Materials Manager - Urgent Hire

We are searching for an ambitious Materials Manager to join our growing team at Hyatt Hotels Corporation in Kuwait City.
Growing your career as a Full Time Materials Manager is an incredible opportunity to develop productive skills.
If you are strong in people management, leadership and have the right experience for the job, then apply for the position of Materials Manager at Hyatt Hotels Corporation today!

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"Hyatt is a place of learning – similar to a university. The company offers so many ways for me to learn and grow, both professionally and personally."

To ensure the smooth operation and efficient running of the Materials Department while meeting department’s objectives.

• Manages all aspects of purchasing, receiving, storage and inventory control in accordance with the FSMS and HACCP requirements.
• Thorough understanding of the Birchstreet system (Materials Management System).
• Responsible for the issuing and distribution of inventory items within the hotel, and for the accurate and timely allocation of costs to user department.
• 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.
• Keeps inventories as low as possible to properly supply the operation’s needs and maximise inventory turnover and space utilisation.
• Ensures that inventory items are stored properly and issued in FIFO rotation to minimise wastage and spoilage.
• Monitors all cost in the Materials Department and initiates and maintains measures to control these.
• Implements and enforces all operating and control procedures to ensure that movement of goods into and within the hotel is properly accounted for.
• Establishes and enforces internal control Policy and Procedure throughout the department, regarding purchasing, receiving, inventory control, issuing and emergency issuing.
• Advises the Manager/General Manager, Director of Finance and Department Heads of the cost and implications of each department’s consumption of inventory and non-inventory items.
• Contributes to all forecasting and business planned activities by providing historical information and cost projections.
• Advises departments directly of any excessive purchases or consumption of inventory and to recommend practices to reduce such cost, including alternative sources for products.
• Obtains and coordinates all product and purchase specifications from the various heads of department by means of a purchase request (PR) and maintains files of these purchase request together with purchase orders (PO).
• Acquires three (3) price quotations from various sources to determine the lowest cost while maintaining the best quality for any item(s) requested by the different departments.
• 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.
• Coordinates purchase specifications for food and beverage in conjunction with purchasing, receiving, and issuing.
• 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.
• Conducts interviews with suppliers, representatives and obtains information, specifications and quotations on any item required.
• Handles all correspondence, negotiation and procurement to the best advantage of the hotel.
• Selects reliable regular supplies for all inventory items and obtains weekly or bi-weekly price list for daily produce and other food and beverage suppliers.
• Places all orders for non-inventory items once the purchase request has been approved by the Director of Finance and Manager/General Manager.
• Places all orders for the inventory items based upon established and audited par stocks and inventory levels.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Thai nationality (only)
• 3-5 years’experience working in luxary hotel and/or position apply.
• Positive outlook & team player with good communication.
• Creative & passionate by nature, and someone who keeps up with new trends.
• Focused on quality and consistency with keen eye for detail.
• Ability to work well under pressure and keep calm in difficult situations.

Benefits of working as a Materials Manager in Kuwait City:

● Company offers great benefits
● Company offers career progression opportunities
● Attractive package