Senior Manager, Procurement

AccorCorpo • Toronto, ON

82d • CA$110,000 - CA$130,000

About The Position

Join us at Accor, where life pulses with passion! As a pioneer in the art of responsible hospitality, the Accor Group gathers more than 45 brands, 5,600 hotels, 10,000 restaurants, and lifestyle destinations in 110 countries. While each brand has its own personality, where you will be able to truly find yourself, they all share a common ambition: to keep innovating and challenging the status-quo. By joining us, you will become a Heartist®, because hospitality is, first and foremost, a work of heart. You will join a caring environment and a team where you can be all you are. You will be in a supportive place to grow, to fulfil yourself, to discover other professions and to pursue career opportunities, in your hotel or in other hospitality environments, in your country or anywhere in the world! You will enjoy exclusive benefits, specific to the sector and beyond, as well as strong recognition for your daily commitment. Everything you will do with us, regardless of your profession, will offer a deep sense of meaning, to create lasting, memorable and impactful experiences for your customers, for your colleagues and for the planet. Hospitality is a work of heart, Join us and become a Heartist®.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Business Process Management, Analytics, Information Technology, or equivalent experience
• 5+ 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 with broad hands on experience across food and beverage categories and decentralized environment
• 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
• Exceptional data analysis and financial acumen skills
• Demonstrating strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.) software
• Must already be legally entitled to work in Canada to be considered for the position.

Nice To Haves

• MBA
• Retail, Hospitality, Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) or Consulting industry experience
• PMP (Project Management Professional) or SCMP (Supply Chain Management Professional) designations
• Fluency in French

Responsibilities

• 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
• Develop and maintain deep category expertise across indirect spend categories and maintain market knowledge on changing innovations in indirect categories (Financial Services & Payments, Technology & Software, Human Resources, Telecommunications, Marketing, Loyalty, Operations, Travel, Consulting and others)
• Provide stewardship of strategic sourcing policy as well as solution compliance and adoption throughout the organization
• Implement Accor global procurement policy in partnership with finance.
• Contribute to the Procure to Pay (Coupa) tool deployment for the region and ensure adoption, coordinating with technical teams.
• Manage Source-to-Pay for Indirect NCA categories (Source-to-Contract & Procure-to-Pay).
• Control and validate all purchase requests in Coupa, ensuring policy compliance.
• Produce and analyze regional performance reports and dashboards as well as function financial tracking

Benefits

• Excellent Company benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance and pension plan.
• Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide for you and your family.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior