transparent procurement processes thru regular revies and coaching team Regularly interacting with different stake holders such as Operations, Engineering, IT, Culinary, Finance to explore and work towards possible Closely monitor various market survey reports such as wholesale price, Retail price, Competitive price Analysis and work closely with hotels towards cost improvement opportunities Working closely with various department heads for arranging sponsorship for events Conducting market research and keep abreast of emerging trends and business opportunities. Managing sponsorship following Marriott LSOP for above property events. Also guide hotel / market level team for respective events sponsorship Supporting cluster hotels in Annual procurement activities and by managing the purchase raw material consumables - food and non-food by working with operation hotels to ensure that objectives are met related to Quality and cost Developing & reviewing various MIS reports as required by management QUALIFICATION EDUCATION Graduation / Bachelor s degree Post-Graduation or MBA is preferred RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE 15+ years related work experience in Procurement / Supply chain. Good understanding of various products & services associated with Hospitality procurement Hospitality work experience is highly preferred LEADERSHIP / SUPERVISOR EXPERIENCE Ability to lead and supervise team spread across India team for achieving budgeted business results