Materials Manager

Job description

· Monitors all cost in the Materials Department and initiates and maintains measures to control these.
· Assists with the preparation of the annual Finance Business Plan ensuring Divisional Objectives fully address business objectives of the hotel and needs of associates.
· Assists the Director of Finance with the preparation and regular update of the Materials Departmental Budget and ensuring that targets are met and costs are effectively controlled.
· Manages all aspects of purchasing, receiving, storage and inventory control.
· Ensures that hotel expenses are minimised through the use of effective purchasing and by obtaining the most competitive prices for goods and services.
· Conducts regular market surveys, obtains competitive quotations and aggressively negotiating in order to reap the maximum price benefits of purchasing power.
· Establishes and enforces internal control Policy and Procedure throughout the department, regarding purchasing, receiving, inventory control, issuing and emergency issuing.
· Responsible for the creation and maintenance of certain computer data namely: Inventory Items, Par Stock, items to be included as inventory items, re-order points, item listing, Purchase Orders, Unit of Measure, and inventory levels for all items maintained in inventory.
· Ensures that every department in the hotel receives goods and services as required and to the standards they have specified at the best possible price.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

·  Luxury hotel working experience is preferred
·  Good negotiation and communication skills
·  Has plenty of resources
·  Good integrity