KNSA Hospitality is looking to hire a Purchasing Manager to take ownership of the Group’s purchasing strategy and operations. The role will cover key spend categories including F&B operations, outsourced operational services (Housekeeping & Security), risk and insurance coverage, utilities, and technical and maintenance-related agreements, with the objective of structuring, optimizing and professionalizing purchasing practices across the portfolio.
One role, flexible location: Hamburg or Paris.
This is a hands-on, transversal role, working closely with both corporate teams and hotel operations, and acting as a key partner to guide hotels toward best-in-class purchasing standards. The Purchasing Manager position is part of the Finance function and reports into the Finance team.
Key responsibilities
* Take full ownership of KNSA’s Europe-wide purchasing scope across all relevant categories, including a thorough review of existing practices and agreements.
* Perform an inventory and assessment of all existing supplier contracts across the entire European portfolio, challenging current setups and identifying risks, gaps and optimization opportunities.
* Define and deploy a group-wide purchasing strategy aligned with operational needs and financial objectives.
* Lead supplier selection, negotiations and contract management, ensuring quality, cost efficiency and compliance.
* Support and guide hotel teams across the portfolio in their purchasing decisions, processes and supplier relationships, while driving change and standardisation where relevant.
* Structure purchasing processes, tools and governance at Group level.
* Identify cost optimization opportunities while maintaining service quality and brand standards.
* Work closely with Finance, Operations and Asset Management teams to ensure consistency and visibility on spend.
* Monitor supplier performance and manage continuous improvement initiatives.
* Provide regular reporting on purchasing performance, savings initiatives and key supplier metrics.
Profile
* Proven experience in purchasing / procurement, ideally within hospitality, F&B, and a multi-site environment.
* Strong negotiation skills and a pragmatic, business-oriented mindset.
* Comfortable working both at strategic and operational level.
* Ability to influence and support hotel teams without a heavy top-down approach.
* Structured, autonomous and solution-oriented.
* Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.