Overview

Your day to day: Operational Responsibilities:

  • Develop strategic plan by studying technological and purchasing opportunities, presenting assumptions and recommending objectives
  • Build company image by collaborating with vendors/suppliers, government authorities, community and Colleagues and by enforcing ethical business practices
  • Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending public exhibition, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, benchmarking state-of-the-art practices and participating in professional societies
  • Ensures accurate administration of all invoices and adheres to proper book-keeping procedures
  • Maintains operations by developing policies and procedures
  • Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and inspection of all deliveries to verify accuracy and quality of product
  • Ensures compliance with food handling and sanitation standards
  • Implements and enforces all control procedures for property goods entering through the purchasing/receiving areas
  • Ensures Colleague is properly trained regarding procedures, sanitation, equipment handling and chemical usage. Ensures compliance with sanitary procedures

Purchasing Operations:

  • Supervises operations of Purchasing Department
  • Ensures Colleagues understand expectations and parameters
  • Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with Colleagues and ensures Colleagues do the same within the team
  • Supports a departmental orientation program for Colleagues to receive the appropriate new hiring training to successfully perform their job
  • Ensures both property policies are administered fairly and consistently
  • Provide direction and assistance to other organizational units regarding accounting and budgeting policies and procedures, and efficient control and utilization of financial resources

Financial Management: Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending public exhibition, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, benchmarking state-of-the-art practices and participating in professional societies:

  • Respond to audits to ensure continual improvement is achieved
  • Ensures profits and losses are documented accurately
  • Achieves and exceeds goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
  • Monitors all taxes that apply, ensuring that taxes are current, collected and/or accrued
  • Manages department’s controllable expenses to achieve or exceed budgeted goals

What We Need From You:

  • 5 years related experience including at least 2 years in same capacity or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively manage key vendor relationships.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of federal, State, and local laws and regulations affecting purchasing and supply chain management.
  • Good practical, operational and adequate administrative skills.
  • A naturally outgoing and friendly personality with a passion for service excellence to consistently deliver and demonstrate voco™ service standards
  • A true “team-player” mentality and flexible attitude towards a diverse set of tasks
  • Excellent communication skills

About IHG Hotels & Resorts

IHG Hotels & Resorts is one of the world’s leading hotel companies with a purpose to provide True Hospitality for Good.