Job Description
Job Profile
- Ensure the smooth running of the purchasing department, exerting diligent financial process control in accordance with company and business procedures, ensuring efficiency and resilience to growth.
- Develops and implements business strategies where objectives are communicated at all levels, performance is measured accurately and reported upon in a timely manner to support strategic decisions to enable delivery.
- Prepares and is responsible for the purchasing budget, ensuring that all purchasing functions and disciplines are controlled, audited and developed whilst ensuring productivity, inventory and cost efficiencies levels are attained.
- Reviews and scrutinizes purchasing performance, in accordance with company policy, objectives and standard purchasing practices, providing recommendations that will drive financial performance and provide added value.
- Negotiation of prices and fixing prices for a given period of time.
- Ensures adherence to all legislation where due diligence requirements and best practice activities are planned, delivered and documented for internal and external audit, performing follow-up as required.
Candidate Profile
- National academic qualifications / Degree in Finance preferable.
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience within the hotel or hospitality industry & 3 years’ experience in a similar capacity.
- Strong communication and listening skills, excellent speaking, reading and writing skills.
- Personal integrity, with the ability to work in an environment that demands excellence, time and energy.
- Ability to handle multiple challenging priorities and assignments.
- Skilled with Microsoft Office packages & especially strong in Excel.
To apply please forward a detailed curriculum vitae mentioning the position you are applying for as the subject of the e-mail, with two contactable work referees and telephone number to careers.colombo@radisson.com OR Radisson Colombo, Sri Lanka, No.38, Clifford Place, Colombo004, no later than 5.00p.m. Saturday 03rd May 2025. Only applications that meet the selection criteria will be shortlisted for an interview.