Procurement Manager

Loews Hotels & Co•Nashville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Loews Hotels & Co is a leading owner and operator of luxury hotels with a portfolio of hotels and resorts in the United States. Located in major city centers and resort destinations from coast to coast, the Loews portfolio features one-of-a-kind properties that go beyond Four Diamond standards and embrace their “uniquely local” community in order to curate exciting, approachable and local travel experiences for guests. Who We Are : Founded in 1960, Loews Hotels & Co operates iconic hotels and resorts across the U.S. Together, our diverse and welcoming teams craft exceptional experiences in iconic destinations. Growth and belonging start here ; you’ll be valued for who you are and the goals you have. Whether your next career chapter involves making memories for guests or supporting our properties in our Corporate Office, every role—from Guest Services to Finance, Culinary to IT—offers opportunities to grow and make a meaningful impact. Creating a Team Member experience where you belong no matter what age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status that makes you, you is a daily focus for us.

Requirements

Minimum of 2 years of supervisor or management level experience
Associates Degree desired or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

Provides operational direction to the Procurement Team supporting all hotel properties across North America.
Coaches and develops the Procurement staff while collaborating within the Procure to Pay (P2P) team.
Ensures timely and accurate processing of all purchase orders to ensure all orders are in alignment with corporate standards.
Actively participates in developing process improvements, and ensuring business process mapping is up to date.
Supervises the team of procurement buyers and senior procurement buyers, averaging between 6-10 individuals.
Assigns and monitors work to ensure proper balance and maximum efficiency of team.
Holds monthly 1:1 meetings with each direct report to keep the line of communication open for discussions, coaching and feedback in addition to instant coaching when necessary.
Provides day to day management of all components and SLAs of Procurement to ensure completeness, accuracy and timeliness. Includes but not limited to all property's product adds, discrepancy forms, RMA forms and order placement.
Audits PO follow up monthly to ensure task is completed timely and comprehensive of all necessary items.
Manages escalation and resolution of order issues from buyers, properties, sourcing, accounts payable and vendors.
Reviews pricing and assists in the reduction of products not quoted to improve the accuracy of the database as well as the visibility of the property to see anticipated cost of product.
Placement, confirmation and deposit processing of all Local Capital purchase orders.
Maintains quote storage to ensure only active quotes are available for buyers to utilize.
Processes and resolves invoice discrepancies pertaining to pricing, no PO, unmatched credits, unit of measure, and vendor issues.
Analyzes reports to track trends to address with suppliers to decrease future invoice discrepancies.
Manages special projects and program rollouts.
Analyzes reports for supplier compliance, workload review, project assignment, improve database accuracy, etc.
Builds strong relationships with hotel property leaders to ensure their needs are met and concerns are addressed in a timely and professional manner.
Builds strong relationships with suppliers for a mutually beneficial partnership.
Maintains a strong environment of internal controls and best practices by regularly testing and auditing.
Partners with Sourcing department on daily basis on products, re-sourcing, brand standards, suppliers and supplier issue escalation to meet end goal of servicing our properties.
Assists in statement review for credit holds until account and order release.
Assists when needed to help with buyer and senior buyer roles including processing orders, product adds, product modifications, vendor information, purchasing & outlet templates and pricing.