Group Procurement Director

About the Role
The company is seeking an accomplished Group Procurement Director to lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive, group-wide strategic procurement function across our portfolio of operating hotels. This is a senior leadership opportunity for a commercially driven professional capable of transforming a decentralized purchasing environment into a coordinated, efficient, and value-generating procurement organization. The successful candidate will bring a proven track record of establishing procurement strategies, policies, governance frameworks, and sourcing capabilities across complex organizations comprising multiple operating entities.

Key Job Responsibilities:
1. Procurement Strategy & Organization

• Design and implement a group-wide procurement strategy, operating model, and governance framework.
• Establish procurement policies, procedures, approval authorities, and compliance standards across the hotel portfolio.
• Define the optimal balance between centralized strategic sourcing and decentralized operational purchasing.

2. Group Synergies & Value Creation

• Identify and capture procurement synergies, economies of scale, and consolidation opportunities across multiple properties and geographies.
• Develop category management strategies, group purchasing agreements, and preferred supplier frameworks.
• Deliver measurable cost efficiencies while maintaining operational quality, service standards, and business continuity.

3. Supplier & Contract Management

• Lead strategic supplier selection, negotiations, contracting, and performance management.
• Establish long-term partnerships with key suppliers and develop regional and international sourcing opportunities.
• Implement robust supplier evaluation, risk management, and contractual governance processes.

4. Performance, Technology & Transformation

• Introduce procurement performance indicators, spend analytics, reporting dashboards, and savings measurement methodologies.
• Drive procurement digitalization, including appropriate e-procurement platforms and purchasing systems.
• Build a culture of procurement excellence, transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.

5. Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

• Partner closely with hotel General Managers, Finance Directors, operational teams, and corporate leadership.
• Engage constructively with hotel owners and stakeholders to align procurement initiatives with property-level requirements and ownership structures.
• Build and lead a high-performing procurement organization capable of supporting a geographically diversified portfolio.

The Ideal Candidate:

• 15+ years of professional experience, including significant leadership responsibilities in strategic procurement, sourcing, or supply chain management.
• Demonstrated success in designing, establishing, and scaling centralized or coordinated procurement functions across large, decentralized, multi-entity organizations.
• Strong experience in category management, strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, procurement governance, and cost optimization.
• Proven ability to generate measurable financial benefits through procurement consolidation and organizational transformation.
• Experience in hospitality, retail, food & beverage, travel retail, or other multi-site service industries. Hospitality experience is advantageous but not essential.
• Strong commercial acumen, financial understanding, analytical capabilities, and technology orientation.
• Excellent leadership, influencing, and change-management skills, with the ability to drive alignment across independently managed operating entities.
• Preferably currently based in the UAE or wider GCC, with relevant regional market knowledge and supplier networks.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related discipline; relevant postgraduate qualifications or professional certifications are advantageous.

Why Join Us?
This position offers the opportunity to build and shape a strategic procurement function at group level, with direct influence on operational performance, profitability, and long-term value creation. Reporting to the Chief Performance Officer, the Group Procurement Director will play a central role in strengthening operational excellence and competitiveness across the Middle East and Africa. We welcome applications from accomplished procurement leaders across industries who have demonstrated the ability to create scalable, high-performing procurement organizations. If you have built procurement capabilities across complex, multi-site businesses and are ready to make a tangible impact at the regional level, we would welcome your interest.