Aimbridge Corporate - Director Category Management - IT

Aimbridge Corporate - Director Category Management - IT Address 5301 Headquarters Drive, Plano, TX, 75024

Job Description

The Director of Category Management is responsible for leading strategic procurement efforts to efficiently and effectively enable business units and functional partners to maximize the value they receive from suppliers to meet their objectives. The Director will work with business units to lead centralized sourcing and procurement efforts. This will include working with the internal stakeholder from initial need identification to final goods.

Specifically, this role will be responsible for the following process : supplier identification, supply analysis/strategy, sourcing execution, contract negotiation, national programs implementation and monitoring, and ongoing performance management and improvement.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of previous experience in Global Sourcing, Supply Chain or Procurement.
• Proficient with MS Office:
  Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Ability to communicate professionally with people at all levels of the organization and external contacts
• Must be able to evaluate and select among alternative courses of action quickly and accurately.
• Must work well in stressful, high-pressure situations.
• Must be effective in handling problems in the workplace, including anticipating, preventing, identifying and solving problems as necessary.
• Must be effective at listening to, understanding, and clarifying the issues raised by co-workers and guests.
• Must be able to work with and understand financial information and data, and basic arithmetic functions.
• Must maintain composure and objectivity while under pressure.

• Coordinates and oversees company Procurement with a view towards reducing costs while improving the overall quality of purchased goods.
• Engages internal stakeholders in order to understand business objectives and desired outcomes.
• Develops and implements category strategies and plans to enable spend leverage and competitive pricing, quality, delivery and risk management with the supply base.
• Closely links Procurement performance with business needs.
• Development of benchmarks and metrics including vendor compliance scorecards to set baseline standards and review for improvement opportunities.
• Monitor and manage supplier service performance and ensure sourcing decisions are consistent with established sourcing strategies, with ability to problem‑solve effectively.
• Identifies and develops new/current suppliers who have the capacity and capability to meet the cost, quality and service needs of the business.
• Identifies and generates tracking and compliance reports needed to monitor Program usage, spend history, supplier performance metrics.
• Partners with Legal/Contracts in the contract administration of all third party agreements, etc.
• Support internal procurement activities related to contracting, transactional purchasing, supplier management, etc.
• Build strong business relationships allowing sourcing to increase its influence over total category spend.

At Aimbridge, hospitality is at the heart of everything we do. As the world's leading global hospitality management company, we are dedicated to being the most trusted hotel operator and employer in the industry. With a portfolio of over 80 respected hotel brands and a commitment to creating exceptional guest experiences, we focus on strong relationships with our partners and creating a strong culture for our team members.

Join us in setting the new standard for hospitality excellence, where trust is the foundation of our success story.

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