Senior Purchase Manager

Profile Summary

The Purchase Manager will oversee the end-to-end procurement process, ensuring timely and cost-effective sourcing of goods and services. This role involves managing existing supplier relationships and identifying new vendors in alignment with operational requirements. The incumbent will lead a procurement team, demonstrate strong attention to detail, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic hospitality environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong professional relationships with existing suppliers and vendors while creating a pipeline of potential new suppliers, to ensure all requirements are met in a timely manner.
• Oversee the day-to-day requirements of the division and help the team in managing any challenges that arise with ordering process or deliveries.
• Participate in vendor negotiations to secure competitive pricing and reliable delivery schedules.
• Guides the team in the overall procurement process.
• Responsible for the issuing and distribution of inventory items, and for the accurate and timely allocation of costs to user department.
• Responsible for all Contracts and AMC.
• Ensuring timely purchase of Capex.
• Ensures that unit expenses are minimised through the use of effective purchasing and by obtaining the most competitive prices for goods and services.
• Conducts regular market surveys, obtains competitive quotations and aggressively negotiating in order to reap the maximum price benefits of purchasing power.
• Ensure to keep inventories as low as possible to properly supply the operation’s needs and maximise inventory turnover and space utilisation.
• Contributes to all forecasting and business planned activities by providing historical information and cost projections.
• Obtains and coordinates all product and purchase specifications from the various heads of department by means of a purchase request and maintains files of these purchase request together with purchase orders.
• Contributes to all forecasting and business planned activities by providing historical information and cost projections.
• Ensures that all company and local rules, policies and regulations relating to financial record keeping, and licensing are adhered to.

Qualifications & Experience

• Graduate in any field.
• Overall experience of minimum 10 years working in the Purchase Department of a hotel or a restaurant.
• Ability to lead and manage a team.