Director of Procurement

Our Client:As the Head of Procurement at our innovative startup, you will play a pivotal role in transforming global procurement opportunities for regional hospitality clients, maximizing savings, and enhancing efficiency. Your key responsibilities will include:Your Responsibilities:Procurement Strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive procurement strategy aligned with the company's goals, ensuring the maximizing of savings and efficiency.Sourcing, Attraction, and Signing of Hotel Suppliers: Proactively source, attract, and sign hotel suppliers globally, expanding our network and ensuring a diverse and high-quality supplier base and ensuring the procurement team are searching for the most competitive pricing possibleTendering and Contracting: Oversee the tendering and contracting processes, ensuring compliance with regulations and best practices.Supplier Management: Take primary responsibility for managing relationships with suppliers, actively supporting the management of key distributors. Conduct a rigorous approval process for new suppliers.Risk and Compliance Management: Develop and implement procedures for risk management and mitigation, ensuring adherence to global standards and regulations.Order Management & Quality Control: Oversee order management processes, ensuring consistency in quality, logistics, and service. Implement quality control and assurance measures.Relationship Management and Negotiation: Manage relationships and negotiate with key suppliers at a senior and strategic level. Craft negotiation strategies, close deals with optimal terms, and ensure value for money, quality standards, and delivery terms.Supplier Relationship Development: Develop strong relationships with supply partners to enhance business performance and foster collaboration.Global Market Exploitation: Develop an overall vendor base that creates and sustains a competitive advantage by leveraging global market opportunities, spends, and technologies.Supplier Relationship and Evaluation Process: Develop, implement, and maintain a robust supplier relationship and evaluation process to measure effective supplier performance and compliance.Collaboration with Research and Development: Work closely with Research and Development to source new and alternative raw materials, ensuring innovation in the supply chain.Budget Management: Input and hold responsibility for purchasing and cost estimating budgets. Prepare annual purchasing budgets and forecasts, ensuring compliance with customer and legal requirements.Your Qualifications:Excellent relationship management skills, with the ability to engage, negotiate, and manage key stakeholders and suppliers. Strong and confident negotiator with the ability to negotiate at all levels. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills. Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities. Results-oriented with the ability to plan and deliver against project deadlines. Commercially and financially astute with experience managing budgets. Educated to degree level (preferably Masters). Preferably a Fellow or Member of The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS). Demonstrable experience leading a purchasing function with a proven track record in strategic purchasing leadership. Ability to add value, reduce costs, and make business improvements. Proven contract management and supplier experience. Experience of operating and influencing at a strategic level. Computer literate, especially Excel. 6-Month Milestones:Establish an overarching sourcing strategy. Onboard the first 5-10 suppliers. Support in the drafting of the first hotel agreement. Conclude sourcing, negotiation, and tendering of the first 5 products.