Group Chief Procurement Officer (Group CPO)

The Group Chief Procurement Officer (Group CPO) will lead the procurement and strategic sourcing agenda for one of Asia's largest hospitality management groups, supporting a diverse portfolio of hotels, resorts, serviced residences and related hospitality businesses across multiple markets.

As a member of the senior leadership team, the Group CPO will transform procurement from a predominantly purchasing and cost-management function into a strategic enterprise capability. The role will be responsible for leveraging the Group's scale to deliver sustainable commercial value while strengthening quality, supply resilience, governance, innovation and the guest experience.

The Group CPO will oversee procurement across hotel operations, food and beverage, FF&E, OS&E, technology, professional services, facilities, capital projects and other major spend categories. The role will also provide procurement leadership for new hotel openings, renovations, conversions and portfolio expansion.

A critical dimension of the position is the Group's asset-light hospitality management model. The Group CPO must therefore create value not only for the management company but also for hotel owners and asset partners.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Procurement Strategy & Transformation

Develop and execute the Group's procurement strategy aligned with its growth, financial, operational and brand objectives. Establish an effective procurement operating model across Group, regional, country and property levels, determining where procurement should be consolidated and where local flexibility should remain.

Lead the continued professionalisation and digitalisation of procurement, establishing the organisation, capabilities, systems, data and governance required to support a large and growing hospitality portfolio.

Strategic Sourcing & Category Management

Lead strategic sourcing and category management across the Group's major areas of expenditure, including food and beverage, FF&E, OS&E, guest amenities, linen, housekeeping, engineering, facilities, technology, professional services, marketing and other corporate and hotel operating requirements.

Develop Group and regional sourcing strategies that aggregate purchasing power, improve commercial terms and reduce unnecessary supplier fragmentation while protecting quality, operational flexibility and brand differentiation.

Establish appropriate preferred-supplier and strategic-supplier programmes and continuously identify opportunities for specification optimisation, demand management, value engineering and total-cost-of-ownership improvement.

Commercial Value & Spend Management

Establish comprehensive visibility over Group expenditure and increase the proportion of addressable spend actively managed by Procurement.

Deliver measurable value through strategic sourcing, supplier consolidation, commercial negotiations, demand management, specification optimisation, process improvement and working-capital initiatives.

Work closely with Finance to establish rigorous methodologies for validating procurement savings, cost avoidance and P&L impact, ensuring that procurement's financial contribution is transparent, measurable and credible.

Hotel Owner & Asset Partner Value

Develop procurement as a meaningful component of the Group's value proposition to hotel owners and asset partners.

Create scalable procurement programmes that enable properties to benefit from the Group's purchasing power, supplier relationships, market intelligence and procurement expertise. Demonstrate transparent financial and operational benefits while balancing Group standards with legitimate owner requirements.

Support senior management in owner discussions relating to major procurement programmes, capital expenditure and significant supplier arrangements.

Hotel Operations & Guest Experience

Partner closely with Operations, General Managers, Culinary, F&B, Engineering, Brand and other hotel functions to ensure procurement supports operational excellence.

Ensure sourcing decisions appropriately balance cost, product quality, reliability, sustainability, brand standards and guest experience.

The Group CPO will understand that procurement performance in hospitality cannot be measured by savings alone; procurement must ultimately enable hotels to operate efficiently and deliver consistently high standards to guests.

New Openings, Renovations & Capital Projects

Provide procurement leadership for new hotel openings, conversions, renovations and major capital programmes.

Working closely with Development, Design & Technical Services, Finance and Operations, ensure effective sourcing and commercial management of FF&E, OS&E and other major project requirements.

Develop scalable procurement frameworks that enable the Group to support multiple simultaneous hotel openings across different markets while maintaining budget, quality, brand and opening-date requirements.

Supplier & Supply Chain Management

Develop a high-performing supplier ecosystem capable of supporting the Group's scale and geographic footprint.

Establish strategic supplier relationships, supplier segmentation, performance scorecards and regular business reviews. Work with key suppliers to improve service, quality, innovation, sustainability and commercial performance.

Strengthen supply-chain resilience by identifying critical suppliers, single-source dependencies, geographic concentration and other vulnerabilities. Establish alternative sourcing, business-continuity and supplier-risk strategies for critical categories.

Procurement Governance & Risk

Establish and maintain a robust Group procurement governance framework covering sourcing, tendering, supplier selection, contracting, approval authorities, supplier onboarding, conflicts of interest and procurement integrity.

Ensure appropriate controls and segregation of duties throughout the procurement and purchase-to-pay process.

Partner with Legal, Finance, Risk and Internal Audit to strengthen procurement controls and mitigate bribery, corruption, fraud, supplier collusion, conflicts of interest and other procurement-related risks.

Sustainability & Responsible Procurement

Embed sustainability and responsible sourcing into the Group's procurement strategy in partnership with Sustainability and Operations.

Develop practical approaches to sustainable food sourcing, energy efficiency, packaging and waste reduction, responsible labour practices, local sourcing and supply-chain environmental impact.

Ensure sustainability objectives are integrated into commercial decisions rather than managed as a separate procurement programme.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

The Group CPO will work closely with the Group CEO, CFO and COO; regional leadership; hotel General Managers; hotel owners and asset managers; Development and Design & Technical Services; Finance; Operations; Culinary and F&B; Engineering; Technology; Brand and Marketing; Sustainability; Legal; Risk and Internal Audit.

The role will also represent the Group at senior level with major strategic suppliers and business partners.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

The successful candidate will be an accomplished procurement and supply-chain executive with approximately 18–25+ years of progressive experience, including significant leadership responsibility within a large, complex and geographically dispersed organisation.

The individual should have substantial experience leading strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management and procurement transformation across multiple countries, together with responsibility for significant third-party expenditure.

Experience within hospitality, hotels, travel, real estate, retail, consumer businesses, food and beverage or another large multi-site operating environment would be highly relevant. Direct hospitality experience, particularly involving hotel operations, FF&E, OS&E, F&B procurement, new openings and hotel owners, would be a significant advantage.

The candidate should demonstrate strong commercial judgement, sophisticated negotiation capability and the ability to influence senior executives, hotel owners, General Managers and operational leaders.

Experience working across Asia and navigating different cultures, supplier markets and regulatory environments is highly desirable.

A bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, Hospitality or a related discipline is expected. An MBA, postgraduate qualification or professional procurement accreditation such as CIPS, CPSM or equivalent would be advantageous.