Director of Procurement and Strategic Contracts

Company Description

Auberge Collection is a portfolio of extraordinary hotels, resorts, residences and private clubs. While each property is unique, all share a crafted approach to luxury and bring the soul of the locale to life through captivating design, exceptional cuisine, innovative wellbeing, and gracious yet unobtrusive service. With 30 one-of-a-kind hotels, resorts, and residences, Auberge invites guests to create unforgettable stories in some of the world’s most desirable destinations.

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Job Description

Join our team as Director of Procurement and Strategic Contracting, reporting to the Auberge’s Chief Financial Officer. You will be responsible for driving strong financial performance while creating a culture of performance excellence and accountability within the management team. We look to the person in this position to deliver superior financial performance, ensure operational efficiencies, implement effective financial controls, implement practical, non-bureaucratic policies and procedures, and negotiate high-value enterprise-wide contracts.  This role will be responsible for identifying opportunities and negotiating enterprise-wide strategic contracts to improve profitability, guest service, and brand value.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• The Director will serve as the authority on developing and interpreting procurement guidelines, policies and procedures for a variety of procurement issues; providing advice to home office and hotel leaders to collaborate in the creation of procurement strategies.

• Act as a procurement business partner to business disciplines, guiding products and category management, strategic sourcing, policy, and risk management.

• Establish, continuously refine, and implement product category management and sourcing strategies for procurement across the enterprise, ensuring alignment with discipline partners and company objectives. 

• Stay abreast of demand patterns and category spend, cost benchmarks, and business trends to identify potential suppliers, advise on competitive dynamics, and proactively work with stakeholders to modify strategies to meet enterprise-wide requirements, manage risk, and optimize costs.

• Identify and develop strategies to mitigate supply chain risks, ensuring business continuity and stability.

• Develop strategies to manage and optimize supplier relationships, ensuring quality and cost-effectiveness.

• Recommend new sourcing strategies, process improvements, and supplier relationships for the enterprise.

• Provide thought leadership and end-to-end ownership of sourcing events for major initiatives. 

• Develop and implement effective internal tracking mechanisms and measurements to monitor the competitive bidding process.

• Leverage strong analytical and communication skills to lead and assist others in managing all aspects of competitive bids, including analyzing and scoring multiple proposals, creating corresponding business cases (including financial reports), and presenting clear and concise summaries of recommended options. 

• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams across the enterprise and within Global Procurement to achieve shared goals. 

• Define and monitor the group procurement performance plan with a focus on operational efficiency, cost reduction, high quality, and risk management 

• Manage global procurement processes, both tactical and strategic, continuously improving robustness, quality, speed, and cost effectiveness 

• Monitor comprehensive KPIs including financial performance, operational efficiency, and strategic objectives achievement 

• Work closely with relevant key stakeholders within Business Units to understand their needs and challenges and drive change where needed 

• Prepare and manage the procurement budget, including identifying future requirements to achieve Auberge procurement and strategic objectives 

• Ensure innovation in procurement operations and continuous improvement across all categories and regions

• Ensure procurement strategies align with corporate sustainability goals, ethical sourcing standards, and supplier diversity initiatives.

• Develop and implement an effective and efficient competitive bid process for home office and the hotels.

Expected Outcomes

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