Assistant Vice President, Procurement, IT & Professional Services
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation

Orlando, Florida

Posted in Hospitality and Catering


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Job Description
Are you ready to grow your dream career while making others' vacation dreams come true? Marriott Vacations Worldwide is a world premier organization for Vacation Ownership with resorts at destinations around the globe. Join our team and help deliver unforgettable experiences that make vacation dreams come true.

Specific Job Summary

The Assistant Vice President of Procurement is responsible for overseeing the comprehensive sourcing and procurement strategy in specific functional areas of the organization (i.e. Resort Operations, IT, Marketing, etc.); driving key stakeholder alignment and supporting successful execution of sourcing and procurement strategies.

Specific Expected Contributions

Manage Supplier Relationships

  • Fully understands stakeholder landscape, understands the role they play and works to maintain relationships in partnership with other members of the MVW organization
  • Builds and maintains excellent relationships with internal clients and colleagues at all levels. Identifies and formalizes business requirements and challenges into formal evaluation metrics
  • Engages with business stakeholders to clarify and prioritize potential opportunities across a portfolio of category projects
  • Follows established reporting and communication structures to ensure all stakeholders are adequately informed. Proactive communication around success stories and lessons learned
  • Drives an awareness of supplier expectations and requirements within the organization to foster win-win relationships.
  • Designs category and supplier reporting to effectively manage strategic function performance insights
  • Supports development of a strategic supply base and maintains key supplier relationships
  • Works with new and existing suppliers to develop innovative solutions for the business
  • Develops controls to prevent leakage of value, ensuring cost savings measures are realized and minimizes risks associated with supplier relationships.
  • Manages supplier performance processes (e.g., Quarterly Business Views, Corrective Action Plans, etc.) and key performance metrics (e.g., On-Time-In-Full (OTIF), pricing compliance, % defect and other quality metrics, etc.).

Define, Develop and Execute Sourcing Strategy
  • Develops and executes category strategies, refining these strategies in line with changing business environments as needed
  • Reviews category workplans, charters, roles / responsibilities and facilitates functional area alignment to drive progress within the category
  • Establishes category documentation such as addressable spend, category value levers, and evaluates preliminary category value hypotheses
  • Establishes comprehensive framework for Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for managed category, capturing cost components such as unit price, tax, delivery, warranty & maintenance, scrap and replacement, internal process-related costs, etc.
  • Evaluates current category requirements and specifications and identifies opportunities to harmonize across the organization
  • Analyzes category supply markets to keep current on supplier and industry trends
  • Reviews internal requirements in context of the external supply market and refines category management strategies and tactics as needed
  • Reviews appropriate type of sourcing strategies (e.g., value engineering, demand management, etc.) and tactics (e.g., RFP, direct negotiation, etc.) and develops execution plans accordingly
  • Manages development, distribution, and facilitation of supplier qualification and RFx events
  • Leads major supplier negotiations, including negotiable issues across commercial and business terms; analyzes proposals across multiple considerations (e.g., service levels, quality, pricing, supplier innovations, risks, etc.)
  • Evaluates potential award scenarios, develops recommendations, and socializes recommendations with business stakeholders. Finalizes implementation plans based on results of award decisions
  • Monitors supplier progress against plans, including delivery of benefits, specific functional area KPIs, etc.
  • Reviews category and supplier performance tracking measures for relevance and effectiveness

Specific Candidate Profile
  • Delivers high impact presentations internally and externally and develops persuasive and convincing communications (e.g., proposals, reports, plans) to secure commitment from business leaders
  • Provides business insights based on rigorous analysis of category management levers to drive value
  • Provides thought leadership in developing clear sourcing strategy for selected categories, and proactively educates senior leaders / stakeholders on business implications of significant long-term trends (i.e., market drivers, regulatory and technology trends, etc.) that guide sourcing strategies.
  • Reviews internal / external data and market intelligence resources, integrating critical information and using as an input to drive strategy shifts at the broader business level
  • Reviews and supports development of long-range strategic roadmap aligned with business objectives and strategies that enables scalability, efficiency, and cost effectiveness of assigned categories.
  • Leads sourcing execution for complex projects and provides prioritization and deployment guidance for implementation teams across projects
  • Leads competitive bidding process for highly complex bids (e.g., multi-regional scope, multiple businesses). Provides guidance on pricing options best suited to MVW, market conditions, breakthrough technology use, and current competitive bidding practices that are consistent with MVW policies, ethical standards, and legal requirements
  • Leverages category expertise to identify and prioritize areas of opportunity and drives consensus with business team members on value of the approach
  • Minimum 7 years of combined sourcing / procurement / supply chain experience and/or functional experience in the assigned category
  • BS/BA in Supply Chain, Economics, Finance, or Business Administration; CSCP or MBA preferred
  • Possesses proficiency in industry-standard / leading-class contract terms and conditions (T&Cs)
  • Comfortable with large amounts of data and adopts a data-driven approach to strategic category management
  • Proficiency in PC-based applications, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Marriott Vacations Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture


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