Vice President Procurement Consulting & Supplier Solutions DACH (all genders)

HRS AS A COMPANY

HRS, a pioneer in business travel, aims to elevate every stay through innovative technology. With over 50 years of experience, their digital platform, driven by ProcureTech, TravelTech, and FinTech, transforms how companies and travelers Stay, Work, and Pay.

ProcureTech digitally revolutionizes lodging procurement, connecting corporations and suppliers in a cutting-edge ecosystem. This enables seamless efficiency and automation, surpassing travelers' expectations.

TravelTech redefines the online lodging experience, offering personalized content from selection to check-in, ensuring an unparalleled journey for corporate travelers.

In FinTech, HRS introduces advancements like mobile banking and digital payments, turning corporate back offices into touchless lodging enablers, eliminating legacy cost barriers. The innovative 2-click book-to-pay feature streamlines interactions for travelers and hoteliers.

Combining these technology propositions, HRS unlocks exponential catalyst effects. Their data-driven focus delivers value-added services and high-return network effects, creating substantial customer value.

HRS's exponential growth since 1972 serves over 35% of the global Fortune 500 and leading hotel chains.

Join HRS to shape the future of business travel, empowered by a culture of growth and setting new industry standards worldwide.

BUSINESS UNIT

The HRS Procurement Consulting and Supplier Solutions is led by a dynamic global management team driven by a bold vision. Comprised of lodging industry experts and former strategy consultants, we're not just aiming to transform the status quo – we're redefining it. Our mission? To re-invent procurement and the way we connect our expansive roster of 150+ clients and our vast network of over 40,000 hotel partners.
Fueled by innovation and a relentless pursuit of excellence, our consultants are blazing trails, shattering boundaries, and ushering in a new era of lodging procurement. Gone are the days of gut instinct – we're harnessing the power of data-driven insights gleaned from our cutting-edge procurement platform and proprietary benchmarks to drive the ideal value for our customers.
But that's just the beginning. With the transformative capabilities of AI at our fingertips, we're not merely optimizing our clients lodging programs – we're revolutionizing the whole procurement process. From continuous procurement, pioneering attribute-based buying to unlocking untapped value streams through machine-to-machine communication, we're at the forefront of shaping the future of lodging procurement.

Procurement Consulting: The Procurement Consulting team is responsible for creating and managing the lodging and meeting programs for our DACH-based customers in a global environment. We always strive to add maximum value to our customers through deep industry expertise, best-practices, benchmarks, and understanding of trends, to further improve the program and to position HRS as the top supplier in the segment.
Supplier Solution: The Supplier Solution team is responsible for managing and developing our supplier ecosystem of global and regional hotel chains as well as independent hotels and management companies. We aim to be the partner of choice for the hospitality market through our superior value proposition compared to legacy industry players leaning on our TravelTech to simplify collaboration across all ecosystem players.
 

POSITION

We are looking for a German-based Vice President Procurement Consulting & Supplier Solutions DACH (all genders) who will not only play a pivotal role in shaping our consulting and procurement approach but also in shaping the future landscape of the industry. It's not just a job – it's an opportunity to be part of something truly extraordinary.

The position is located as an important interface between the requirements and needs of the customers as well as the supplier community and will work hand-in-hand with the DACH sales organization for business development and delivery. The incumbent will lead and develop a team of strategic consultants, analysts, and supplier account and experience managers in close collaboration with the global procurement consulting, strategic supplier, and supplier solution teams.
 

CHALLENGE

As VP Procurement Consulting and Supplier Solutions you will:

• Pioneering Procurement Strategy: Craft a groundbreaking procurement strategy for F500 clients with focus on excellence and innovation. Develop vertical industry expertise and promote this in the dynamic DACH market
• Orchestrating the supplier ecosystem: Define HRS’ supplier strategy and develop your network and relationships within the local hospitality market and communicate HRS’s value proposition to the market.
• Convergence Catalyst: Spearhead the convergence revolution, bundling disparate segments - transient, extended stay, groups, and small meetings - to reduce complexity and increase buying power.
• Elevating Traveler Experience: Develop the next level traveler experience for HRS’ participating supply partners by showcasing the superior value proposition and establish HRS as a strategic partner of choice for the business travel segment.
• Market Ambassador: Act as the face to the market for the HRS procurement practice and the hospitality supplier ecosystem in DACH and represent HRS on numerous industry, customer, and supplier events.
• Selling Personality: Support the DACH market in defining the go-to-market strategy and develop promotion strategy to support HRS procurement’s awareness and be the executive sponsor of strategic accounts and hunting activities.
• Collaborative Innovation Engine: Enhance the current way of working by piloting new procurement concepts like AI based persona segmentation, attribute-based-buying etc..
• End-to-end view: Bridge the customer and supplier perspective and drive the procurement and supplier solutions team to maximize impact 
   

FOR THIS EXCITING MISSION YOU ARE EQUIPPED WITH...

• A successfully completed university degree, preferably MBA in the field of business administration.
• 10+ years of experience in leading project management in a management or procurement consultancy with a focus on travel segments (Hospitality preferred)
• Dexterity to understand and manage complex ecosystems and to develop strong relationships with customers as well as suppliers.
• Proven ability to build a strong network in an industry, preferably an existing network in the German hospitality market.
• Excellent leadership and coaching skills. Record of accomplishment of inspiring and motivating others to achieve result that exceed what was believed to be possible.
• Unparalleled interpersonal and communications skills to inspire prospects and to help vocalize and pitch the HRS value proposition to the market (proven public speaking a must). In other words, be a great storyteller!
• Proficiency in analyzing and understanding customer situations by interpreting data and identifying trends – and linking to your employer’s solutions.
• The ability to keep up with a fast-paced internal environment where products and solutions evolve quickly and need to be accurately integrated into customer journeys as the solutions evolve. Embracing change is a must!
• Talented at understanding complex interdependencies, implementing relevant metrics to steer the desired outcome and to derive initiatives to improve those metrics across the HRS ProcureTech ecosystem.
•  Fluency in German and English, spoken and written

PERSPECTIVE

Access to a global network of a globally united and mutually responsible “Tribe of Intrapreneurs” that is passionately dedicated to renew the travel industry and while doing so reinvent the ways how businesses stay, work and pay.

Our entrepreneurial driven environment of full ownership and execution focus offers you the playground to contribute to a greater mission, while growing personally and professionally throughout this unique journey. You will continuously learn from a radical culture of retrospectives and continuous improvement and actively contribute to making business life better, smarter and more sustainable.

LOCATION, MOBILITY, INCENTIVE

The attractive remuneration is in line with the market and, in addition to a fixed monthly salary, all necessary work equipment and mobility, will also include an annual or multi-year bonus.

The Position can be based in any location within Germany.