Italy F&B Category Manager
Inside the Southern Europe teams of AccorHotels GPO, the Category Manager is responsible to ensure hotels in the country can benefit from the best quality and purchasing conditions for the Food & Beverages categories. He/She defines the local procurement strategy, the range management and executes it. This person is part of a team responding to the Southern Europe F&B Category Director, and works jointly with the Base Category Management team.
Main accountabilities
Offer range management
–Understanding of business & guest needs, as well as new trends (competitive watch)
–Translation of these needs into Category « offer » Strategies
–Definition of product / services assortment range to meet these needs
–Definition of product/service specifications
–Responsibility on revenue and profit for categories in scope
Procurement/Sourcing Management
–Development of procurement sourcing strategy to enable Category vision (which suppliers to include, prioritization of tenders, supplier dependency review etc.)
–Alignment with BASE to define Global Category Strategy
–Definition of best sourcing procurement process and frequency of price reviews
–Definition of the best logistic solution
–Development of new supplier base / innovation
Source to contract
–Lead on execution of RFI/RFP/RFQ
–Assessment of suppliers' proposals (products & services, price, …)
–Shortlisting, Negotiation and decision on selected suppliers
–Closing & contracting with selected suppliers, implementation of contracts
–Supplier performance management & supplier relationship management
Coordination on Global categories and international contract roll-out
–Support & coordination with BASEfor identification and deployment of best practices, synergies & massification potentials, highlighting local specificities
–Local implementation of international deals
Customer relationship building as country category expert
Skills and Competencies
At least 5 years of experience in Procurement
Business School / Master in Purchasing
Local language(s) fluent (Italian), working proficiency in English, French is a plus
Expertise Procurement process & Category Management
Specific knowledge of categories in scope
Analytical skills & organization skills
Customer Focus
Result-orientedness
