Procurement Manager at Loews Hotels & Co in Nashville, TN

Loews Hotels & Co is a leading owner and operator of luxury hotels with a portfolio of hotels and resorts in the United States. Located in major city centers and resort destinations from coast to coast, the Loews portfolio features one-of-a-kind properties that go beyond Four Diamond standards and embrace their “uniquely local” community in order to curate exciting, approachable and local travel experiences for guests.

Who We Are: Founded in 1960, Loews Hotels & Co operates iconic hotels and resorts across the U.S. Together, our diverse and welcoming teams craft exceptional experiences in iconic destinations.

Growth and belonging start here; you’ll be valued for who you are and the goals you have. Whether your next career chapter involves making memories for guests or supporting our properties in our Corporate Office, every role—from Guest Services to Finance, Culinary to IT—offers opportunities to grow and make a meaningful impact.

Creating a Team Member experience where you belong no matter what age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status that makes you, you is a daily focus for us.

What We Offer:

• Competitive health & wellness benefits, 401(k) & company match

• Paid Sick Days, Vacation, and Holidays, Paid Bereavement, Paid Pet Bereavement

• Training & Development opportunities, career growth

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Pet Insurance

• Team Member Hotel Rates, other discounts, perks and more

Purpose:

The Procurement Manager provides operational direction to the Procurement Team supporting all hotel properties across North America. This leader will coach and develop the Procurement staff while collaborating within the Procure to Pay (P2P) team. This position ensures timely and accurate processing of all purchase orders to ensure all orders are in alignment with corporate standards. This position actively participates in developing process improvements, and ensuring business process mapping is up to date. The Procurement Manager reports to the Senior Procurement Manager.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Supervise the team of procurement buyers and senior procurement buyers, averaging between 6-10 individuals. 
• Assigns and monitors work to ensure proper balance and maximum efficiency of team.
• Hold monthly 1:1 meetings with each direct report to keep the line of communication open for discussions, coaching and feedback in addition to instant coaching when necessary. 
• Provide day to day management of all components and SLAs of Procurement to ensure completeness, accuracy and timeliness.  Includes but not limited to all property's product adds, discrepancy forms, RMA forms and order placement.
• Audit PO follow up monthly to ensure task is completed timely and comprehensive of all necessary items.  
• Manages escalation and resolution of order issues from buyers, properties, sourcing, accounts payable and vendors.
• Review pricing and assist in the reduction of products not quoted to improve the accuracy of the database as well as the visibility of the property to see anticipated cost of product. 
• Placement, confirmation and deposit processing of all Local Capital purchase orders.
• Maintain quote storage to ensure only active quotes are available for buyers to utilize. 
• Process and resolve invoice discrepancies pertaining to pricing, no PO, unmatched credits, unit of measure, and vendor issues.
• Analyze report to track trends to address with suppliers to decrease future invoice discrepancies.
• Manage special projects and program rollouts.
• Analyze reports for supplier compliance, workload review, project assignment, improve database accuracy, etc. 
• Builds strong relationships with hotel property leaders to ensure their needs are met and concerns are addressed in a timely and professional manner. 
• Builds strong relationships with suppliers for a mutually beneficial partnership. 
• Maintain strong environment of internal controls and best practices by regularly testing and auditing.
• Partner with Sourcing department on daily basis on products, re-sourcing, brand standards, suppliers and supplier issue escalation to meet end goal of servicing our properties. 
• Assist in statement review for credit holds until account and order release. 
• Assist when needed to help with buyer and senior buyer roles including processing orders, product adds, product modifications, vendor information, purchasing & outlet templates and pricing.   

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of supervisor or management level experience  
• Associates Degree desired or equivalent work experience