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 [email protected] 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.
