Supply Chain Manager
Our client in the hospitality is looking for a Supply Chain Manager. Covering F&B, engineering, operating and general supplies, wine and spirits, and industrial requirements, the role holds overall accountability for procurement and logistics, leading the category management and logistics teams.
Main Responsibilities:
Team leadership:
· Lead the team, managing workload, performance reviews, recruitment and retention.
· Develop team capabilities through coaching, knowledge sharing and agreed development plans.
· Take full accountability for the entity’s performance, reporting to the Chief Operations Officer.
Category and operational oversight:
· Manage procurement performance across all categories, delivering cost-efficiency targets and tracking savings.
· Oversee Engineering procurement across the four properties, including equipment, spares and contractors, while team capabilities are developed.
· Set supplier strategy and negotiation standards, enabling category managers to negotiate within delegated authority.
· Oversee logistics and imports through the Planner Executive, providing backup for import decisions.
· Safeguard group supply requirements when managing F&B sales to third parties.
Process and governance:
· Apply the delegation-of-authority matrix, ensuring appropriate approvals and escalations.
· Follow the central contract register and renewal calendar maintained by the Financial Accountant.
· Ensure compliance with required tender processes and maintain audit readiness.
· Apply the transitional capex validation arrangements to capital purchases.
Cross-cluster coordination:
· Align with the Group Retail Manager to connect commercial buying with procurement execution.
· Provide procurement data for consolidated cluster reporting.
· Coordinate chemical, linen, equipment sourcing, engineering and capex requirements with Asset Management.
Profile:
· A degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business Administration or a related field.
· At least 7 years’ procurement or supply chain experience, including 3 years leading a team, preferably in a multi-property hospitality environment.
· Experience to CMMS systems.
· Proven ability to manage procurement across multiple categories, with strong knowledge of engineering equipment, and technical / MRO category background.
· Strong supplier management and negotiation skills, with a track record of delivering measurable savings without compromising supply or quality.
· Experience overseeing logistics and imports, with the judgement to resolve supply issues and support timely decisions.
· Sound knowledge of tendering, contracts, approval limits, audit requirements and capital purchasing processes.
· A collaborative leader who develops people, uses procurement data to track performance and works effectively across operational and commercial teams.
· Clear written and verbal communication skills.