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

AccorCorpo; Milano; Ibrido; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A global hospitality leader is seeking a Category Manager for FF&E and Construction. This role involves driving category strategies, managing suppliers, and ensuring financial performance. The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree and experience in procurement within construction. The position offers a hybrid working model, including benefits such as hotel discounts and performance bonuses.

Servizi

Discounts for hotels worldwide

Annual performance-based bonus

Corporate Social Responsibility activities

Competenze

• Experience in procurement, especially in construction and FF&E categories.
• Skilled in managing complex tenders and client relationships.
• Capable of leading suppliers and finance aspects in procurement.

Mansioni

• Develop and manage category strategies for procurement.
• Lead tenders, supplier negotiations, and decision-making processes.
• Ensure financial performance and client satisfaction in assigned categories.

Conoscenze

Procurement in construction and FF&E

Project management

Strategic mindset

Complex tender management

Multicultural collaboration

Full professional proficiency in English and French

Formazione

Master degree in Business or Engineering

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

• 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

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