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.