Purchasing Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead the purchasing function for a Playa del Carmen five-star hotel or resort: own the annual procurement budget for food, beverage, amenities, linen, and operating supplies; manage the supplier qualification and contract process; and develop the supply chain strategy that balances quality, sustainability, and cost for the property's specific market position
• Develop the hotel's supplier contract program for the major cost categories: negotiate annual contracts for the hotel's top 20 suppliers by spend, securing volume-committed pricing that gives the property's department heads stable food costs and the finance team predictable supply cost in the P&L
• Manage the Riviera Maya supply chain: the PDC hotel's supply base includes CDMX wholesale suppliers (2-day lead time), local Cancún and PDC distributors (same-day to next-day), and direct regional producers — the Purchasing Manager designs the supply chain that minimizes lead time risk while optimizing cost
• Lead the hotel's sustainable sourcing program: the PDC five-star market's European guest profile rewards the hotel that can genuinely communicate sustainable sourcing in its F&B narrative — the Purchasing Manager builds and maintains the sustainable supplier certifications and the sustainable sourcing story that the F&B team uses in guest communication
• Manage capital purchasing for FF&E and renovation projects: the five-star PDC hotel's renovation cycles and FF&E replacement program require competitive bidding, shipping coordination (some FF&E imported), and project delivery management alongside the daily operational purchasing function
• Maintain full SAT CFDI compliance and the hotel's internal purchasing control procedures

Requirements

• Purchasing Manager experience at a hotel or food service employer; Riviera Maya market knowledge preferred
• Supplier negotiation and annual contract management
• Sustainable sourcing program development and supplier certification management
• Riviera Maya supply chain management
• English and Spanish bilingual; SAT CFDI compliance

Benefits

• IMSS, aguinaldo, paid vacation + premium
• Staff meals
• Annual cost performance bonus
• Career development toward Director of Procurement

Work environment

Purchasing Manager at a PDC five-star hotel. Procurement function leadership with sustainable supplier program, Riviera Maya supply chain management, and annual contract negotiation for a premium hospitality operation in the Playa del Carmen market.

About the role

The PDC Purchasing Manager who presents the sustainable sourcing audit to the hotel's European ownership at the annual strategic review — who shows that 62% of the property's fresh food purchasing is now from Quintana Roo and Yucatán regional producers (up from 41% three years ago), that the MSC-certified seafood program covers 100% of the fish purchased for the restaurant, and that the organic guest amenity line switch reduced the amenity supplier cost by 8% through volume consolidation — who receives the ownership's request to take the sustainable sourcing percentage to 75% by the following year — is doing the procurement leadership that earns the property its sustainability narrative. The guest who reads "locally sourced Yucatán ingredients" on the menu is reading the result of 3 years of the Purchasing Manager's supply chain work.