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

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

As a member of Astore’s Category Management team, you play a key role in driving our strategy and driving solutions for our hotel partners in the region. Your focus will be on the Construction, Renovation, Technical Maintenance (CRTM) and Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment (FF&E) categories across the ENA region. Your role will involve developing category strategies, managing tenders, and maintaining strong relationships with both suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver value and ensure client satisfaction.

What will you do?

As 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

Be responsible for all (local) procurement for your categories, managing the offers on your marketplace; in addition you are responsible for revenue and profit for the categories in your scope

Define and implement strategies for your assigned categories to achieve financial targets and enhance client satisfaction

Lead tenders and bidding processes and support the local identification and implementation of best practices, synergies and more

Manage the selection and decision making process on suppliers, including assessment of supplier quotations, and negotiate contracts, prices and T&Cs; fully responsible for the source-to-contract-process for your categories, including all RFI- / RFP- / RFQ-processes

Manage complex projects involving suppliers, technical directors, architects, and more

Take full ownership of financial performance, including EBIT, revenue, customer savings, and bad debt control

Qualifications

Our ideal profile would be :

Master degree in Business or Engineering

Proven experience in procurement, especially in construction and FF&E categories

Expertise in project procurement and category management

Strategic and analytical mindset with a strong customer focus

Skilled in managing complex tenders and client relationships

Full professional proficiency in English and French is a must; any additional European language is a plus

Comfortable working in multicultural and cross-functional environments

Additional Information

What’s in there for you?

Unique opportunity to develop your career with worldwide Augmented Hospitality leaders

Package of benefits and perks of working for Accor, including discounts for hotels worldwide, annual bonus based on your own performances, and much more!

Work in a multi-national team

Hybrid way of working (3 days in the office + 2 days at home)

Corporate Social Responsibility activities

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