InterContinental Hotel Group Recruits Purchasing Manager

IHG is a global hotel company whose goal is to create Great Hotels Guests Love. We have more guest rooms than any other hotel company in the world that's nearly 676,000 rooms in over 4,600 hotels in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world.

InterContinental Lagos will be located on Victoria Island, the centre of Lagos home to the majority of foreign embassies and multinational companies, making it the perfect residence for business and diplomatic travelers. Built on an elevated terrain overlooking Lagos's port and the city below, the 19 storey hotel will offer uninterrupted, spectacular views of Lagos Skyline.

InterContinental Lagos comprises of 358 well-appointed, elegantly decorated rooms and suites as well as a Club InterContinental floor. Guests will have access to an all-day dining restaurant, two specialty restaurants, room service and the pool bar for lighter meal choices and snacks. The lobby lounge and cocktail bar will be the perfect setting for casual meetings over coffee or drinks. InterContinental Lagos will also offer exclusive business and conference facilities including a state of the art ballroom with a foyer area, and several additional flexible meeting and breakout area.

We are currently recruiting our Purchasing Manager

Job Title: Purchasing Manager

Job Number: LAG000035
Location: IMEA_Africa-Nigeria-Lagos-Lagos

Job Description
Purchasing Manager, you will coordinate all the Purchasing activities, ensuring that the hotel benefits from the best available prices from the market without compromising the quality standards. You will drive the agreed cost savings monthly and annually through the procurement of goods and services by leveraging IHG's purchasing power with suppliers. Also you will ensure that procurement activities are aligned with brand guidelines and support sustainability initiatives and simplify the purchasing process for Hotel operational departments.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Translate operating forecasts into material requirements plans and thereby determine standard stock and re-order levels to ensure that the hotel is fully supported with all the material inputs.
• Identify and develop reliable sources of supply through supplier appraisal and evaluation systemas per the IHG purchasing standards and ethics..
• Responsible for hotel Importation in liaison with the Accounts department.
• Supervision of all the duties in Purchasing department.
• Establish and maintain effective employee relations.
• Provide documented and accurate monthly Purchasing reports to the Financial Controller, General Manager showing the activity status and Performance targets.

Remuneration
Generous financial and benefits package including duty meals, hotel discounts worldwide and the chance to work with a great team of people. Most importantly, we'll give you the room to be yourself.
Qualifications:

• A degree in Supply Chain Management is preferred or its equivalent
• Typically 5- 8 years experience in Purchase management with at least 3years in Finance leadership positions in hotels of international brand
• Good understanding of the Nigerian / African business and operation environments and markets
• Local or expat
• Service minded and ability to involve and support operations
• Business savvy and good people skills
• Experience in emerging markets / similar hard locations
• Visionary & strategic thinker and ability to convert this to action

Application Closing Date
1st September, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online