Purchasing Manager (Puebla)

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Job Summary: Purchasing Manager responsible for sourcing and evaluating suppliers, negotiating contracts, managing purchase orders, supervising inventory, and ensuring product quality to optimize hotel costs. Key Responsibilities: 1. Manages the procurement of goods and services for a hotel. 2. Negotiates contracts with suppliers and seeks cost savings. 3. Supervises inventories and the quality of purchased products. **Purchasing Manager** **Job Profile** **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business Administration, Economics, Accounting, or related fields **Work Experience:** Three years in a similar position. **Working Conditions:** \- As stipulated by the Federal Labor Law. **Competencies:** \- Computer literacy and basic office functions. \- Proficiency in Excel. \- Availability. \- Interpersonal skills. **Interaction Relationships:** \- Internal: Hotel staff. \- External: Suppliers. **Job Mission:** Source and evaluate suppliers, negotiate contracts, manage purchase orders, supervise inventory, and ensure the quality of purchased products. Also responsible for optimizing costs and identifying cost-saving opportunities for the hotel. **Company Objectives:** Ensure procurement of necessary physical resources to adequately support guest services in accordance with brand standards. **Specific Job Objectives:** Ensure adequate supply of goods and services for the hotel. **Job Functions:** \- Plan, coordinate, and direct departmental activities related to procurement of consumables and fixed assets. \- Supervise maintenance of an updated supplier registry and catalogs of items required for hotel operations. \- Select and evaluate hotel suppliers. This includes researching and negotiating optimal terms and conditions for purchase contracts, ensuring suppliers meet required quality and service standards. \- Supervise inventory of products and materials at the hotel. This includes maintaining appropriate stock levels, avoiding overstock or shortages, and coordinating with other departments to forecast future needs. \- Continuously seek opportunities to reduce costs and maximize purchasing value. This may include price negotiation, identifying more economical alternatives, and implementing efficient procurement practices. \- Responsible for executing the entire procurement process—from preparing purchase requisitions to receiving purchased goods or services—ensuring adherence to agreed timelines, costs, and quality standards. \- Establish and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, and collaborate closely with other hotel departments—such as Food & Beverage—to ensure smooth and efficient communication regarding procurement needs.\- Coordinate all administrative activities not specified in this manual but inherently associated with the position. \- Attend scheduled meetings when required. \- Supervise the proper functioning of each section within the area, considering established lines of authority and responsibility. \- Draft, review, and/or authorize documentation required to issue information related to the area under supervision. \- Know, comply with, and enforce applicable regulations, policies, and instructions. \- Monitor whether computerized system processes meet operational and efficiency requirements of the supervised area, verifying that information processing and flow are accurate and timely. \- Supervise, control, and monitor proper use of assets assigned to the area; maintain updated personal custody records; and report damages to furniture, equipment, and facilities via appropriate reports. \- Evaluate current operational conditions, productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency—identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. \- Observe, guide, evaluate performance and attitude of personnel assigned to the area, promoting incentives and motivation systems to achieve optimal individual and collective development within the work area. Employment Type: Full-time Salary: $26,000\.00 \- $30,000\.00 per month Work Location: On-site employment