Regional Director of Procurement (Central United States) at Fairmont Austin in Austin, Texas

Job Description:

Regional Director of Procurement (Central United States)

ABOUT ACCOR

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Based out of the Regional Procurement Office in Chicago, IL; Austin, TX; or Scottsdale, AZ and reporting to the Senior Vice President, Procurement, Luxury & Lifestyle, the Regional Director of Procurement will play a key role in delivering on Accor's value proposition to owners and shareholders. Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

• Recruit, lead and develop a team of two procurement professionals into a highly effective and best in class value delivery team
• Lead category strategy development and value creation across a wide range of direct and indirect categories for approximately ~$120M in annual spend across 6 flagship properties in Illinois (3), Texas (2) and Arizona (1)
• Develop multi-year enterprise sourcing strategies and value roadmap in collaboration with senior business stakeholders to deliver minimum $5M in incremental procurement value over 3 years
• 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 relationship-building 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, e-Auctions, should-cost 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, pre-agreed 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
• Provide stewardship of strategic sourcing policy as well as solution compliance and adoption throughout the organization
• Assess existing Purchasing Operations processes and make rapid recommendations for improvement to assure resources and time spend on areas of highest ROI

YOUR EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS INCLUDE:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Business Process Management, Analytics, Information Technology, or equivalent experience
• 7 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 self-motivation
• 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 multi-category sourcing teams for direct and/or indirect spend
• Expertise in negotiations and contracting: including e-sourcing, should-cost models, leveraged agreements, multi-year 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
• 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

BEHAVIORS 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 Owner's 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

VISA REQUIREMENTS: Must already be legally entitled to work in the United States to be considered for the position.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

Why work for Accor?
We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor's limitless possibilities.
By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor, visit https://careers.accor.com/

Do what you love, care for the world, dare to challenge the status quo! #BELIMITLESS

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