Procurement Supervisor at voco Dubai The Palm

About Us

Welcome to voco.

Drawing on our years of experience in delivering True Hospitality, voco Hotels, gives people a different choice. Hotels that are reliable enough to depend on, but different enough to be fun. Our new family of hotels are connected by their individual characters that make memorable travel dependable. Unstuffy hotels, where people feel comfortable to relax, and just get on with relaxing. Hotels that stand out from the crowd.

Becoming part of the family, everyone’s a host…

Every great stay starts with a great host, who are the beating heart of our hotels. Our teams are there when people need them but, give them space to relax. It’s these thoughtful touches that give our service the balance guests adore: natural and easy-going but, also friendly without being over the top.

voco Dubai Palm The Palm is conveniently located on the trunk of the manmade island while being part of the newly launched “Palm West Beach”, a trendy and vibrant spot with an array of exceptional dining concepts. 

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 

What we offer

We’ll reward all your hard work with great salary and benefits – in addition to career development, employee room discounts and great work culture. Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. 

As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care, that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve -visit www.http://careers.ihg.com to find out more about us. 

At IHG, we are committed to developing our team and managing our talent and would encourage internal as well as external candidates to apply for any of our vacancies. 

We are an equal opportunities employer.