Procurement Category Manager - Construction, FF&E and Maintenance (m/f/d)

Procurement Category Manager - Construction, FF&E and Maintenance (m/f/d)

Be part of a multicultural team spread across Europe where your job will be to identify the hotels' needs and find solutions in technical-oriented categories including maintenance, refurbishment, technical products distribution and Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment (FF&E). Your scope covers the Western-European region.

Your role is a mix between category manager and technical CAPEX buyer for specific projects:

• As a Category Manager, you will set up strategies in your categories, source suppliers, negotiate contracts with them, deploy their solutions in the hotels and manage the relationships (SRM)
• As a technical buyer, you will lead tenders for specific CAPEX projects of your clients

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• All local procurement for your categories and the P&L for your categories
• Designing offers with your suppliers and promoting them to your hotels
• Supporting your management for key information, such as keeping track of the major KPIs, analysis of capture rates, follow up of declarative campaigns
• Leading tenders with our e-Sourcing tool. Being able to present hotel owners and management tender analyses / syntheses for decision-making
• Managing suppliers' relationships: organize business reviews, negotiate and maintain standard terms and prices with our preferred suppliers.

Qualifications

• Fluency in French and English is essential, any other European language will be a plus
• Minimum 3 years of experience in procurement (Capex procurement and/or category management)
• Affinity for technical topics; previous experience in technical procurement is a plus
• Strategic and analytical mindset with a strong customer focus
• Skilled in managing complex tenders and client relationships
• Strong communication skills and adaptability towards hotel owners and suppliers
• Autonomy, proactivity, and rigour
• Team player

Additional Information

• Unique opportunity to take your first steps and develop your career with worldwide Augmented Hospitality leaders
• Package of benefits and perks of working for Accor
• Work in a multi-national team
• Hybrid way of working
• Talent development opportunities
• Access to a comprehensive training catalogue within our Accor Academy
• Option to further develop and grow in- and outside of the region or globally
• Various ESG activities & initiatives

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now and become part of a team where passion and purpose meet.