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POSITION SUMMARY

As a member of the Marriott International Procurement Team (MIP), the senior manager will focus on contributing to influencing the sourcing strategy for both food and non-food related commodities as well as developing and managing key vendor contract relationships for the cluster.  The position will be responsible for identifying and developing effective supply chain partnership agreements to reduce cost and improve service conditions for all managed and participating franchise hotels, across all brands. The primary contracting targets will include mining “new and incremental value” from previously unmanaged vendor relationships within the business.. The specific key areas of accountability include the following 1) Contracting/Procurement Process 2) Relationship and Vendor Management 3) Data Analysis and Reporting 4) Property and Cluster Support 5) direct P&L responsibility for rebates and savings for the cluster.

SCOPE

The Senior Manager provides support to all  managed and participating franchised hotels in the cluster and in particular has P&L responsibility in regards to rebates  for the cluster

·          Location requirements:  The senior manager to be located in Poland. Specific location Warsaw.

·         Language Requirements:  High proficiency (speaking, reading and writing) in English and Polish is required.

·         Travel Requirements:  There is business travel required ( up to 20% of total time)

 

EXPECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

Contracting/Procurement Process

·         Responsible for driving the procurement process for food and non-food concepts to include supplier sourcing, bid preparation, cost analysis, negotiations and contract award following all MIP standards

·         Gathers and analyzes data, identifying high-volume spend materials and services

·         Utilizes data analysis to develop cost saving strategies

·         Consolidates existing vendor base to leverage volume and drive compliance to strategic partners

·         Monitors market trends, price increases, and evaluates vendor performance

·         Conducts RFPs as necessary and determine best supply chain channel to ensure quality, service, price, product sustainability and diversity vendor opportunities

·         Prepares tendering process protocols, vendor communications, reports, presentations, and detailed spread sheet analysis to conclude a contact

                                              

Relationship and Vendor Management

·         Communicates regularly with hotels in clusters (customer stakeholders) to gather input on materials, services and potential vendor contracting opportunities and to ensure continuous program improvement

·         Assumes primary responsibility as the overall business owner of the supply relationships

·         Establishes and manages vendor partnerships for all major commodity categories

·         Conducts vendor inspections to gain education on process and products

·         Monitors vendors reliability and establishes contact with prospective vendors

·         Being the the liaison between the hotels (Cluster) and MIP Europe

 

Data Analysis and Reporting

·         Constructs and maintains tracking process for material and service contracts including those agreements that require time and volume commitments; communicates tracking with finance and other internal customers

·         Gathers usage data across multiple databases to forecast inventory needs and communicates needs to manufacturing vendors to minimize out of stock situations

·         Constructs and maintains tracking process for supplier performance and spend reports

·         Presents supplier performance reports to cluster and MIP Europe leadership

·         Monitors supplier performance against proposed financial incentives and identifies potential issues or need for audit

·         Conducts performance reviews with supplier and drive customer participation in program

 

 

Property and Cluster Support

·         Assists in the support of all affiliated properties across and various business functions across designated cluster

·         Supports hotels on day-to-day basis by providing feedback on pricing, specifications, standards, etc.

·         Maintains communications between company – affiliated hotels – continent offices

·         Conducts procurement audits in affiliated properties to ensure maximum compliance and to maintain relations with all employees and Exec Com in each hotel

·         Conducts property audits in compliance with Company policies

·         Develops and provides communications of new contracts to the various hotels in the cluster

·         Ensures maximum leverage is obtained within the continent properties to ensure full advantage of given leveraging opportunities

·         Organizes Cluster meetings to maximize leverage

·         Reinforces clustering leverage process wherever the local pre-conditions exist (e.g. per city, per region, per country)

·         Provides support, training, and development to Procurement Champions

·         Direct P&L responsibility of rebates for Cluster