Job Description
Job Description
About Hospitality Purveyors Inc.
Hospitality Purveyors Inc. (HPI) is the exclusive design and procurement arm for all Sandals and Beaches Resorts International properties which are wholly owned and managed resorts.
About the Position
The incumbent will work to support pricing initiatives, vendor bidding and selection processes, vendor evaluation processes, program pricing, responding to sourcing requests, vendor management and managing established OS&E project.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Evaluating sourcing procedures and presenting improvement strategies to senior management for approval.
- Develop and issue RFP/RFQ materials for pricing analysis and vendor selection, and project manage incoming bids and samples for review and analysis by Strategic Sourcing Director and Project Manager in the property.
- Regularly manage and maintain active pricing databases and published materials for CAPEX.
- Analyzing and calculating procurement costs and developing cost reduction strategies.
- Driving purchasing decisions based on cost and scenario analysis, as well as market trends.
- Negotiating contracts with key suppliers, including costs and terms of supply, service, and quality.
- Collaborating with the procurement department to identify and pursue new supplier opportunities.
- Conducting market research, as well as creating cost estimates and forecasts.
- Maintaining strategic sourcing relationships and developing strong partnerships with Supplier.
- Monitor the performance of suppliers against contractual standards and collaborate with Supplier to achieve continuous improvements in costs and performance.
- Compile and analyze vendor activity data to produce periodic internal reports, as needed.
- Respond to sourcing needs to provide resources for project manager in properties.
- Work with Strategic Sourcing Director to achieve HPI business objectives through special projects and maintenance of established programs.
Key Qualifications:
- Working knowledge of strategic sourcing process, procedures, and contracts.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing sources/costs (materials, commodities, labor, facilities, special technologies, manufacturing processes and services).
- Understanding of product development, processes, and related functions (Purchasing, Marketing, and Distribution).
- Must be highly organized and able to manage multiple initiatives at once.
- Must have highly developed communication and relationship skills.
- Must be detail-oriented and extremely skilled at managing financial data.
- Must be able to work effectively with minimal oversight.
- Builds and manages strong relationships with multiple competing suppliers, optimizing performance within category segments.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or related field preferred or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum 5 years of experience sourcing OS&E.
- A demonstrated understanding of Hospitality OS&E procurement and project management.
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment, multi-task.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and nurture strong partnerships across different constituencies including internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- Possesses good written and oral communication skills.
- Strong PC Skills (MS Office).
- Excellent leadership, problem solving, project management and presentation skills.
Company DescriptionHospitality Purveyors Inc (HPI) is the exclusive design and procurement arm for all Sandals and Beaches Resorts International properties which are wholly-owned and managed resorts.
Company Description
Hospitality Purveyors Inc (HPI) is the exclusive design and procurement arm for all Sandals and Beaches Resorts International properties which are wholly-owned and managed resorts.